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McDermott Will & Emery

What Do You Meme? TFW Commercial Use Outweighs Fair Use

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s copyright infringement decision, finding that a congressional reelection campaign’s use of a popular meme to solicit donations was commercial in...more

International Lawyers Network

IP ├ IP???: The Logic Of Election Year Legal Disputes Over Proprietary Intangibles

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Title? Typo? Cryptic code? Equation? Really it is a combination of three of the four. In other words, it is not a typo (You can look elsewhere in this piece for those)....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

Political Fair Use Argument Fails to Rescue Republicans from Copyright Claim

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It’s been a while since we felt compelled to revisit the topic of political fair use, that is, the extent to which the use of copyrighted works in political campaigns qualifies as a fair use pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 107. Back...more

Gray Reed

Copyrights, Fair Use And Elections

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The mid-terms are coming up, so you know there will be stories of politicians getting into clashes with artists over the use of songs and other content in ads and at rallies. In Texas, for better or worse, the real...more

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