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David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross Starring Al Pacino Opens Saturday, December 8

David Mamet’s Glengarry Glenn Ross, starring Al Pacino, begins previews Friday, October 19 and opens Saturday, December 8. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play follows the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents over two days as they descend from lies and threats to bribery and burglary in an increasingly frantic push to sell

Google Settles Book Scanning Lawsuit With Publisher Group

On October 4, 2012, Google reached a settlement in the Google Books case with the publisher plaintiffs, which include The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Pearson Education, Inc., Penguin Group (USA) Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Association of American Publishers (AAP) represented the publishers in the settlement, resolving its seven-year
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Nancy E. Wolff – “What You Need to Know About Copyright”

CDAS partner Nancy E. Wolff joins the panel “What You Need to Know About Copyright, Licensing and Image/Footage Usage Trends” presented by Visual Connections, Wednesday, October 24, 10am, at The Altman Building, 135 West 18 Street, New York City. The panel will discuss a variety of copyright issues including fair use, orphan works, royalty free,
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Nancy E. Wolff – “Web 2.0 Legal Issues”

Nancy E. Wolff will speak at PACA’s (Picture Archive Council of America) 17th International Conference in Chicago, October 19-21, 2012. On Sunday, October 21, at 1:30pm, Ms. Wolff presents “Web 2.0 Legal Issues”. Here she will address matters such as use of images on social media sites, smartphone model release apps, favorable language for contracts
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Nancy E. Wolff – “The New Copyright Economy”

CDAS partner Nancy E. Wolff will join the panel “The New Copyright Economy” presented by the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) at the Scandinavia House in New York City, on Tuesday, October 23, 9am to 1pm. Copyright and publishing are in flux and changes in content creation, licensing and distribution are a threat to

Mary E. Rasenberger & Eleanor M. Lackman Interview Shira Perlmutter

In the current issue of the ABA IP section’s magazine Landslide, CDAS partners Eleanor M. Lackman and Mary E. Rasenberger interview Shira Perlmutter, the Administrator for Policy and External Affairs at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In the interview, Ms. Perlmutter discusses her background, responsibilities, areas of focus in her new position, key

Documentary Filmmaker Successfully Argues Fair Use in Central District of California

A federal court recently ruled that an unauthorized use of film clips in a documentary film satisfied the requirements of the fair use exception under the Copyright Act. In National Center For Jewish Film v. Riverside Films, LLC (C.D. Cal. Sept. 14, 2012), the defendants made a documentary film entitled Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the

Mary E. Rasenberger & Eleanor M. Lackman Interview Shira Perlmutter

In the current issue of the ABA IP section’s magazine Landslide, CDAS partners Eleanor M. Lackman and Mary E. Rasenberger interview Shira Perlmutter, the Administrator for Policy and External Affairs at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In the interview, Ms. Perlmutter discusses her background, responsibilities, areas of focus in her new position, key