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11 Jul, 2008 1:13 pm
... Greenberg - National Geographic Society case, there was a highly technical opinion on the Satellite Home Viewer Act and the Section 119 compulsory license, as well as today's
opinion: Peter Letterese & Associates, Inc. v. World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, a 69
page opinion by ... and gave seminars. Dane died and a different company, run by a booted-out Scientologist (Peter Letterese), bought Dane's copyrights and sued the Scientologists. The first issue to be ...
31 Jul, 2008 8:10 am
Today's New York Daily News reports that Scientology critic Peter Letterese has filed a $250 million
federal lawsuit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute against the Church of ... various Scientology-related organizations is an elaborate criminal syndicate
which sought to infringe intellectual property rights to a book by author Leslie Dane. Letterese bought the rights to the book in question from
Dane's estate. Earlier this month in Peter Letteresse & Associates, Inc ...
17 Jul, 2008 12:47 pm
... existence of actual consent negates the necessity of conducting a fair use analysis in the first place." Ultimately, there were sufficient questions of fact for one of the
plaintiff's four claims to survive summary judgment, and the court remanded that claim for further consideration. More on Peter Letterese & Assocs., Inc. v. World Institute of Scientology Enters. after the jump. [More]
25 Aug, 2008 10:27 am
... elements: the court finds it or it does not. Obviously, such equitable powers apply to common law claims. Can it apply to statutory claims like copyright infringement? In most
circuits, yes. The Eleventh Circuit just grappled with that in Peter Letterese & Assocs. v. World
Inst. of Scientology Enterprises et al, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 14496; Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) P29,589 (July 8, 2008). They unearthed a fantastic Learned Hand ...
17 Sep, 2008 9:46 am
Per Peter Letterese And Associates, Inc. v. World Institute Of Scientology Enterprises, 533 F.3d 1287
(11th Cir. Jul 08, 2008): We next consider whether summary judgment for defendants was appropriate as to Count 1 on the alternate ground that PL&A's claim is barred by the defense
of laches, which prevents a plaintiff who has slept on his rights from enforcing those rights against a defendant. The question whether the equitable doctrine of laches may bar a claim
for copyright ...
21 Oct 1:23 pm
... the percentage of the use that is comprised of the copyright owner's work. See 17 U.S.C. § 107(3) (relevant measure is "the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation
to the copyrighted work as a whole") (my emphasis); Peter Letterese And Associates, Inc. v. World
Institute Of Scientology Enterprises, 533 F.3d 1287, 1314-15 (11th Cir. 2008) ("[T]he amount and substantiality of the portion used is measured with respect to the ' ...
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