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In May 2014, Defendants distributed the film Walk of Shame. Weeks earlier, SOYP sent letters to Defendants alleging that the film included elements copied from a screenplay, “Darci’s Walk of Shame,” written by SOYP’s president, Rosen; that R…

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The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for CoreLogic in an action brought under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Plaintiffs, professional real estate photographers, alleged that CoreLogic removed copyr…

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Plaintiffs, members of a musical group called “Sly Slick & Wicked,” filed suit alleging that Dynatone and others collected royalties from the sampling of their song, “Sho’ Nuff” in 2013 and that plaintiffs were entitled to those royalty paym…

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Fryer and the Alliance for Water Efficiency collaborated on a study about drought. The Alliance worked on funding. Fryer circulated a draft of the report. The Alliance expressed concern with the methodology and sued Fryer under the Copyright…

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The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law to Jay-Z and other defendants in an action brought by the heir to the Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdy, alleging copyright infringement in the song Khosara. J…