Lawyers

• Copyright Office Might Become More Political With New Bill

  The new proposed bill for copyright law might likely demonstrate more politicization as the Copyright Office is becoming increasingly captive to only certain interests.

• Federal Judge Dismissed Lawsuit Against FedEx That Harm the Creative Commons License

  A strange case involving the usage of Creative Common License threatens the license itself, but fortunately the judge dismissed the case on Friday.

• Copyright Case of The Turtles' 1967 Hit Song "Happy Together" Goes to New York's Top Court

  The copyright dispute between The Turtles and Sirius XM Radio will go all the way to New York's highest court. The issue centers on the federal law's limited copyright protection to the recordings made before 1972.

• 'Star Trek’ Lawsuit: Copyright of Klingon Language Sparks Debate

  The debate over the legality of a language to be classified as copyrightable is heating up between Paramount and the producers of Star Trek-based fan film, Axanar. Now, a third party has given their argument regarding the language copyright issue.

• Kendrick Lamar sued for using Bill Withers' music without permission

  Rapper Kendrik Lamar is facing a lawsuti for using 70s legend Bill Wither's music without permission. The lawsuit claims that the rapper merely pasted the rap and hip hop lyrics to an already existing musical material.

• Oracle, Google fail to settle case on Java copyright; Trial likely to proceed

  Oracle and Alphabet's Google unit fails to arrive at a settlement over the use of Oracle's Java programming language in the creation of Android.

• Copyright of civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome' challenged

  Lawyers who last year successfully challenged the copyright to 'Happy Birthday to You' are aiming to do the same thing with the popular civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome.' They asked a US judge to declare the song in the public domain which can be used by anybody without paying royalty.

• Judge Oks Trial For 'Stairway To Heaven' Copyright Case

  A judge has given the go signal for the trial regarding the copyright case made against the popular song 'Stairway To Heaven.' The trial will determine if the 1971 hit has copied from another song.

• Fastcase - Lawriter lawsuit: can public law be owned by private publishers?

  The series of lawsuits and countersuits between Fastcase Inc., a legal research firm, and online legal publisher Lawriter LLC turns the spotlight on an issue that will have serious legal repercussions for media and the law: are public laws subject to copyright?

• Led Zeppelin infringes Spirit song 'Taurus'; Lost bid to obtain more information in copyright infringement

  Led Zeppelin fell short in the lawsuit over its classic hit Stairway to Heaven. The British band has lost a bid to obtain further information in a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that “Stairway” infringes on the Spirit song “Taurus.”

• German publishing group VG Media sues Google for the 5th time, this time over copyright of content search engine results

  VG Media, an association of German news publishers, filed its fifth civil case against the behemoth search engine, Google, citing a restrictive copyright law that allegedly entitles media content owners payment every time their articles come out in Google's search results.

• U.S. judge in lawsuit against Jay Z over logo won't recuse himself

  A federal judge on Friday refused to recuse himself from a $7 million copyright lawsuit against Jay Z over his Roc-A-Fella Records logo, after the plaintiff said the judge appeared to be biased toward the rap star and music entrepreneur.

• Google fires back at News Corp; defends search, piracy practices

  Google Inc hit back at News Corp on Thursday for calling it a platform for piracy and an "unaccountable bureaucracy," in a point-by-point rebuttal that stressed the Internet search company's commitment to fighting online crime.