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copyright
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Can You Copyright A Cocktail?
08 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Fortunately, the legalities of the high-end cocktail world don’t apply to your pop-up tiki bar next to the pool.
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Is Superbalist Copying Local Talent’s Ideas For A Profit? [Images]
30 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Superbalist is in hot water after two local designers found the large e-commerce website had copied their designs to sell a cheaper copy for a profit without any compensation or acknowledgement.
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People Are Getting Sued For Using A Smiley Face
26 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The Smiley Company is suing Etsy sellers who they claim are profiting off their smile, which is a far cry from the company’s goal of ‘spreading positivity through smiles, to make the world a happier, kinder place’.
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Everyone Is Curious Why The Moroccan King Filed More Trademarks In SA In 2022 Than Anyone Else, Including Amazon
08 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Besides the number of applications and the circumstances around them, those in the know say that the applications were some of the most unusual they had seen.
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What’s The Beef Between Black Lives Matter And Adidas?
30 Mar 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The two stripe-loving movements share a strange history.
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Everything We Know About The Jeff Koons Sex Sculpture Copyright Case
22 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Jeff Koons has become somewhat notorious for getting himself into legal battles over copyright and plagiarism infringements.
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Banksy’s Hidden Identity Is Causing Him Problems
17 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Banksy is stuck between a rock and a hard place, as he struggles to claim his work while at the same time keeping his identity a secret.
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It’s Getting Harder To Save Google Images
16 Feb 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Google has had a force change in morals, and is trying to make it more difficult for every-day users to reuse copyrighted images. Here’s how.
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This Is How Media24’s Supreme Court War Against Oxford’s Afrikaans Dictionary Ended
22 Sep 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
After having a copyright claim thrown out of the Cape Town High Court, Media24 decided to appeal the ruling and take their case to the very top.
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Did Led Zep Steal ‘Stairway To Heaven?’
23 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Led Zeppelin is under some scrutiny due to a new lawsuit which claims that they copied Spirit’s instrumental track ‘Taurus’ to make their iconic track ‘Stairway to Heaven’.
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And The Verdict On That Monkey-Selfie Copyright Issue
22 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The US Copyright Office has tackled the animal vs photographer copyright issue regarding the monkey-selfie taken by David Slater’s camera, and has come to a decision regarding to ownership.
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This Wikipedia Monkey-Selfie Copyright Issue Will Make Your Day
07 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ah monkeys. They are bound to make us take ourselves less seriously with their crazy antics and primal displays of behaviour we pretend not to be intimately familiar with. All this innocence, and yet monkey selfies are causing massive copyright issues!
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Tech Report: Paperight Could Change The Way We Buy Books Forever [VIDEO]
12 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve ever felt the pain of buying an overly expensive university text book, or found yourself perplexed by the cost of a novel that you’re not sure you like yet, Paperight is a God-send. A proudly South African business, Paperight makes a digital library of books available to copy shops, who can print those […]
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They’re Already Selling Pirated Copies Of The Madiba Movie On The Streets
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ag shame. After going through the effort of buying pirated copies of Mandela:Long Walk to Freedom in the backstreets of Joburg, it has now been revealed that the DVDs don’t feature the actual movie.
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Remember The Kanye West Proposal Video? Kim Is Suing A YouTube Co-Founder Because Of It
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you recall, we posted a story last week about Kanye West’s showstopping proposal to Kim Kardashian. Later, we managed to acquire some actual video footage of the proposal – and it is that video footage that is now involved in a major court case, where Kim K is looking to sue YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley for posting a video of the proposal online at his new Internet venture MixBit.
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Marvin Gaye’s Family Sues Robin Thicke Over “Blurred Lines” – What Do You Think? Listen Here
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
It’s always tetchy when it comes to copyright infringement of musical elements. You could,on the one hand, argue that nothing is an original in the first place, and that every piece of music somehow borrows from others. But then again, there are some clear-cut cases of copycat music. This time, we have two of Marvin Gaye’s children in the one corner, and Robin Thicke in the other.
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Resort Company Embroiled In Local Artist Copyright Infringement [VIDEO]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
James Stewart rose to local fame as the writer and lead singer for pop rock sensation The Usual – with chart topping songs like ‘The Shape That I’m In’ and multi-SAMA award winning ‘Like a Vision’ released in the early noughties. With the success of his band, it was no wonder James was approached by brands keen to use his music in television ads. Which is when he got screwed.
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Bruce Willis Takes A Stand Against Apple
03 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Action star Bruce Willis maybe gearing up to take Apple to court to fight for the ownership rights of his massive digital music collection. The A-lister wants to leave his collection to his daughters after he dies, but Apple’s fine print prohibits the sharing of music bought from its online store.
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“The Hobbit” Pub Saved By Stephen Fry & Ian McKellen
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s an old Southampton pub called The Hobbit under threat from the company that controls Lord of the Rings licensing. The company eventually agreed to sell the pub a license to keep using the name it has had for decades. Stephen Fry and Ian McKellan decided this was stupid, so they paid the fee themselves.
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Die Antwoord Trailer Pulled Over Copyright Issues
15 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hoo-ha. That teaser trailer for the new Die Antwoord album, Ten$ion, got pulled from the internet (which means they’ve officially taken it down – obviously it’s still around) because artist Jane Alexander, whose anti-apartheid sculpture the trailer strongly references, told them to. They’re in legal discussions presently.
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3D Printing, The Next Front Of The Copyright War [VIDEO]
26 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Since the advent of digital media and file-sharing on the internet there have been concerns over digital piracy, however there’s a new development on the horizon which is going to affect a lot more than just the entertainment industry. Soon it may be possible to ‘download’ just about anything.
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UK Student Faces Extradition To USA For Copyright Infringement
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A UK judge ruled this week that Richard O’Dwyer, an English university student, can be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement – O’Dwyer being the former administrator of TVShack, a website that linked to pirated content. This sets a dangerous legal precedent for anybody who does anything fun on the internet.
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American Universities Purchasing ‘.XXX’ Porn Domain Names
14 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The .xxx domain, set to launch by the end of the year, is meant to be the domain of choice for porn sites. Which is dandy, but means that opportunists could register ‘google.xxx,’ for instance, and capitalize on Google’s popularity – so American universities are purchasing .xxx domains to keep people from making porn sites with their names in them.
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Break Copyright Law And YouTube Will Punish You [VIDEO]
15 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
YouTube is becoming your mother. Starting Thursday, if you upload something that violates copyright law you’ll be forced to watch a video telling you just how naughty you’ve been.
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Judge Ends Obama Artist Vs Press Trial
12 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A judge put his foot down and ended the trial between the Associated Press and Shepard Fairey, the artist who painted 2008’s most famous image. The AP said the dead beat (their words) artist took their photograph and copied it with crayons and pens and things. He said are you crazy, it’s art. They said are you crazy, it looks exactly the same. I don’t think the judge had a choice.
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