Copyright Fair Use: Can I Use a Politician’s Headshot in a Political Blog? I’ve talked about copyright fair use often on this blog, but I haven’t had many opportunities to talk about it in the context of political speech. Generally speaking, political speech is afforded the highest level of protection under the First Amendment. Accordingly, when a fair use defense is asserted in a copyright infringement case, the political nature of the alleged infringer’s publication will be taken into account. So what does this mean for political blogs when it comes to politicians’ headshots?
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Getty Lets Internet Use 35 Million Photos Free of Charge
March 11, 2014
Getty Lets Internet Use 35 Million Photos Free of Charge Copyright law and policy – as it applies to real-world situations – is evolving before our very eyes. The world’s largest photo agency, Getty Images, has decided to make 35 million images available for online use free of charge – subject to certain conditions, of course.
Trademark Challenge for Facebook’s Paper App?
February 11, 2014
Trademark Challenge for Facebook’s Paper App? Facebook recently launched a new application named Paper. The app integrates your Facebook feed with a news reader. The goal, of course, is to get people to spend more time reading and being exposed to ads on Facebook and its related applications. However, it may come as no surprise that someone else had already thought to name their application “Paper” – FiftyThree, Inc., a San Francisco-based startup, has a popular illustration app with that name. We all know the rules of Rock, Paper, Scissors, but what about Paper v. Paper?
Tarantino v. Gawker
February 4, 2014
Tarantino v. Gawker In what is perhaps the greatest example of a film auteur facing off against a journalistic outpost since Orson Welles battled William Randolph Hearst, Quentin Tarantino has sued Gawker for contributory copyright infringement due to Gawker’s linking to and publicizing Tarantino’s leaked screenplay for Hateful Eight.
