@drsarahhook.bsky.social
Snr Lecturer in IP and Media Law. Researcher in legal impediments to freedom of expression, derivative creativity and moral rights. Opinions only mine.
My book is now available in paperback! www.routledge.com/Moral-Rights...
Moral Rights, Creativity, and Copyright Law: The Death of the Transformative Author
This book argues that moral rights provisions in copyright law rest on a misunderstanding, or romanticisation, of the role of the author.
The Romantic conception of authorship, as a lone genius, creat...
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June 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
My book is now available in paperback! www.routledge.com/Moral-Rights...
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I **ADORE** this little article from Green Bag by a federal judge explaining how he first coined a word and then worked to use it in an opinion so it could make it into Black's Law Dictionary greenbag.org/v13n2/v13n2_...
March 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I **ADORE** this little article from Green Bag by a federal judge explaining how he first coined a word and then worked to use it in an opinion so it could make it into Black's Law Dictionary greenbag.org/v13n2/v13n2_...
I’ve not heard this distinction so much in Australia but agree it’s a terrible term! My students mostly find patents straightforward if technical, but copyright has more conceptual difficulties!
My students read this piece, inspired by @ericgoldman.bsky.social!, about how deeply harmful this term can be: scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/context/facp...
January 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I’ve not heard this distinction so much in Australia but agree it’s a terrible term! My students mostly find patents straightforward if technical, but copyright has more conceptual difficulties!
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2024 at 3:56 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
The real story here is the lost argument to have ‘trade marks’ appear as two words. Appeals to the Constitution, the vibe and even the Act were not enough! Lovely working with @drmarieip.bsky.social and Associate Professor Vicki Huang for this piece: theconversation.com/rayguns-clai...
Raygun’s claim against a parody musical may not stand up: here’s what the law says
Raygun is unlikely to be able to claim intellectual property over her name, her persona and her dance moves.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:52 PM
The real story here is the lost argument to have ‘trade marks’ appear as two words. Appeals to the Constitution, the vibe and even the Act were not enough! Lovely working with @drmarieip.bsky.social and Associate Professor Vicki Huang for this piece: theconversation.com/rayguns-clai...
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Day 1 Hacking Visual Culture @UTS. Setting the bar high for future art law conferences! Opening by @ijalexander.bsky.social, keynote from Prof Angie Abdilla, presentation by @culturedoug.bsky.social & @andeewallace.bsky.social & performance 'Artificial Symbosis' by Kurt Milkolajczyk & Anna Savery
December 4, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Day 1 Hacking Visual Culture @UTS. Setting the bar high for future art law conferences! Opening by @ijalexander.bsky.social, keynote from Prof Angie Abdilla, presentation by @culturedoug.bsky.social & @andeewallace.bsky.social & performance 'Artificial Symbosis' by Kurt Milkolajczyk & Anna Savery
I experimented with client interviews this semester in IP law as a way of avoiding AI exam responses and it worked better than I thought. The ability to prod, question and clarify really helped evaluate the students understanding. Still not sure how to do this at scale but a fun, robust assessment!
November 25, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I experimented with client interviews this semester in IP law as a way of avoiding AI exam responses and it worked better than I thought. The ability to prod, question and clarify really helped evaluate the students understanding. Still not sure how to do this at scale but a fun, robust assessment!
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Stern on Law, Literature, and the Legal Imagination @simon8.bsky.social /
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Stern on Law, Literature, and the Legal Imagination @simon8.bsky.social @ArsScripta
Simon Stern, University of Toronto Law, has published Law, Literature, and the Legal Imagination . Here is the abstract. Law and literatur...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Stern on Law, Literature, and the Legal Imagination @simon8.bsky.social /
lawlit.blogspot.com/2024/11/ster...
lawlit.blogspot.com/2024/11/ster...