Hot Links – After Flava Works, Will Linking Burn You?

Martin Schwimmer is scheduled to speak on a panel for The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. to explore the recent Flava Works decision in the Seventh Circuit on liability for in-line linking. The panel, to be held at The Princeton Club in Manhattan on Tuesday, October 30th, will compare the decision to the Ninth Circuit's contrary holding in Perfect 10. It will also expand the discussion to include online copyright linking more generally, any "bright lines" that do or do not exist in this area, and the potential commercial impact of court rulings on linking. Professor Eva Subotnik of St. John's Law School will moderate the panel. Marty, described in the flyer for the event as a "pioneering IP blogger," will be joined on the panel by Greg Leighton of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, counsel for defendant in Flava Works.