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How Love Is Directed Behind Closed Doors: Contested Litigation And The Lack Of Employment Distinction Within Reality TV

by Kamila Ramos | January 18, 2024 | Celebrity, Entertainment, Entertainment Law, Labor and Employment | 0 Comments

In the Netflix series titled Love is Blind, contestants are put together in separate “pods” in search of love in an unorthodox manner. Without ever meeting and talking through a wall, couples get engaged to see if love is truly blind and can withstand the testament of...

Better Than Revenge: Taylor’s Version and the Modernization of Musical Copyright

by Punit Motiwala | January 18, 2024 | Celebrity, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Music Law | 0 Comments

Copyright Background of Taylor Swift’s Masters Dispute In 2013, Taylor Swift signed a thirteen-year recording contract with Big Machine Records. [1] In that time, Swift recorded 6 Studio Albums: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation. [2] After...

Famous Faces and Legal Cases: The Precautions for Co-Branding and Licensing Endorsement’s with Brands and Celebrities

by Anthony Hayek | January 18, 2024 | Celebrity, Entertainment, Entertainment Law, Trademark Law | 0 Comments

According to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, a celebrity endorsing or co-branding with a consumer product, on average, will increase the revenue of the products sales by 4%, correlating with a $10 million in further sales each year. Some major recent...

Kid Influencers: The Need for Financial Protection in the Digital Age

by Erica Lorenzana | Mar 29, 2023 | Celebrity, Entertainment, Labor and Employment

The impact and accessibility of technology has induced a shift in entertainment away from movie theaters, cable, and streaming platforms towards social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. As of November 2022, TikTok had even surpassed Netflix as the second-most...

Seduction of the Innocent: Regulation of Comic Books in Schools and Libraries

by Cashen Nielsen | Mar 26, 2023 | Policy, Trademark

In 1954, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency held hearings focused on the perceived problem of violent and sexual comic books in corrupting the youth.[1] In response, the Comics Magazine Association of America formed the Comics Code Authority (CCA), a...

Navigating Copyright Uncertainty in the Age of ChatGPT and Generative AI

by Jaemin Sung | Mar 26, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Copyright

Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has taken the artificial intelligence (AI) community by storm.[1] The New York Times described it as “the best artificial intelligence chatbot ever released to the general public.”[2] Indeed, its ability to provide a detailed...

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