When it comes to tech powered by generative AI, we are on the verge of a Cambrian Explosion, a period during…
Author: Frankfurt Kurnit
Door-to-door storage services deliver packing crates to your house and pick them up once they are filled up. It is,…
An advertiser includes an infringing image in an advertising campaign. (It has been known to happen.) The copyright owner sues,…
Tattoos again. (See here and here.) In the early days of the pandemic, tattoo parlors across the country – including one owned by…
In 1927, Calvin Coolidge was president, the first commercial flight of Pan American Airways took off (leaving Key West bound for…
The end of an era has come. The “traditional” SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract will expire on December 31, 2022, and on…
Plaintiff Michael Hayden is an American who, in the late 1980s, was living la dolce vita in Italy, working as an artist…
It’s that time again. The current SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract (the "Commercial Contracts") will expire…
Plaintiff Jacob Aaron Leveille is a visual artist who lives in Florida. (You can check out his work on Instagram.) Defendant…
Pro baller Terry Rozier (our defendant) began his career with the Boston Celtics and now plays for the Charlotte Hornets. Rozier's reputation…
Yet another photo embedding case, but this time Instagram wins based on the court's application of the "server test." The…
The Joint Policy Committee ("JPC") and SAG-AFTRA have issued requirements for producers that wish to issue policies mandating COVID-19 vaccinations…
Since 1949, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Inc. and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (together, the…
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Health and Essential Rights Act (“HERO Act”) into law yesterday, May 6, 2021, as a response…
Apple's iTunes app allows consumers to "buy" and "rent" movies, television shows, and other content. If a consumer chooses the…
I don't think it is possible to love Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, more than I do. I love her recipes:…
Last week, lengendary rocker Neil Young sued Donald Trump's presidential campaign (the "Campaign") for copyright infringement for using two of…
Another post about embedding photos using Instagram’s API! As we have written about here and here, in April and June of this year,…
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits any person from calling or text messaging someone on a wireless phone using…
Remember the Grammy’s a few years back, when Arby’s shouted out to Pharrell Williams on Twitter, requesting the return of…
This is a story about the cold-blooded murder of a rock star, the reissue of his famous guitar without permission…
First there was Led Zeppelin. A few weeks later, Katy Perry. And now Josh Groban. All music copyright cases, all from courts…
Notwithstanding YouTube's significant role in public discourse–with more than 1.3 billion users and more than 30 million daily visitors–it is…
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin – a case about the opening licks of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven – has been wending its way through…
The coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) has shaken up a host of industries, including sports, which by its very nature requires…
Editor's Note: This article reposted by Jeff Greenbaum from GALA The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), which has yet…
