Words With More Than Friends? Zynga, the producer of a variety of online and mobile games – including Words With Friends (which, let’s be honest, is a bit like Scrabble) and other games in the “With Friends” family – has filed suit against the developers of an adult relationship-oriented application with the charming name Bang With Friends (“BWF” from here on out.)
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Internet Meme Copyright & Trademark Battle
May 16, 2013
Internet Meme Copyright & Trademark Battle The owners of two popular Internet memes, Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat, have sued Warner Brothers (“WB”) and 5th Cell Media (“5th”) for unauthorized use of their memes in WB and 5th’s video game series known as Scribblenauts. Memes are all over the internet – I’ll bet there are some on your Facebook timeline right now – so why are they suing over this particular use? Who can and can’t use a meme, and who needs permission to do so?
The Copyright Monster
May 13, 2013
The Copyright Monster My friend Katie recently asked me, “what’s up with those ‘copyright’ notices …are those even enforceable?” She was referring to the notices found at the bottom of just about every website. You’ll see one on the bottom of this very blog. My friend’s email was prompted by the Copyright Monster you see to the left, but it’s a good general question to discuss. Is the Copyright Monster real? Read on to find out…
Myspace Relaunches, Encounters Copyright Issue
January 25, 2013
Myspace Relaunches, Encounters Copyright Issue Remember MySpace? Well, it’s back – this time, as Myspace. Maybe the newly private, scaled-down business couldn’t afford the capital “S.” The site relaunched last week and immediately ran into a copyright infringement issue.
