Taubman Sucks

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Taubman Sucks
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Music byStefan Hakenberg
Release date
June 19, 2004

Taubman Sucks is a short documentary about a precedent-setting intellectual property lawsuit.

The documentary was written and directed by filmmaker , an associate professor in the School of Film and Photography at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.[1] An original score was created for the documentary by composer Stefan Hakenberg of Juneau, Alaska.[2]

The six-minute film explores Taubman v. WebFeats, a lawsuit that involved the complex relationships between domain names, trademarks, and free speech.[3] As the first "" case to reach the level of the United States Court of Appeals, the decision in Taubman v. WebFeats established precedents concerning the non-commercial use of trademarks in domain names.[4]

Screening history[]

Taubman Sucks premiered at the Seattle Art Museum on June 19, 2004. It subsequently has been screened at more than 30 film festivals and has appeared on television several times.[5] It was one of ten short films selected for the "Best of the Northwest Film & Video Festival Tour"[6] sponsored by the Northwest FilmCenter in 2005.

References[]

  1. ^ Theo Lipfert Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Stefan Hakenberg - Composer Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  3. ^ Taubman v. WebFeats decision Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. ^ Progress in protecting gripe site owners against silly trademark claims Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  5. ^ Taubman Sucks: The Movie Retrieved March 22, 2007.
  6. ^ Movies & More Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 15, 2009.

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