Talk to any marketing professional and they will tell you that your business needs a website (advice that I concur with). But what is the primary risk of a website? False advertising? Nope. Misspellings and other typos? Unfortunate, but not a major risk. Poor domain name selection? Not even...
In breaking news this month, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in a copyright case called the 4th Estate Publishing Company v. Wallstreet.com. If you’re interested in the case opinion, you can check it out here. For the most part, this opinion is a conversation that...
An interesting copyright case came across my desk recently that I need to stress is probably quite wrong and likely to get overturned on appeal. But nonetheless, the case presented the issue related to copyright and Fair Use. As background, whenever a claim of copyright...
One of my clients Colleen Gratzer hosts a podcast called Design Domination. Colleen asked me to help explain some legal matters related to design and the creative business. You can listen to our conversation or read the transcript (if that is your thing). Also, if you are in the...
My column for AIGA Blue Ridge is available at this link. I don't normally do the dissection of a particular case unless it has a great deal of meaning or merit. But this column is about a specific case involving a graphic designer, a non-paying client,...
The past couple of weeks in the music business have been abuzz with significant rulings related to music copyrights. "Happy Birthday" Copyrights Invalid Last week, a federal judge in Los Angeles declared all the copyrights on "Happy Birthday" are invalid. The lengthy court opinion can be found...
Talk to any marketing professional and they will tell you that your business needs a website (advice that I concur with). But what is the primary risk of a website? False advertising? Nope. Misspellings and other typos? Unfortunate, but not a major risk. Poor domain name selection? Not even...