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Sports and TV Industries Antitrust Litigations Update Image

Sports and TV Industries Antitrust Litigations Update

Stan Soocher

Sports leagues and competitions’ market clout and the increasing consolidation of sports content-streaming companies have recently spawned several civil antitrust actions aimed at reigning in these market powers.

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Ruling In Music App’s Contract Breach Complaint Against Apple’s App Store Image

Ruling In Music App’s Contract Breach Complaint Against Apple’s App Store

Kat Black

A California federal court rejected music streaming platform Musi’s request for a preliminary injunction against Apple, after Apple removed the Musi app from Apple’s app store due to copyright infringement concerns.

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A Look At Partial Deal In Music Publishers’ Lyrics Infringement Suit Against AI Company Anthropic Image

A Look At Partial Deal In Music Publishers’ Lyrics Infringement Suit Against AI Company Anthropic

Michelle Morgante

A partial agreement that music publishers reached with Anthropic PBC requires the Amazon-backed artificial intelligence company to implement “guardrails” around its use of copyrighted song lyrics to train its flagship product Claude.

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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Federal Court Considers Blurry Lines Between Artist's Consultant and Business Manager Image

Federal Court Considers Blurry Lines Between Artist's Consultant and Business Manager

Stan Soocher

What happens when a business manager gets involved in a dispute with one of the artist’s other advisers? A recent example is the litigation between the longtime business manager for rapper Nelly and a longtime consultant who has provided a range of services to the artist that include marketing and promotion, managing Nelly’s touring business, and seeking endorsement deals.

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Law Firms Hurl Ethics Accusations At Each Other In Tubi Subscribers Litigation Image

Law Firms Hurl Ethics Accusations At Each Other In Tubi Subscribers Litigation

Amanda Bronstad

Keller Postman’ alleges that Jenner & Block hired a former FBI special agent to interview class members who had opted out of a $19.99 million settlement with Tubi to arbitrate their claims. The fight began earlier this year as Tubi was negotiating a class action settlement in a 2023 case brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging the streaming service sold subscriber data to third parties without the consent of its users in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).

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FL Appeals Court Overturns $82.6 Million Award for Rapper Flo Rida In Endorsement Deal Litigation Image

FL Appeals Court Overturns $82.6 Million Award for Rapper Flo Rida In Endorsement Deal Litigation

Lisa Willis

It’s back to court for rapper Tramar Dillard, who goes by the stage name Flo Rida, after the Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District, ruled that a Broward trial court judge erred in his jury instructions when awarding $82.6 million in a breach of contract lawsuit against the makers of Celsius energy drinks in January 2023.

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Internet Archive Won’t Pursue Supreme Court Relief Over Loss of Copyright Case to Book Publishers Image

Internet Archive Won’t Pursue Supreme Court Relief Over Loss of Copyright Case to Book Publishers

Alyssa Aquino

The Internet Archive has stopped defending its free digital library against a publisher-launched copyright lawsuit and announced that it won’t ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether the depository is a fair use of the plaintiff publishers’ copyrights.

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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