INTRODUCTON The use of music and images to convey a political message is as old as political campaigning itself and presidential politics is the king of copyright co-optation. George Washington’s campaign used a version of Hail to the King …
Music In Political Campaigns
I’ve been writing a paper on the use of music and images in political campaigning for the past few weeks. In my research I stumbled upon this great NPR article: Music In Political Campaigns 101 : The Record : NPR. I’d …
New York Okays Groupon in Ethics Opinion
I wrote last week about a St. Louis lawyer using Groupon to attract clients. Now the New York State Bar has issued an ethics opinion. According to the recent opinion by the NY Bar Association Committee on Ethics: A lawyer …
Using Groupon To Attract Clients
Last year, according to SoloPracticeU, St. Louis attorney Craig S. Redler used Groupon to advertise a discount for will and power of attorney services. Before doing so he consulted the Missouri Bar Association which approved the use of Groupon as …
Is the Legal Recession Over?
There’s a great post over at Above the Law about the end of the legal recession with predictions from the writers. While the recovery from recession has been slow, both the finance and legal sectors actually shed jobs in 2011 according …
How to Not Get Clients 101
I’ve spent a good part of my free time today watching legal advertising. Usually it’s hilariously bad. It reminds me of watching the high school news casts in the mornings before classes started. Everyone was just awful. But the two …
All Tomorrow’s Parties (Tied Up In Litigation)
The 1967 Velvet Underground album “The Velvet Underground and Nico” featured the song “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” a favorite song of Andy Warhol. The band paid tribute to Warhol on the album’s cover (below):
Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting:
The Velvet Underground sued a foundation that manages artist Andy Warhol’s legacy on Wednesday in a trademark dispute over the influential New York-based rock band’s iconic cover for its 1967 album “The Velvet Underground & Nico.”
The partnership (including band members Lou Reed and John Cale), which filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, is seeking a declaration that the Warhol Foundation has no copyright interest in the design, the Wall Street Journal stated.
The band claims that The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. has infringed the band’s trademark by licensing the banana image to third parties.
This should be a fun trademark case to watch. In the meantime, sit back, relax and enjoy All Tomorrow’s Parties.
The Blackout
CNN Headline News is playing in the Chicago airport as I await my return flight. As I type this from my phone they are reporting a rumor that Google, Facebook, twitter and numerous other Internet companies are planning to go …
The Need for E-Filing in Offices and Courthouses. A Rant.
Today I spent an hour at the County Courthouse at Probate Court dealing with an audit. Apparently a few necessary documents had not been filed and needed to be filed before the estate could be administered. The problem with the …
What SOPA Means for the Future of the Internet
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been the subject of much tension across the inter-webs. The Act, which hopes to prevent copyright infringement on the web, has been protested by everyone from Google’s CEO to the founders of Twitter.Thursday the markup …