On September 10, 2015, Judge Pamela J. White of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City gave final approval to a class action settlement in a case filed by Tom Minton in March 2014 (as co-counsel with lawyers at the Public…
Instant Protection is the Biggest Lie in Copyright That might be a bit strong. Perhaps it’s not a lie, but it is misleading. And the idea that there is instant protection in copyright is misleading writers and artists smack into problems.…
Every time Richard Prince pushes the fair use envelope using someone else’s work, I struggle with what it means for other artists. Does copyright protection have any meaning when Richard Prince takes what he pleases and keeps the change? How…
mu’sic (mŭ’zĭk), n., any art over which the Muses presided, esp. music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. mousikos belonging to the Muses or fine arts. Webster’s New International Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1954. For many writers music is…
UPDATE: On June 18, 2015, Judge Glenn L. Klavans of the Circuit Court of Maryland for Anne Arundel County, certified the class. A copy of the Order can be found here. ORIGINAL POST: On February 24, 2014, the Maryland Court…