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Entertainment & Sports

May 21, 2015

Hollywood, Silicon Valley sigh in relief

Both the entertainment and tech industries were relieve with the 9th Circuit's en banc decision in the "Innocence of Muslims" case. By J. Alexander Lawrence


By J. Alexander Lawrence


With the issuance of the en banc decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in Garcia v. Google on Monday, audible sighs of relief were heard across Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

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  Rejecting a much-criticized holding by a divided panel, the 9th Circuit correctly
  held that an actress appearing in a five-second segment of a film posted to YouTube
  has no copyright ...

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