Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen)
On July 17th, the judge in Milan’s Fifth Criminal Section ordered Italian journalist Giulia Cortese to pay €5,000 in damages to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (in addition to …
A public event on humor and free speech will take place at Columbia University in New York on 25 October 2024, 2:30pm-5:30pm EDT. It will be hosted by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, …
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool)
Mr. Marabout is a painter known for his works that blend visual art with the “strip art” movement, where the artist incorporates comic strip cultural references to …
Dr Jennifer Young (University of Groningen)
Meta still seems to be having issues with humorous content, satire in particular. The Oversight Board (the Board) – which oversees Meta’s moderation decisions about content posted on Facebook, Instagram and Threads – has …
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool)
In just a few days, a new parody exception in Danish copyright law will come into effect (Section 24 b). This change follows significant developments in the Little …
Prof. Laura E. Little and Hailey McHugh Gilles (Temple University School of Law)
Continuing its string of decisions focusing on trademark parodies, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down last week its decision in Vidal v. Elster, once again reminding …
The Forum for Humor and the Law has joined Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights and other organizations in calling for the immediate release of Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, who was sentenced to a total of six years in prison for …
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool), 8 May 2024
Whether one can use a trade mark for humorous purpose is a contentious issue. In a recent decision by the Paris Tribunal of First Instance, the …
The annual conference of the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) will take place online on April 19th-21st. Please click here for the full schedule, including details on the double panel ‘LOLz and the Law: Online Humor in …
On April 16th-17th, in Rotterdam, the European Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) will hold a face-to-face meeting with approximately 20 experts, focusing on how practitioners can deal with borderline content (such as disparaging memes) spread by extremists as a way …