On March 11, 2021, a 443-megabyte JPEG image sold for a record-breaking $69.3 million. This sum was not only the highest price paid for a piece of digital artwork ever, but was also the third-highest auction price achieved by any…
Are feelings protected expression? On September 23, 2020, Netflix released the “Enola Holmes” movie despite being embroiled in a lawsuit for alleged copyright and trademark infringement brought by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the author of the Sherlock…
There is no denying that social media has taken over our society. Even those who are not well versed in social media have a basic understanding of what it does and how it operates. With this emergence of social media,…
A new door has opened regarding copyright infringement suits, both old and new, due to the ruling in Petrella v. MGM.[1] The Copyright Act states that “no civil action shall be maintained under the provisions of this title unless it…
Arrielle Millstein, J.D., Widener University School of Law 2013 (For more extensive treatment of this topic, including policy considerations as to why Congress should amend the 1976 Copyright Act to classify human flesh as an intangible medium of expression, see…
