Copyright ownership in Ellen Degeneres’ famous Oscar Twitter Selfie, which holds the record for most retweets, might be unclear, but for the average citizen sharing the picture, it doesn’t
Dubious and likely illegal image scraping is alive and well. And outside of particularly public, harmful cases like Rehtaeh Parsons’ photo ending up on a
In common law countries, the term of protection granted by copyright has been steadily growing ever since its advent in the eighteenth century, yet the
The Federal Court recently held that in the absence of a written agreement, a copyright holder could grant implied consent to the use of their work when
The American courts have taken another pass at the recurring question of whether electronic documents and signatures are as good as written ones. The decision
So much for southern hospitality. Celebrated American author Harper Lee finds herself embroiled in a trademark clash for the right to register the title of her
