By Marc Jacobson and Marc Pellegrino Two Federal courts, one in California and the other in New York, recently decided cases involving the question of whether, in the absence of a contract or work-for-hire agreement, a contributor to a film may receive a separate copyright interest in his or her...
By Marc Jacobson and Marc Pellegrino A Reply to: Does Registering Multiple Works in a Single Application Limit Remedies for Copyright Infringement? (EASL Journal (Fall/Winter 2012) (Vol. 23, No. 3)) Introduction The article entitled “Does Registering Multiple Works in a Single Application Limit Remedies for Copyright Infringement,” appearing in the Fall/Winter...
FOR most people, investing has not been fun these last few years. At best, it has been stressful. But there are investments that have nothing to do with stocks or bonds or real estate that may be at least enjoyable if not always moneymaking. I’ve come up with about a halfdozen, and...
By Marc Jacobson, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, New York Office July 2002 The U.S. Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, waved his proverbial wand and settled the hotly-debated issue of what the rates and terms for webcasting and ephemeral recordings should be in the United States. On May...