Lessig v. Liberation Music Pty Ltd

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:13-cv-12028

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Copyright

Judge:

Nathaniel M. Gorton

Firms

  1. February 28, 2014

    Harvard Law Prof Settles Copyright Feud Over YouTube Video

    Harvard Law School Professor and copyright activist Lawrence Lessig has settled his copyright fight with Australian record company Liberation Music Pty Ltd., sparked by his use of a song in a lecture he posted to YouTube, according to papers filed on Friday in Massachusetts federal court.

  2. August 23, 2013

    Harvard Prof Hits Record Co. Over YouTube Video Takedown

    Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard Law School professor and proponent of looser online copyright laws, hit Australian record company Liberation Music Pty Ltd. with a lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court on Thursday for allegedly misusing copyright law to remove one of his lectures from YouTube.

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