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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

UPDATE: Success for “Success Kid” before the Eighth Circuit in Copyright Dispute

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A few months’ back, the TMCA wrote about a copyright dispute between the campaign committee of former Iowa Congressman Steve King and Laney Griner, the owner of the photograph used in the popular “Success Kid” meme. The...more

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

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