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Little Women: Recent representations of women in the media
Dr Jennifer Young (University of Groningen), 18 October 2023
The French television channel Canal 8 brought two applications to Strasbourg earlier this year, see Canal 8 v. France (Nos. 58951/18 and 1308/19, 9th February 2023). These asked the Court to
The Parody Exception: Revisiting the Case for a Distinct Pastiche Exception
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool), 5 October 2023
This blog post was originally published on the Kluwer Copyright Blog under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). We are …
Infotainment and fact-checking: The challenges of making comedy with news (Vilela vs. Duvivier)
Dr. João Paulo Capelotti (practicing lawyer, Curitiba, Brazil)
Last June, a district court in São Paulo ruled that HBO Brazil and a famous Brazilian comedian, Gregorio Duvivier, violated an agribusiness entrepreneur’s reputational rights, …
Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court
Prof. Laura Little, Temple Law School
Whether you agree or disagree with the decisions handed down during the U.S. Supreme Court’s term ending just this June, you must agree that the term was quite a doozy. Affirmative Action out …
Cartoons in Court (NETIAS, 2020-2025)
NETIAS Constructive Advanced Thinking Grant, 2020-2025
Team members: Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen, Principal Investigator), Vicky Breemen (Utrecht University), Andrew Bricker (Ghent University), Ana Pedrazzini (Conicet – Comahue National University), Tjeerd Royaards (Cartoon Movement)
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Humor and Free Speech: A Comparative Analysis of Global Case Law
The paper Humor and Free Speech: A Comparative Analysis of Global Case Law, authored by Alberto Godioli and Jennifer Young (University of Groningen), is now available as part of the Special Collection series run …
On the abuse of human rights law in Sri Lanka: The arrest of Nathasha Edirisooriya
Dr Alberto Godioli, University of Groningen
On May 27th 2023, Sri Lankan comedian and human rights activist Nathasha Edirisooriya was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka (CID) under section 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and …
Is Trump “too Big” for Trademark? Vidal v. Elster, No. 22-704, petition for review granted 6/5/2023
Professor Laura Little and Andrew Rosen, Temple University School of Law
Yes, it is true. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear yet another funny trademark case. This case dates back to 2018, when a lawyer out of California filed …