Author: Sam Castree, III, J.D Candidate, Class of 2013, Chicago-Kent College of Law Online media distribution has become big business in recent years. For example, Apple sold 10 billion songs on its iTunes platform between April 2003 and February 2010, an average of…
Author: Elsa Mitsoglou, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Dr. Elena Cooper has been the Orton Fellow in Intellectual Property Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge since 2009. She is also a researcher at the Faculty of Law…
Author: Al Roundtree, J.D Candidate, Class of 2013, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law “What a prosperous looking bunch of lawyers,” was keynote speaker Scott Borchetta’s opening remark to the assembled group of entertainment lawyers, music industry professionals, and law students…
Author: Russell Hasan, Esq., Member of the Bar of the State of New York, J.D. UConn Law 2011 Some academics have raised concerns that copyright law might be in conflict with First Amendment free speech law. Some scholars fear that…
Author: Paul G. Anderson, Associate, Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP Copyright, compared to other forms of intellectual property, is acutely and uniquely attuned to the film and television industry. Somewhat distinctive of these industries are the numerous, low–threshold…
Author: Paul G. Anderson, Associate, Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP An action for declaratory judgment provides a party with the unique opportunity to obtain a preventative, binding ruling on “a case of actual controversy.” Crucially, if a declaratory…
Author: Steven A. Sutro, Staff Editor, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal The “Pirate Party” has started to enter the mainstream. Regional pirate parties with a focus on promoting Internet privacy, digital intellectual property reform, and government transparency began forming…
