Ninth Circuit says acting performances are not copyrightable
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in favour of Google in its copyright dispute with actor Cindy Lee Garcia, stating that acting performances lack a tangible medium for them to be eligible for copyright protection.
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28 February 2014 A US court has told Google to take down an anti-Islamic film from YouTube after finding that one actress’s performance is independently copyrightable.