©ancelling Dr. Seuss

Nov. 28, 2023—Cathay Y. N. Smith | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 73 (2023) Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced in March 2021 that it would no longer license or publish six of its children’s books because those books portrayed people in racist or culturally stereotypical ways. Since then, the public has learned through news reports and...

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Breaking the Fourth’s Wall: The Implications of Remote Education for Students’ Fourth Amendment Rights

Nov. 27, 2023—Sallie Hatfield | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 179 (2023) As the COVID-19 pandemic forced both public K-12 and higher education institutions to transition to exclusively provide remote education, students’ homes and personal lives were exposed to the government like never before. Zoom classes and remote proctoring were suddenly the norm. Students and...

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Copyright’s Lost Art of Substantial Similarity

Nov. 27, 2023—Sandra M. Aistars | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 109 (2023) Three copyright doctrines focus more than any others on the contributions of authors to visual artworks: originality, substantial similarity, and fair use. Questions regarding the aesthetics of works of authorship filter into judicial determinations under each of these doctrines. This Article comments...

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