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EntertainmentLawUpdateEpisode137 – (view transcript)
CALIFORNIA PAY TO PLAY ACT EFFECTIVE THIS MONTH
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-fair-pay-to-play-act-to-become-effective-september-1-2021
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB26
STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY CORNER
BLACKBEARD FILMMAKER SETS SAIL WITH NEW CLAIMS ALLEGING TAKINGS INSTEAD OF COPYRIGHT
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/north-carolina-film-maker-s-copyright-case-against-the-state-revived-after-supreme-court-denial
TEXAS A&M ESCAPES COPYRIGHT CLAIMS AT 5TH CIRC. OVER 12TH MAN STORY
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/texas-am-escapes-copyright-claims-5th-circ-over-12th-man-story-2021-09-09/
https://illusionofmore.com/fifth-circuit-delivers-maddening-opinions-in-bynum-copyright-suit/
NIRVANA SUED BY 30 YEAR OLD FOR NEVERMIND COVER
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58327844.amp
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nirvana-nevermind-baby-lawsuit-child-porn[…]R0Srq1oknSRCEkfC3zwdMSiNz_WdUxwPt3XjdZHytfULcCEMu2ZWFtXyVg
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/nevermind-that-nirvana-lawsuit-1235003065/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2021/08/27/nirvana-suit-is-baseless-[…]s-and-an-insult-to-victims-of-heinous-crimes/?sh=314cb6c94afe
https://completemusicupdate.com/article/new-lawsuit-over-nevermind-album-cover-poses-plenty-of-interesting-questions/
https://www.eonline.com/news/1300147/nirvana-sued-for-child-pornography-by-man-photographed-as-a-baby-on-nevermind-cover https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-18/nirvana-nevermind-baby-s-lawsuit-raises-hard-questions
BEASLEY V. HOWARD
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca3/20-1119/20-1119-2021-09-17.html
FLO AND EDDIE NOT HAPPY TOGETHER IN NINTH CIRCUIT
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/08/25/siriusxm-the-turtles-ninth-circuit-ruling
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/17-55844/17-55844-2021-08-23.html
https://completemusicupdate.com/article/sirius-wins-in-the-final-chapter-of-flo-eddies-big-battle-for-pre-1972-radio-royalties/
BELL V WILMOTT STORAGE SERVICES
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/19-55882/19-55882-2021-09-09.html
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/de-minimis-defense-doesn-t-protect-minimal-use-concededly-infringing-material
JUDGE RULES AGAINST LOCAST – STREAMING NOT EXEMPT FROM COPYRIGHT
https://deadline.com/2021/08/broadcasters-locast-copyright-lawsuit-1234825244/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/court-ruling-against-locast-gets-law-wrong-lets-giant-broadcast-networks-control
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/locasts-free-tv-service-ordered-to-shut-down-permanently-after-copyright-loss/
WHO OWNS THE THEATRICAL ADAPTATION OF A PUBLIC DOMAIN NOVEL?
PEREA V. EDITORIAL CULTURAL, INC., NO. 19-2119 (1st Cir. 2021)
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca1/19-2119/19-2119-2021-09-13.html?utm_source=summary-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-09-17-copyright-755815061d&utm_content=text-case-read-more-1
https://fairuse.stanford.edu/case/perea-v-editorial-cultural-inc/
http://www.velacordova.com/pripblog/2019/9/19/federal-courts-treatment-of-copyright-ownership-in-enrique-laguerre-litigation-is-enough-to-give-one-a-resaca (For background facts)
3RD CIRCUIT HOLDS RIGHT OF PUBLICITY IS A FORM OF IP, AND THUS NOT SUBJECT TO SECTION 230
(HEPP V. FACEBOOK ).
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca3/20-2725/20-2725-2021-09-23.html
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/09/third-circuit-says-section-230-doesnt-apply-to-publicity-rights-claims-hepp-v-facebook.htm
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/karen-hepp-facebook-1235019984/
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
MARVEL-OUS THINGS ON THE HORIZON
https://www.comicsbeat.com/steve-ditko-estate-files-copyright-termination-notice-on-spider-man-and-dr-strange/?fbclid=IwAR1mjFHr8-t5Hku_i3PSDfxeMjVmpc3cCDGx3ZA2C5cCju4ZaDX62P2v-tw\u0026amp
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/marvel-suing-avengers-copyright-termination-1235020110/
https://entertainmentlawupdate.com/2012/11/episode-36-faulkner-einstein-superman-and-talent-managers/
POTENTIAL IATSE STRIKE – GOES TO A VOTE OF MEMBERSHIP OCT
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/local-600-cinematogrmaraphers-board-vote-iatse-strike-authorization-1235020893/
https://deadline.com/2021/09/iatse-strike-authorization-vote-starts-begin-october-1-1234842995/
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/iatse-president-vote-strike-1234666869/
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