The Sports Blawg with the Fordham Sports Law Forum At a news conference prior to this year’s Super Bowl, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady mentioned that he watched last year’s Super Bowl “on an illegal Super Bowl website,” while in Costa Rica recovering from a foot injury.  Brady’s comment underscored the widespread availability of [...]

Not content with being just the public face of copyright reform, the Biebs has moved on to First Amendment issues.  Specifically, the singer’s attorneys sent RC3, a maker of Android apps, a cease-and-desist letter two weeks ago that threatened legal action if the company did not cease distribution of its Joustin’ Beaver game.  Now RC3 [...]

The infamous family Corleone is involved in a legal dispute that surprisingly has nothing to do with whacking gangsters in an Italian restaurant or threatening a movie producer with a decapitated horse.  On February 17th, Paramount Pictures filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Anthony Puzo, the son and executor of [...]

Last week, The White House announced a new “Consumer Bill of Rights” for online privacy.  Here’s hoping the net’s biggest online ad networks will actually start respecting the “Do Not Track” setting in browsers. Thank you to staffer Elizabeth Marren for the link!

Has everyone discovered the new time-sucking, weirdly-addicting, immediately-gratifying Internet sensation Pinterest yet? The website is so addictive it’s distracted us from writing this blogroll for at least 15 minutes. Well, surprise surprise, it seems that there are some serious copyright issues with Pinterest’s business model since its “very nature is to encourage the repinning of  [...]

The Naked Cowboy does not have a monopoly on near-nude, cowboy-themed minstrelsy. Or so decided U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones in the Naked Cowboy’s most recent attempt to protect his brand.  The wannabe lone ranger’s lawsuit against the CBS soap opera “The Bold and The Beautiful” was thrown out because the Judge found that the [...]

Check out this New York Times article about the growing film industry in Nigeria and its impact on culture, identity, and the economy of Africa. The article also discusses the uncertainty of who owns the copyright in this booming business. For the copyright discussion, look to page 6.   Thank you to staffer Matthew Mann [...]

The FCC is introducing a pilot program in hopes to address the digital divide. From ColorLines: “The reality is that the digital divide still exists. Only about 60 percent of users in America have access to home-based broadband connections, and many low-income, black and Latino households lack access. While many black and Latino users have [...]

We’re not surprised to learn that The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences owns several Oscar-related trademarks.     Thank you to staffer Kimberly Lehmann for the link!

The Sports Blawg with the Fordham Sports Law Forum Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador’s victory in the 2010 Tour de France has been tainted by accusations of doping when Contador’s post-race blood tests revealed traces of a prohibited substance, Clenbuterol, weeks after his victory.  After a long wait, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (“CAS”) stripped [...]