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Comedians in Cars Getting Ideas, Ops. 2: Ace in the Hole

Oct 29 2019
By John L. Geiger, co-author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative ArtistsA New York Federal District Court recently ruled in favor of comedian Jerry Seinfeld by rejecting a copyright lawsuit brought by writer-director Christian Charles, who claimed authors
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Comedians in Cars Getting Ideas, Ops. 1: Timing is Everything in Comedy, in Litigation, and in Litigation about Comedy

Oct 11 2019
By John L. Geiger, co-author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative ArtistsA Federal District Court in New York recently ruled in favor of comedian Jerry Seinfeld by rejecting a copyright lawsuit brought by writer-director Christian Charles, who claimed
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