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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/119

• BREAKING: STATES CANNOT BE SUED FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT- YES NORTH CAROLINA, YOU CAN BE A PIRATE.
• THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND – Court declines to rule on Public Domain Status
• PELOTON SETTLES AND DISMISSES COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
• LED ZEPPELIN WINS ON APPELLATE: INVERSE RATIO DEAD
• UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
• KATY PERRY VERDICT WIPED OUT
• DISNEY WINS INSIDE OUT CASE BY “MOODSTERS” CREATOR
• BILLIONS CLAIMS DISMISSED (FOLLOW-UP) 
• PRODUCTION COMPANY FOR SHIPBOARD REALITY SHOW NOT LIABLE FOR CREWMAN’S INJURY
• FIFTH CIRCUIT SETS CLEAR START-LINE FOR STATUTORY DAMAGES
• ADULT ENTERTAINMENT SITE SUED DUE TO ADA 
• ELECTION YEAR RUNDOWN: FEEL THE BERN EDITION (BY POPULAR REQUEST @MENDEZMUSIC)
• NEW FEE SCHEDULE HERE FOR COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
• Tamera’s guest appearance on The State Bar of Texas podcast

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/118

• Repeat COPYRIGHT plaintiff (Richard Bell Indianapolis Skyline Photo) SHUT DOWN WITH ISSUE PRECLUSION
• PERRY AMICUS BRIEF FILED BY 15 MUSICOLOGISTS
• LAWYER COPYRIGHTS EVERY MELODY KNOWN TO MAN TO PROVE A POINT
• ED SHEERAN ORDERED TO REVEAL CONCERT INCOME IN  COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CASE
• DRAKE WINS FAIR USE CASE IN APPELLATE COURT
• FIVE POINTZ APPELLATE COURT AFFIRMS PRIOR DECISION
• IT WOULDN’T BE AN ELECTION YEAR WITHOUT A FEW CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT
• TULSI GABBARD SUES HILLARY OVER “RUSSIAN ASSET” COMMENT

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/117

• WIPO opens consultation on the copyright questions raised by creative AI | Complete Music Update
• Labels & Publishers Win $1 Billion Piracy Lawsuit Against Cox Communications
• Kanye West, EMI Back in Court After Failing to Finalize Settlement
• Alex Jones and InfoWars Ordered to pay $126 k in Legal Fees for Failing to Obey Court Order 
• ROLLING STONES: WHAT JUST HAPPENED? 
• Operative Date for Public Domain is Moving Forward
• “Grapes of Wrath” Movie Adaptation Dispute Headed to Supreme Court
• Disney Calls Unauthorized Merch Sales by Fans Copyright Infringement

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/116

• BREAKING NEWS:  December 18, 2019 – Maria Strong Is Named Acting Register of Copyrights
• PSA: NOTICE OF INQUIRY AS TO WHAT DEFINES “PUBLICATION
• PRACTICE POINTER: KATY PERRY DARK HORSE PREJUDGEMENT INTEREST BALLOONS DAMAGES
• FOLLOW-UP:  PACQUIAO WINS AGAINST FANS OVER DISAPPOINTING FIGHT
• FOLLOW-UP:  MARC JACOBS/NIRVANA SMILEY FACE LOGO T-SHIRT DISPUTE
• COCA-COLA LOSES INITIAL TRIAL IN ‘RIGHT OF PUBLICITY’ BRAWL OVER USE OF JUICE SELLER’S IMAGE
• SMOKING GUN IN LYRIC COPYRIGHT DISPUTE
• PETE DAVIDSON NDA DISCUSSION
• LAWMAKERS CONCERNS WITH NEW COPYRIGHT LAW RESTATEMENTS
• YEAR IN REVIEW
• 4th Estate – Registration must be completed  before filing – Episode 105, 107 
• Stairway to Heaven – Episode 114
• A.B. #5 – Episode 114
• Graffiti Art afforded equal copyright protection  (A perennial favorite) (Episode 113)
• Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge/Public Resource Org Cases given Cert Episode 99, 111, 115
• Fortnite Dance – Episode 107
• Music Streaming Services Litigation after enactment of the Music Modernization Act & Music Modernization Act in general – (Episode 104, 105, 112, 115)
• Implementation of the Music Modernization Act in 2019 and 2020
• F.U.C.T. SCOTUS decision Iancu v. Brunetti  – Special Episode on June 27, 2019
• Coming in 2020  Scotus to Rule on:
• Allen v. Cooper
• Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media
• Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org Inc.
• Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., No. 19-46

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/115

• CONSENT DECREES SET TO EXPIRE
• CASE ACT PASSES HOUSE FLOOR
• FOLLOW-UP LIGHTNING ROUND
• JOHNNY DEPP SETTLES-A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR LAWYERS
• TAYLOR SWIFT SHAKE IT OFF LAWSUIT CONTINUES AFTER APPELLATE REVIVAL
• FOLLOW-UP: MARC JACOBS CANT’ DODGE NIRVANA’S LAWSUIT
• FOLLOW-UP: REDBOX GIVES UP AGAINST DISNEY DOWNLOAD CODES 
• FOLLOW-UP: NETFLIX WINS NARCOS CASE AGAINST JOURNALIST 
• 2020: THE YEAR OF THE DEFAMATION CASE
• COVINGTON TEEN’S DEFAMATION LAWSUIT CONTINUES
• JOY REED WINS HER MAGA DEFAMATION LAWSUIT
• CNN, ROLLING STONE AND HUFFINGTON POST-JOE ARPAIO(NOT A FELON, BUT SAYING HE WAS ISN’T DEFAMATION)
• PSA: UNCLAIMED ROYALTIES SYMPOSIUM  (FOR DC AREA COLLEAGUES)
• PSA: USPTO WARNS LAWYERS TO  SAFEGUARD AGAINST IMPROPER USE OF IDENTITY
• PSA: ARBITRATORS HAVE TO DISCLOSE PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS (ENERGY DRINK LAWSUIT HAS IMPACT ON ENTERTAINMENT ARBITRATION)
• UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
• MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT THREATENS FLO AND EDDIE LAWSUIT AGAINST PANDORA.
• REMINDER: THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CASES HAVE BEEN GRANTED CERT(GEORGIA PUBLIC RESOURCE.ORG)
• QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE 
• NCAA CLEARS WAY FOR ATHLETES TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF NAME AND LIKENESS
• INFLUENCER GUIDELINES UPDATED (TIE INTO NCAA) 

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/114

• California Governor signs two controversial bills affecting entertainment and sports
• BILLIONS LAWSUIT BEATEN BY SHOWTIME 
• ORAL ARGUMENTS HELD in LED ZEPPELIN STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN CASE
• PARKER V. WINWOOD “Gimme Some Lovin’” 51-years later… (lack of admissible evidence of copying)
• Jerry Seinfeld wins COMEDIANS IN CARS AUTHORSHIP LAWSUIT DUE TO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
• E*TRADE BEATS LAWSUIT CLAIMING IT STOLE PERSONA  of Instagram’s coolest man
• Gilda Radner documentary producer’s Copyright Lawsuit defeated by lack of registration (The plaintiff didn’t have the tapes anymore.)
• US Judge Tosses French Court’s $2.2MM Picasso Judgment over photos
• Indianapolis Photographer/Lawyer RICHARD BELL’S LAWSUIT THROWN OUT JURY SAID NO TO QUESTION OF AUTHORSHIP
• IT’S ELECTION SEASON AND Nickelback SUCCESSFULLY stops Trump’s use of song/video

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/113

• Yamashita v. Scholastic Inc., No. 17-1957 (2d Cir. 2019)
• Illegal Streaming Services Prompt Multiple Indictments (Conspiracy -– Criminal Copyright) 
• Barack Obama’s Production Company Runs Into a Trademark Problem | Hollywood Reporter
• Ariana Grande Sues Forever 21 for Using a “Look-Alike Model” on Social Media
• ‘WHATEVS’: St. Louis brewery fires back after French firm’s trademark threat 
• ‘Friday the 13th’ Writer Ridicules Notion That Winning Back Rights Means WGA’s Demise 
• MERCEDES ROLLS PAST MOTION TO DISMISS 
• CALIFORNIA SAYS STUDENT ATHLETES CAN PROFIT FROM THEIR NAMES AND LIKENESS
• CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSES AB5 GIG-WORK BILL 

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/112

Here’s what we talked about..

• KATY PERRY LOSES DARK HORSE CASE 

• Gigi Hadid beats Instagram copyright lawsuit 

• Narkiewicz-Laine v. Doyle (Stored Artwork destroyed by landlord) 

• KAUFFMAN V. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (WHAT/WHEN IS A WORK FOR HIRE?) 

• DYNASTUDY V. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

• ENNIO MORRICONE SCORES BIG APPELLATE WIN IN COPYRIGHT TERMINATION SUIT 

• CHILDRESS V. FOX ASSOCIATES – ADA claim against live theatre 

• TRADEMARK RULE CHANGES (ROUND-UP)

• LIGHTNING ROUND 

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at http://entertainmentlawupdate.com/110.

Here’s what we talked about..

• SUPREME COURT: BANKRUPTCY DOES NOT TERMINATE A LICENSE (FOLLOW-UP) 
• THE COPYRIGHT TRIAL THAT ALMOST WAS… “PEPE THE FROG”
• QUICK COVERAGE OF SHAKEUP AT BLOOM, HERGOTT
• APPLE V. PEPPER – US SUPREME COURT OPENS WAY FOR ANTITRUST CLAIMS OVER APP STORE RESTRICTIONS – IMPLICATIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT? 
• NARCOS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT
• UNIVISION FIRST AMENDMENT LAWSUIT
• DC LOSES SUPERMAN TRADEMARK FIGHT IN INDONESIA (IT’S A SMALL WORLD CLARK KENT)
• PSA: COPYRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS 
• GOLD VALUE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE V. SANCTUARY CLOTHING

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The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at http://entertainmentlawupdate.com/109.

Here’s what we talked about..

• MORAL RIGHTS (quick)
• FOURTH CIRCUIT SAYS FAIR USE ISN’T TO PROTECT LAZY APPROPRIATORS
• ANTI-TRUST AS A DEFENSE TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT?
• ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR SMALL COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAY BE INCOMING (Case Act)
• FOX FIGHTS ARBITRATOR IN BONES LAWSUIT
• FILMON DEFAMATION LAWSUIT PROCEEDS
• FUTURE EVENTS: WGA V. TALENT AGENCIES, WHAT IS GOING ON?
  

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