Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. v. Haymarket Media, Inc., 1:2025cv06451 - Document 21 (S.D.N.Y. 2026) case opinion from the Southern District of New York U.S. Federal District Court

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Chicago Corner, LLC v. Hard Lens Media, Inc., No. 1:2024cv00246 - Document 88 (N.D. Ill. 2026) case opinion from the Northern District of Illinois U.S. Federal District Court

Whyte Monkee Productions, et al. v. Netflix, et al., No. 22-6086 (10th Cir. 2026) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

A professional videographer recorded a video in 2015 showing Michael Jordan breaking up a fight. Years later, a hip-hop news website operated by a media company republished the entire video, embedding...

Docket for Korman v. Free Beacon LLC, 1:25-cv-02076 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

Lyndon Perry, also known as I,HYPOCRITE, was sued for copyright infringement by MCM Group 22. The lawsuit was over a tweet that Perry posted that included a still frame image from a movie created by t...

ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT re denying DE 45 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; denying DE 46 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Beth Bloom on 1/5/2026. See attached document for full details. (gqa)

A Kentucky high school intended to administer a mental-health survey to its students. Concerned about the survey’s contents, a parent requested a copy under the Kentucky Open Records Act, aiming to share it with other parents and reporters. The school denied her request, citing a provision of the state law that excludes records “prohibited by federal law or regulation” from disclosure, and argued that the survey was copyrighted by its publisher, NCS Pearson. The school did allow her to inspect the survey in person, but would not provide a copy.

Hein et al v. Mai, No. 6:2024cv01126 - Document 73 (D. Kan. 2026) case opinion from the District of Kansas U.S. Federal District Court

The Ninth Circuit affirmed in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg—but two judges called for scrapping the intrinsic test. En banc review may be next.

While one new ruling protects YouTube embeds, another finds Twitter’s terms ambiguous, underscoring the need for clearer platform policies.

Zillow Gone Wild must face copyright infringement claims over its social media and blog posts that included a real estate photographer’s images.

<p>Textualists must moderate their distaste for legislative history and acknowledge the role of congressional sources in statutory interpretation—even those the