John Cannan

How about a daytime emmie

MCM v. Perry (Jessica Khater v. iHypocrite) - Randazza Legal Group Lyndon Perry, also known as I,HYPOCRITE, was sued for copyright infringement by MCM Group 22. The lawsuit was over a tweet that Perry posted that included a still frame image from a movie created by t...

Adaption and use of still frames seem to find favor in fair use review. MCM v. Perry, SDNY case in which still from an…unseemly movie…combined with Forbes article page for commentary on company. Facts of the case can be found here: randazza.com/lawsuits/lyn... #copyright #fairuse

ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT re denying DE 45 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; denying DE 46 Motion for Summary Judgment for Global Weather Productions, LLC v. Wood Projections, Inc. :: Justia Dockets & Filings ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT re denying DE 45 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; denying DE 46 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Beth Bloom on 1/5/2026. See attached document for full details. (gqa)

SDFL rejects summary judgment on fair use for including part of storm chaser's video in social media post. Leaves to jury to decide. docs.justia.com/cases/federa... #copyright #fairuse

Another decision out of 2nd Circuit land, here SDNY, stating that embedding full videos, even for news reporting, is not a fair use. Iwamura v. Independent Digital News law.justia.com/cases/federa... #copyright #fairuse

It gets better and better!

Rick Leonardi and pizza!? No better day could be conceived!

Now where does he stand on Orbots?

Stovall v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Education, No. 25-5357 (6th Cir. 2026) A Kentucky high school intended to administer a mental-health survey to its students. Concerned about the survey’s contents, a parent requested a copy under the Kentucky Open Records Act, aiming to share it with other parents and reporters. The school denied her request, citing a provision of the state law that excludes records “prohibited by federal law or regulation” from disclosure, and argued that the survey was copyrighted by its publisher, NCS Pearson. The school did allow her to inspect the survey in person, but would not provide a copy.

Once again, parent finds copyright act is not invoked when they try to copy copyrighted materials used by school. law.justia.com/cases/federa... #copyright

Hein et al v. Mai, No. 6:2024cv01126 - Document 73 (D. Kan. 2026) Hein et al v. Mai, No. 6:2024cv01126 - Document 73 (D. Kan. 2026) case opinion from the District of Kansas U.S. Federal District Court

An interesting case of copying scholarship and photos: Hein v. Mai out of D. Kansas. law.justia.com/cases/federa... #copyright

Will the Kat Von D Tattoo Case Kill “Total Concept and Feel”? The Ninth Circuit affirmed in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg—but two judges called for scrapping the intrinsic test. En banc review may be next.

Continuing drama in the Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg with 9th Circuit justices calling for scrapping of substantial similarity test. copyrightlately.com/kat-von-d-ta... #copyright

Catchy jingle, lousy beer

“A bully doesn’t answer you; he may hear but pays no heed; he talks on as if you were no account, and it gives him the advantage always at the start, though not at the end.” Ursula Le Guin

With all this fancy AI stuff, you think it would be easier to insert custom footers across sections in MS word.

SDNY: YouTube Sublicenses Embedding, But Copyright Concerns Linger While one new ruling protects YouTube embeds, another finds Twitter’s terms ambiguous, underscoring the need for clearer platform policies.

SDNY court holds that screen shot still de minimis copying...mostly. LYNK MEDIA LLC, v. TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., No. 24-CV-04222 (NSR), 2025 WL 3442944 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 1, 2025). No fair use necessary. Embedding on the other hand, remains murky. copyrightlately.com/sdny-social-... #copyright

All hail Robert E . Allison!

Huzzah

hats that go hard

Hey , do you want to hear a joke about ghosts? That's the spirit!

Not my library for sure

Me! Meeee!

I dunno . I agreed with Kitty’s reaction at the time.

I am holding out for Profondo Rosso

A parasite walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve your kind in here." The parasite responds, "You're a poor host."

I was thinking of dressing up as a zombie on Halloween but that would make me dead on my feet all day.

Every time I have to find a British case, I think we must have broken away from them to develop decent case and statute publishing systems.

On that post, would never have been passed at all without blue dogs.

Ah Homicide. Baltimore at its best.

Greenwich time?

Dagnabit, how could I have missed this!?

A match made in heaven!