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Copyrights: Joint Work? Derivative Work? or Both?
In a recent copyright infringement case, (Greene v. Ablon), the court affirmed the jury’s $19,000 award to the plaintiff, even though the trial court initially made an error in analyzing the plaintiff’s claim. The trial court’s determination that a work cannot be both joint and derivative as a matter of law is false. A… Finish Reading Copyrights: Joint Work? Derivative Work? or Both?
Copyrights: Derivative Works vs. Joint Works
In a recent copyright infringement case, (Greene v. Ablon, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 12305 (1st Cir. Mass. July 16, 2015) the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s $19,000 award to the plaintiff, even though the trial court initially made an error in analyzing the plaintiff’s claim. The Appeals Court reasoned that the trial… Finish Reading Copyrights: Derivative Works vs. Joint Works