Showing posts with label Copyright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Copyright. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Christian Released-Time Education Provider Sues Foe for Copyright Infringement

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LifeWise, Inc. is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides released-time religious education to public school students where state l...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Certiorari Denied In Religious Broadcasters Challenge to Royalty Rates

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in  National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee v. Copyright Royalt...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Cert. Filed In Religious Broadcasters' Appeal of Mandatory Royalty Rates

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 A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Mu...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Satirical Videos Criticizing Jehovah's Witnesses Did Not Violate Copyrights

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In In re: DMCA Section 512(h) Subpoena to  YouTube (Google, Inc.) , (SD NY, Jan. 18, 2022),a New York federal district court quashed a subpo...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Street Artist Sues Vatican For Using Her Image of Christ On Postage Stamp

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  AP reports on a lawsuit filed in Italy last month by a Rome street artist.  Alessia Babrow has sued the Vatican for copyright infringemen...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Copyright Infringement Counterclaims Not Dismissed

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In  Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity v. World Peace & Unification Sanctuary, Inc. , (MD PA, July 22, 20...
Friday, November 09, 2018

Satanic Temple Sues Netflix Over Wrongful Use Of Bahomet Statue

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Yesterday The Satanic Temple filed suit in a New York federal district court against Netflix and Warner Brothers, seeking $50 million in dam...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

DC Circuit: Allocation of Royalties To Religious Broadcasters Was Arbitrary and Capricious

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Settling Devotional Claimants v. Copyright Royalty Board , (DC Cir., Aug. 14, 2015), is a suit involving a dispute among television ministri...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

9th Circuit En Banc Reverses Injunction Agaianst "Innocence of Muslims" On YouTube

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In an en banc opinion in Garcia v. Google, Inc ., (9th Cir., May 18, 2015), an 11-judge panel of the 9th Circuit dissolved a 3-judge panel&#...
Friday, May 08, 2015

Faith Healer Sues Atheist Activist Claiming Misuse of YouTube Video

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In Arizona last week, Adam Miller, a "spiritual transformational healer," filed a federal lawsuit against Joel Guttormson, an acti...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Saudi Artist Sues Watch Company For Appropriating His Hajj Etching

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Luxembourg's i24 News reports today that Saudi artist Ahmed Mater has filed suit in France's Grand Instance Court seeking $1.5 mil...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

9th Circuit En Banc Hears Arguments In "Innocence of Muslims" Case

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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, sitting en banc , heard arguments in Garcia v. Google Inc.   Ten of the 11 judges on the en...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Megachurch Leader Threatens To Sue Rappers Over Remix

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The New York Daily News reported Thursday that Dallas megachurch leader T.D. Jakes is threatening to sue popular rappers Young Jeezy and ...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Christian Hip-Hop Group Sues Top Music Star For Copyright Infringement

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The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that earlier this week the members of the Christian hip-hop music group Flame filed a federal copyrigh...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Court Accepts Fair Use Defense In Copyright Claim By Prominent Christian Speaker

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In Caner v. Autry ,  (WD VA, May 14, 2014), a Virginia federal district court dismissed copyright infringement claims brought by Ergum Caner...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Contempt Motion Filed Against Google Over "Innocence of Muslims" Video

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As previously reported , last month in Garcia v. Google, Inc. ,  the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that a prelimi...
Friday, March 07, 2014

Google Denied Stay of Order To Take Down "Innocence of Muslims", But En Banc Rehearing Is Possible

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As previously reported , last month in Garcia v. Google, Inc. ,  the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that a prelim...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

9th Circuit: Court Should Order Removal of "Innocence of Muslims" From YouTube

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In Garcia v. Google, Inc. , (9th Cir., Feb. 26, 2014), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that a preliminary inj...