The latest big fair use lawsuit involves President Obama's red and blue iconic image ("Hope") that has been everywhere throughout the election and beyond. Did the artist use the AP's image fairly, according to copyright fair use law? The Fair Use Project at Stanford Law School, representing the artist, is seeking a declaration that its all ok. Oh, and by the way, the other wrinkle in this case is whether the freelancer who took the photograph actually assigned the copyright in the photo to AP.
About Linsey Krolik
Linsey Krolik is a technology, media, and business lawyer in Silicon Valley, California. Linsey has operated her part-time solo law practice since 2004, providing services to a range of clients, from small businesses and start-up companies to established, large corporations, and covering a variety of businesses, including microprocessors, computer hardware, software, Internet, wireless, blog, and medical device companies. Before starting her practice, Linsey was Corporate Counsel for ARM, Inc., a United Kingdom-based intellectual property company and worked for a variety of tech companies in the Silicon Valley, including Palm, Inc, OmniSky Corporation, and 3Com Corporation. Linsey holds a combination JD/MBA degree from Santa Clara University School of Law with a concentration in High Technology Law and has been a member of the California State Bar Association since 2002. Linsey spoke at BlogHer'08 on the topic of legal issues with blogging in the "Taking Care of Business" session.
Outside of her life in the law...Linsey is also a twin mom (plus one more makes three kids aged 5 and under), a twin herself, cancer survivor, and president of the board of her kids' preschool. She enjoys writing at her personal blog, Me Too You, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, Whereas, Mad About Multiples, and Simplicity Sake.- Visit my website to learn more.
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- Blawgging
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Recent Posts
- Business 101 class at Outside the Cube
- My new book: Virtual Incorporation
- BlogHer'09 and legal issues with blogging...and a cool tool for copyright fair use evaluations
- State of the Net West 2009
- Don't be afraid to negotiate
- In-licensing Technology: 3 Things You Need to Avoid Tainting
- Joining the faculty of Solo Practice University
- Weekly Whereas: Shortest EULA, Solo Practice University, National Reading Month and BlogHer'09
- Bay Area Blawggers Meeting on March 18th
- Weekly Whereas: Kindle, Kiwis and Simplifying Contractual Processes
Resources
- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
- Creative Commons
- EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers
- Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending Freedom in the Digital World
- Legal Guide | Citizen Media Law Project
- Podcasting Legal Guide - CC Wiki
- Solo Practice University™ | The ‘Practice of Law’ School
- Stanford Center for Internet and Society
- Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center
- The Ultimate Guide to Internet Law: 100 Guides and Resources
- U.S. Copyright Office
- United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page
- WhichDraft
A Few of My Favorite Blogs
- Above the Law
- Bag and Baggage
- Darling Hill
- Drug and Device Law
- Ernie The Attorney
- In House Blog
- Law & Life: Silicon Valley
- Law Blog - WSJ.com
- Law on Alltop
- Lessig Blog
- Licensing Handbook Blog
- Likelihood of Confusion
- Silicon Valley Media Law Blog
- Software as Services | ZDNet.com
- Start Up Company Lawyer
- Taxgirl
- Technology & Marketing Law Blog by Eric Goldman
- The Trademark Blog
- TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog
- Words in Edgewise | Media Bloggers Association