Tag Archives: Seinfeld
10 Copyright Cases Every Fan Fiction Writer Should Know About
If you are a Star Trek fan, the name Axanar has almost certainly crossed your lips or your computer screen recently. Axanar is a film (well, at least a very good trailer aspiring to be a film) set in the Star Trek universe, which tells the back story of Garth of Izar, a character who appeared in one episode of the original Star Trek series.… More
What is More Defamatory? A False Accusation of Homophobia or of Homosexuality?
In July 2014, Judge Barbara Jaffe of the New York Supreme Court dismissed the defamation claims in Kramer v. Skyhorse Publications. Kenny Kramer, the real life inspiration for the beloved eponymous Seinfeld character, had sued comedian Fred Stoller and his publisher because Stoller had written that a guide on the "Kramer Reality Tour" was shouting the catch phrase "not that there's anything wrong with that" at passersby in Greenwich Village,… More