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University of Miami Sued Over Professor PowerPoint Presentation

April 20, 2018 02:24 PM
To say that university professors regularly give presentations at conferences would be an understatement. It's an indispensable part of what they do. But when Dr. Kysha Harriell, Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Director of Athletic Training at the University of Miami, gave a PowerPoint presentation at a 2017 conference organized by the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association (SEATA), she may have landed herself, her employer and the conference organizers in legal hot water.
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BYU Copyright Licensing Office Establishes New Music Copyright Listserve

March 23, 2018 02:50 PM
The BYU Copyright Licensing Office announces the creation of the Music Copyright Listserve for Universities (“MCLU”) - a new listserve dedicated to addressing the unique complexities of music copyright within universities and other nonprofit, educational organizations.
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College Football Twitter Accounts Temporarily Suspended

By Ryan Hughes
February 13, 2018 02:42 PM
The day ahead of national signing day, the official Twitter account of the Texas Longhorns was suspended for about 10 hours. On signing day itself, Georgia, Missouri, and South Florida also all had their football accounts suspended temporarily.
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University Sued for Image of Houston Skyline

By Ryan Hughes
February 01, 2018 02:48 PM
Jim Olive Photography d/b/a Photolive, Inc. vs. The Univ. of Houston Sys., 2017-84942 (Court 295, Harris Cnty., Dec. 22, 2017).
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University Medical Branch Sued for $20 Million Over Unauthorized Use of Healthcare Software

By Ryan Hughes
January 23, 2018 03:00 PM
KaZee, Inc. v. Univ. of Tex. Med. Branch at Galveston, 4:18-cv-00053 (E.D. Tex.)
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University Sued Over Music Used in YouTube Video

By Ryan Hughes
January 19, 2018 03:15 PM
Yesh Music, LLC v. Long Island Univ., 17-cv-5707 (E.D.N.Y.)
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BYU Suggests Reform to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

December 20, 2017 03:21 PM
This week, Brigham Young University hopes to influence revisions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. BYU would like to change certain limitations on circumvention and reproduction of copyrighted motion pictures in order to use them in ways that meet copyright’s Educational Exemption more often.
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States’ Sovereign Immunity Challenged in Texas A&M Case

By Shelise Rupp
December 12, 2017 03:24 PM
Bynum v. Texas A&M Univ. Athletic Dept., 17-cv-00181 (S.D. Tex.)
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Is Pirates of the Caribbean Pirated?

By Casey Mock
November 29, 2017 03:26 PM
Alfred v. The Walt Disney Co., 17-cv-02729 (D. Colo 2017)
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Scholarly Publishing Giants File Infringement Suit against ResearchGate

By Casey Mock
October 13, 2017 03:28 PM
Publishers Elsevier and the American Chemical Society have alleged that the popular academic networking site, ResearchGate, has committed copyright infringement by sharing copyrighted research papers with their users, according to an article at www.sciencemag.org. ResearchGate claims more than 13 million users who can use personal pages to upload and share material including published papers or book chapters. These uploads, now comprising millions of works, are usually only accessible by paid subscription.
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College Football Coach Sued Over Retweet

By Casey Mock
October 06, 2017 03:33 PM
Bell v. King’s College, et al., 17-cv-01725 (M.D. Penn.)
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ISP downloads a $25M copyright infringement with an $8.4M attorney’s fee attachment

By Casey Mock
September 22, 2017 03:38 PM
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc., 14-cv-1611 (E.D. VA 2017)
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