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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...

A Constellation of Infringement

by Hisham El Mawan | Mar 15, 2018 | Copyright, Entertainment

British-Liberian artist Lina Viktor is suing Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Top Dawg Entertainment (“TDE”) for using some of her paintings in the music video…

Bipartisan Music Licensing Legislation Looks to Help Music Industry Clean Up its Act

by Dan Canedo | Mar 2, 2018 | Copyright, Entertainment

For years the music industry has dealt with music licensing issues, largely due to technological developments… Now, after years of discussion and lobbying efforts, a bipartisan bill may provide a much-needed solution…

That Sounds Familiar . . . Another Hit Song gets Hit with Copyright Infringement Suit

by Gabrial Mitchell | Feb 9, 2018 | Copyright, Entertainment

Ed Sheeran, Tim McGraw, and others are named in a copyright infringement suit for the new song “The Rest of Our Life,”. . .

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