Is Web Scraping Legal?
Can Internet companies protect their public data from being collected and used by competitors?
When Does Something Become Public Domain?
How do you know whether a movie, book, musical composition or any other type of creative work is in the public domain?
The Costume Copyright Conundrum
Happy Halloween from Knowmad Law!
How to “Copyright” Your Work
Like “trademark,” it’s better not to think of the word “copyright” as a verb. Copyright is something that you have or you don’t. But when...
Post and Re-Post: When Is It Ok to Share Someone Else’s Content?
Most of us don’t think twice about sharing a news article on our Facebook timelines, re-posting a cat gif to our Tumblr blogs or pinning...
HBO's Silicon Valley: a Legal Critique - (Part Three)
In this final installment on our series about HBO’s Silicon Valley, we return one more time to the legal entanglements that challenge...
Fight Night: How Tuning into a Boxing or MMA Event Could Land You in Court
For some fans of boxing, mixed martial arts and other pay-per-view sporting events, it’s long after the ring has emptied that the fight...
Malibu Media: File Sharing Litigation's New Normal?
In the 2010’s, the U.S. federal courts were confronted with the sudden emergence of a brand new type of litigation. Over the span of a...
