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MPIS, owned and operated by Elias Savada, provides customized copyright research reports. Other resources are utilized depending on the nature of the request.
The Motion Picture Information Service was founded in 1977, originally to assist overseas film festivals (San Sebastian, Spain; Pordenone, Italy) and archives (Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisbon; and Filmoteca Española, Madrid) with programming assistance. Having spent 14 years with The American Film Institute, sandwiched around five years as a research supervisor for the copyright law firm of Brylawsk
01/13/2026
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Copyright Bill Aims To Improve Copyright Registration Process For High Volume Visual Artists And Creators In December 2025, Senator Marsha Blackburn, joined by Senator Peter Welch, introduced a bill aimed at simplifying and streamlining the copyright registration process for "high-volume...
12/31/2025
From the Library of Congress… soon p.d.
Lifecycle of Copyright: 1930 Works in the Public Domain | Copyright The following blog is authored by Ashley Tucker, with legal research by Jessica Chinnadurai and Laura Kaiser. Over the last several years on January 1, we have witnessed a new class of creative works entering the public domain in the United States. In 2026, a variety of works published in 1930, ...
OK, here's a Trademark Tidbit for you to chew on…
11/27/2025
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Supreme Court Defers Ruling on Trump’s Effort to Oust Copyright Official An appeals court panel had said that Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, could remain in her role as an adviser to Congress.
11/03/2025
Sometimes you sue…sometimes you don't…
To protect his copyrights, storm chaser Reed Timmer goes to court often Reed Timmer won't be suing penguinz0, but the storm chaser said he pushes back on blatant "content theft" to protect the value of his work.
11/03/2025
This is getting downright silly…
Commercially ghoulish or ghostly? Stan Lee was an ‘AI-powered’ hologram for Marvel fans at LA Comic Con The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
11/03/2025
Another oops moment…
How French Montana Won on a Copyright Technicality 7th Circuit: register the right copyright or risk losing even when tracks sound identical. But what if the artist did—and nobody noticed?
11/02/2025
Goofy George…the loser.
From Cameo to Courtroom: George Santos’ Copyright Claims Fall Flat | JD Supra Despite the best efforts of the government, George Santos refuses to leave the public eye – for now, at least. On September 15, 2025, the Second...
11/02/2025
Both sides now…
Can USC Use Music in Social Videos Without Permission? Learn why Sony Music Entertainment is suing USC for using its music in social videos without obtaining the proper permission to do so.
10/19/2025
More on how SCOTUS might approach AI …
Thaler Tells SCOTUS Refusing Copyright to AI-Generated Works Endangers Photo Copyrights, Too Dr. Stephen Thaler has taken his fight to get works created by AI machines recognized as copyrightable to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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