The duration for which a copyright is afforded protection has changed tremendously throughout the years. As the law currently stands, for any copyrighted wor...

The internet is one of the best means to share your art work and to gain exposure. However, your work on the internet is also extremely susceptible to copyri...

A jury trial was set for the copyright Infringement lawsuit, Skidmore, et al v. Led Zeppelin, et al., No. 2:14-cv-03089 (E.D. Pa., May 31, 2014), alleging th...

What would we do without broadcast radio? I listen to it every day. Radio has long been one of the biggest stages for new and struggling performing artists, ...

To better understand existing U.S. copyright laws, a review of U.S. copyright history may be helpful. This article will present some of the important dates i...

What is Periscope? Periscope is a live streaming video mobile app acquired by Twitter in January 2015 for a reported $100 million. It has been the talk of th...

Just in time for my birthday at the end of the month, a federal judge ruled that the lyrics to “Happy Birthday to You” are in the public domain and not copyr...

For the past year and a half we have enjoyed the hit song “Blurred Lines,” composed by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and Clifford Harris, Jr. (a/k/a T.I.)...

In Part I of this article regarding the Pennsylvania federal court copyright infringement law suit brought by the heirs of songwriter Randy Craig Wolfe (aka ...

Have you ever seen the 1992 film Wayne’s World when Wayne Campbell, played by Mike Myers, visits a music store and picks up a guitar, and launches into the f...

In August, the U.S. Copyright Office released a public draft of the third edition of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices. The Compendium is the...

Taking a “Selfie” is old hat these days. I am usually the last person to engage in the latest trend, but after trading in my flip phone just last year and up...

It has been a hot summer for intellectual property law geeks. The season opened with a storm accusing the Washington NFL team of using a derogatory term for ...