Mississippi Business Journal » copyright http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Lawsuit over Faulkner quote will go to trial in 2014 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/lawsuit-over-faulkner-quote-will-go-to-trial-in-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawsuit-over-faulkner-quote-will-go-to-trial-in-2014 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/lawsuit-over-faulkner-quote-will-go-to-trial-in-2014/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:52:23 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73456 OXFORD — A lawsuit filed by William Faulkner’s heirs over a quote in the Woody Allen film “Midnight in Paris” has been scheduled for trial April 7, 2014, in U.S. District Court in Oxford. The Faulkner estate sued Sony Pictures Classics Inc. in October 2011, saying the company infringed on copyright when actor Owen Wilson [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/lawsuit-over-faulkner-quote-will-go-to-trial-in-2014/feed/ 0 One Faulkner lawsuit tossed, Sony lobbies to dismiss another http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/10/judge-tosses-copyright-lawsuit-brought-by-faulkners-estate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-tosses-copyright-lawsuit-brought-by-faulkners-estate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/10/judge-tosses-copyright-lawsuit-brought-by-faulkners-estate/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:44:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67966 OXFORD — The estate of William Faulkner has settled a copyright lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Washington Post Co. for using a Faulkner quote in a newspaper ad by the defense contractor. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson dismissed the lawsuit Dec. 12. Terms of the settlement are sealed. The Faulkner [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/10/judge-tosses-copyright-lawsuit-brought-by-faulkners-estate/feed/ 0 ‘Family Guy’ thief’s sentencing postponed until March http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/02/family-guy-thiefs-sentencing-postponed-until-march/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-guy-thiefs-sentencing-postponed-until-march http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/02/family-guy-thiefs-sentencing-postponed-until-march/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:24:15 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=36388 BAY ST. LOUIS — A federal judge has postponed the sentencing of a Bay St. Louis man convicted of copyright infringement for reproducing and selling copies of the “Family Guy” television series. Neil John Brimelow pleaded guilty Nov. 8 in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Brimelow was scheduled for sentencing Feb. 7. His attorney filed [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/02/family-guy-thiefs-sentencing-postponed-until-march/feed/ 0 Coast man pleads guilty to copyright infringement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/11/coast-man-pleads-guilty-to-copyright-infringement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-man-pleads-guilty-to-copyright-infringement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/11/coast-man-pleads-guilty-to-copyright-infringement/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:12:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=33099 GULFPORT — A Bay St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to copyright infringement for reproducing and selling copies of the “Family Guy” television series. Neil John Brimelow accepted a plea agreement Nov. 8 in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Brimelow in April. The case was transferred from [...]

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