The underlying story is a classic one of an artist whose works weren’t published or recognized for their importance until after the artist’s death. The legal angle in the case revolves around whether the artist’s estate or his former landlords own the common-law copyrights in the works the artist created.
Though LaBeouf and Barnett were not in an employment relationship, their dispute carries the straightforward lesson that an NDA cannot purchase silence that applicable law protects. In fact, an overbroad NDA can produce the very outcomes it was meant to prevent, such as costly litigation, public scrutiny and renewed attention to the underlying allegations.
In an eagerly awaited appellate decision on AI training and copyright fair use, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decided that an AI-powered legal research platform infringed copyrights in Westlaw content used to train the platform.
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which works under the umbrella of the Librarian of Congress, sets statutory-license royalty terms and rates. The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently issued two notable decisions about the CRB.
A federal case arising from the popular Roblox game Steal a Brainrot touches on the questions of: What are some ways in which creatives and media companies capitalize on viral content? Can IP law keep pace with AI-driven Internet culture? And why are gamers so obsessed with a club-wielding piece of lumber?
The opinion takes a different approach. It asks the question that actually matters under the Federal Arbitration Act and state unconscionability law: does the process, viewed as a whole, give parties a fundamentally fair opportunity to resolve their disputes?
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
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