Linking under US copyright law: green light to its inclusion in the scope of public display right comes from New York
A day in the life of a Kat: from Playboy bunny to ... In late 2017 The IPKat reported that, after Europe, it appeared that the interplay between linking and copyright protection had re-surfaced also in the US [use of the term 're-surfaced' is justified in light of the fact that US courts have already had the chance to address these issues, eg in the well-known Perfect 10 case ] . After a few months, earlier this week two decisions have been issued on this matter ... with two rather different outcomes. Linking to unlicensed content Round #1: KO - Playboy v Boing Boing First, on 14 February US District Judge Fernando Olguin (US District Court for the Central District of California) dismissed (but with leave to amend) Playboy's complaint against Boing Boing. What is (was?) at stake here? Basically Playboy [European readers will promptly recall that indeed the landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Unio...