Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log

Apparently I'm not the only one who felt cheated by seeing Star Trek on an "Imax" screen that looked just like a decently si...

Overheard in New York : Burnout #1 : Yo, is the Dove company that makes chocolate the same Dove company that makes like lotion? Burnout #2 :...

Allen v. American Apparel involves a billboard, marked “American Apparel” and featuring a still of Woody Allen dressed as an Orthodox rabbi....

Champion Laboratories, Inc. v. Parker-Hannifin Corp., 2009 WL 1269624 (E.D. Mich.) The Lanham Act is broader than the common law of product ...

Or the absence thereof. Here's a lithograph from c. 1845, removed from Google Books because it's "copyrighted." Another ...

Fred von Lohmann of the EFF put me on YouTube , explaining why the DMCA serves as a biased digital literacy test and digital poll tax on fai...

Just a note that Fred von Lohmann of the EFF has put up yesterday's panels , including my testimony and that of Francesca Coppa (Muhlenb...

I zipped and uploaded a set of Fred von L’s recordings, so as not to overload Fred’s personal page. Rebecca Tushnet: I’m here to suppo...

Today’s notes are not as reliable a summary as yesterday’s, because of my active participation. (And of course the usual caveats apply to ...

Rob Kasunic, Copyright Office: Is there any way of distinguishing between the different types of uses we’ve seen? The film exemption was f...