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On February 6, 2024, in Philpot v. Independent Journal Review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a copyright fair use decision in a photograph infringement case...

A photographer has emerged victorious after suing a website for using his Creative Commons image without the proper credit.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Feb. 6, 2024, that a news organization's use of a photograph of musician Ted Nugent...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that the copyright on a photograph of an entertainment icon was the subject of a valid copyright registration and that use of...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Feb. 6, 2024, that a news organization's use of a photograph of musician Ted Nugent did not constitute fair use, siding with...

For years we've covered the problems of copyright trolls -- abusive schemes in which aggressive lawyers and schemers leverage...

10 Shocking Dark Sides To Beloved Famous People We like to put celebrities of any sort up on a pedestal, even if they don’t really deserve it. Perhaps it harkens back to the days of monarchies and shows some void that we wish to fill now that we no longer have kings, or maybe we are just bored. Either way, we take normal people who’ve become famous for whatever reason and make them larger than life. We build them up into titanic figures beyond the concerns of mortal men and turn them into r...

February 08 2021 Ulven Companies celebrate 50 years of business in 2021, growing from a Molalla shed to a global supplier. In 1971 a young Oregon couple, Andrew and Diane Ulven, had a life-determining decision to make. Andy had a couple of years of law school behind him, had worked in sales for a few years, and had previously worked more hands on with "hot metal." Diane had a tidy savings account. When the couple discussed their future, they decided that a life in which they were able to m...