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

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

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

by | 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...
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Instagrammer Sues Forever 21

by | Apr 13, 2017 |

Forever 21 is hanging on by a thread after being hit with another copyright laws—this time over an Instagram post.[1] The popular retailer has been sued approximately 50 times over the past several years for copyright infringement, but litigation typically centers...

Superhero Scènes à Faire

by | Apr 10, 2017 |

On Monday, March 27, District Court Judge Paul Oetken granted Marvel a partial dismissal of a suit brought by Ben and Ray Lai for copyright infringement.[1] The Lai brothers run Horizon Comics Productions in Massachusetts and have brought a claim alleging that the...

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