My fashion law colleague Susan Scafidi of Counterfeitchic and also the woman behind the first ever fashion law institute, Fordham Law, in the USA is busy preparing for the inaugural launch party for the law institute. She, however, has made time on her blog to update us on the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act. Fashion Copyright is a …
#Photographer Sues FELA! Producers Jay-Z, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett, #Copyright Infringement #Copyright Law
New York Times reports the following: “A Brooklyn photographer is suing the producers of the Broadway musical “Fela!” in federal court for copyright and trademark infringement, seeking at least $150,000 in damages for their use of her 1977 photograph of the legendary Nigerian nightclub of the Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan, argues that the “Fela!” …