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    Beauty and the Bookless: Trading Library Cards for Copyright Infringement Problems

    November 12, 2024By Leyda Mujica

    Who needs Google when you have a library card—your all-access pass to a world of knowledge, mystery, and free Wi-Fi? Unfortunately, libraries are becoming more irrelevant each day with their outdated practices and loss of the public’s interest in physical books. Nowadays, everyone carries a Kindle e-reader or reads e-books on their phones. This has […]

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    Libraries Aren’t Dead Yet: How Second Circuit’s Holding in Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive is Not Necessarily as Dire as it Seems

    September 23, 2024By Broderick Schwinghammer

      Last year, a surprising matter of copyright law made headlines in the case of Hatchette Book Group v. Internet Archive. Internet Archive is an expansive digital library that not only provides online access to books and other texts, but also catalogues internet websites and various other culturally relevant media for the public for research. […]

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    Intellectual Property

    Copyright v. Creativity: The Legal Battle Between the Warhol Foundation and Goldsmith

    November 21, 2022By Jessica Silva

    Art is one of the most liberal concepts in society. It derives from purpose, ideas, and inspiration. Throughout the years, art and intellectual property laws have established a close relationship. Intellectual property laws award creators a right in their work, granting the creators with numerous rights and protections. However, when inspiration produces a work that […]

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