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Using Music in TikTok Dances and Challenges The Legal Minefield

Solen Feyissa, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Using Music in TikTok Dances and Challenges: The Legal Minefield TikTok has become the world's premier stage for dance culture.
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Poseidon Wave Media v. Suno: An Independent Label's Revenue-Loss Claim

Poseidon Wave Media v. Suno: An Independent Label's Revenue-Loss Claim Case: Poseidon Wave Media v. Suno, Inc. — filed on or around May 19, 2026.  Not every AI music lawsuit comes from a major label or a class-action law firm.
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Major Labels v. Suno & Udio: Inside the RIAA's AI Training Case

Major Labels v. Suno & Udio: Inside the RIAA's AI Training Case Case: UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. v. Suno, Inc., No. 1:24-cv-11611 (D. Mass.) · UMG Recordings, Inc.
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The Future of Music Licensing

The Future of Music Licensing: Will AI Fix the Current Chaos? The music licensing landscape of 2026 is widely acknowledged to be broken. Rights are fragmented across competing systems.
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VARA lawsuit against country music star garners national attention

The VARA lawsuit SRipLaw filed in federal court against country music star Upchurch has caught the attention of the music, art and legal worlds. News reports have caught the key points of the Visual Artists Rights Act, while social media have picked up the conversation.
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TMZ-Pitchfork-BET-report-SRipLAW lawsuit

TMZ, Pitchfork, BET and others quickly report on SRipLaw copyright infringement filing  'KIDS SEE GHOSTS' USED MY VOICE...Where's My Cut, Bros?  Kanye West, Kid Cudi & Ty Dolla $ign Sued Over "Kids See Ghosts" Sample  Kanye West's hit collab with Ty Dolla $ign and Kid Cudi left out another featured artist ...
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Photographer Sues Kemp Campaign for Unapproved Use of Abrams Photo

Kevin Liles, a photographer in Atlanta, is suing Brian Kemp’s campaign and the Georgia Republican Party for their use of images Liles took of Stacey Abrams. 
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Happy Public Domain!

Ring in the new year and ring in the public domain! Click here.  After a twenty year hiatus, tomorrow will finally see the 95 year long copyrights of works released in 1923 expire.
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Ruling on dental photographs takes a bite out of copyright protections

The American Bar Association Journal Magazine reports on our appeal in the case of Pohl v. Officecite here.
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How to Preserve Evidence When Your Photographs Have Been Infringed

As a photographer, you know that it takes a lot of work to take that perfect picture.  For some of you photography is a way of living, your daily job, and the means for paying your bills.  
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VHT wins blockbuster $8M+ verdict against Zillow for copyright infringement of real estate photos

VHT, the real estate photo giant, filed suit for copyright infringement against Zillow Group in July 2015 alleging that Zillow had been stealing tens of thousands of VHT’s photos and illegally using them for its own profit and gain on the Zillow Digs website.
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Photography: It could be worth millions

If you find it on the internet than it must be free.  How wrong is that! It's about time that photographers get the respect they deserve and their photographs receive the value that they deserve.
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Do Real Estate and Architectural Photographers Need their own Association?

Our firm represents many real estate and architectural photographers. Our experience suggests that the unique challenges facing real estate photographers are not currently being addressed by the different photography associations.  
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Iran Watson resolves copyright infringement case against Kappa Map Group

On February 5, 2014, Iran Watson brought a claim against Kappa Map Group, LLC in federal court for copyright infringement for the unlicensed use of one of Watson’s photographs on the cover of an Atlanta Street Atlas published by Kappa.
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NAR Makes Changes to its MLS Policy that are Good for Real Estate Photographers

The National Association of Realtors has made some important revisions to its Handbook on Multiple Listing Policy.  These changes clarify NAR's MLS policies to highlight the importance of licensing.
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Part I -- Defending Computer Code Copyright Infringement Lawsuits

This is the first in a series of articles discussing the defense of computer code copyright infringement cases.  As I write this I am thinking about the many cases filed by serial plaintiff Live Face on Web, LLC also known as LFOW.  
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Fighting Infringement on Alibaba.com is a Game of Whack-a-Mole!

Alibaba.com is the world's largest online business to business (B2B) marketplace.  If you are a creator, designer, inventor, product marketer, brand builder, or anyone else interested in global commerce or trade in consumer goods, you have probably either purchased from sellers on Alibaba.com,
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Losing Control of your Copyrights on Social Media

It seems innocent enough.  Your interior designer client has posted one of your beautiful photographs of her latest installation to her Instagram account.  The photo highlights your client's design of an expansive living room with vaulted ceiling and massive stone fireplace.
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Copyright Protection for Architecture: Do Photographs Infringe?

It is well understood that architectural plans are protected by copyright.  But what about architectural works "as built?"  Does the architect who retains ownership in his or her work have the right to stop others from copying?
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Architects and Engineers: Look to Copyright for Protection

Sadly, it's a recurring nightmare for architects, designers, developers, builders and others working in or servicing the construction industry.  You work hard and prepare a great set of plans and then, surprise, you are told that the project is canceled. 
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