On February 8th, 2023, the jury in Hermès Int’l v. Rothschild, No. 1:22-cv-00384-JSR (S.D.N.Y Jan. 14, 2022) decided that Mason Rothschild’s artistic depiction of Hermès bags in the form of…
The Second and Ninth Circuits have consistently led the way in establishing the scope of American copyright law. In the past few years, the Second Circuit in particular has had the difficult…
Since the past year in quarantine has given most folks considerably more free time on their hands to explore old hobbies and interests, fanfiction has notably been on the rise.…
Within the deluge of articles and news reports regarding the Trump campaign and the recent election, the most unlikely headline of the bunch to catch my eye involved the Village…
In 2019, Lil Nas X’s song “Old Town Road” became the longest-running song on the Billboard 100 Hot List in history. “Old Town Road,” a song best labeled as “country-rap,”…
Lvxiao Chen is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the world, many hard-hit countries, like the United States and Italy, are…
Joe Rabinovitsj is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Article 17 of the European Union’s Digital Single Market Copyright Directive (DSMCD) fully exposes online platforms and service…
Amanda Gonzalez Burton is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. It’s a tale as old as time. Girl dates boy. Boy gets photographed by a paparazzo while…
Since the beginning of the digital revolution, copyright law has had to adapt to the advent of new technologies and their impact on the world of creation. Software protection, mainly,…
The purpose of Copyright Law as enumerated by the United States Constitution is to “promote the progress of Science and useful Arts.” Artistic works are protected by copyright so that…