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The NO FAKES Act: Including the Potential Federal Right of Publicity in Catalog Acquisitions

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Among the most dominant trends in the music industry over the past decade has been the proliferation of investment in catalogs of musical compositions and sound recordings. While many investors’ theses focus solely on the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Turn the Trademarks Off: The Trademarks of Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Beyonce

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On May 9, 2025, I sat in a crowded football stadium for the sold-out second night of the Grand National Tour concert featuring Kendrick Lamar and SZA (the stage name of Solána Rowe). As I listened to those iconic artists...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - March 2025

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

International Lawyers Network

SAG-AFTRA vs. AI: Protecting Performers in the Digital Age

The power and application of AI is growing exponentially. As is often the case with the introduction of revolutionary technologies, legislation at both the federal and state level has been slow to catch up. On a daily basis,...more

K&L Gates LLP

A New Year Brings New Restrictions Relating to AI and California Performers

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Starting 1 January 2025, California Assembly Bill 2602 (AB 2602) will prohibit the use of vague, unfair, and unethical contractual terms that, without the performer’s full awareness, permit the unregulated production, use,...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Journey From Athlete To Executive

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In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” hosts Darius Gambino and Angela de Cespedes from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming & Esports Practice speak with Geoffrey Frid, Principal of The Frid Group. Geoff ties together his athletic...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

IP Alert: From King James to the King of Jazz: IP Issues in Tattoo Art

Copyright law protects creative works that are “fixed in any tangible medium of expression”—but it is hard to imagine that the drafters of this language envisioned that the human body would become such a popular medium of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Video Killed the Radio Star (and AI Could Kill the Rest): Tips for Protecting Artists From the Unauthorized Use of Existing Works

Oscar Wilde is credited as saying, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” While there is some dispute as to whether Wilde uttered these words, the message is clear: creativity and...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - September 2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - August 2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - May 2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2024 #2

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A Pennsylvania man intends to plead guilty to insider trading on Dick’s Sporting Goods securities in which he made nearly $825,000 based on tips unwittingly passed to him from an acquaintance who worked for the retail chain,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - April 2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Your Ink, Your Likeness

Just a few weeks ago, a federal jury in Ohio sided with makers of the popular video game series “NBA2K”, over its use of tattoos inked on LeBron James by a Cleveland tattoo artist, James Hayden. In 2017, Hayden, who’s inked...more

Holland & Knight LLP

First-of-Its-Kind AI Law Addresses Deep Fakes and Voice Clones

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The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a growing concern among recording artists, music industry leaders and lawmakers, who, for the most part, have all pushed for stronger protections over musicians' copyrights...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - March 2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Venable LLP

ELVIS Adds (His) Voice to the Protection of Artists Against AI-Generated Deepfakes

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In an effort to provide its musical artists some protection from AI-generated deepfakes of their voices, the state of Tennessee recently enacted ELVIS seeking a cure. Specifically, Tennessee passed the Ensuring Likeness,...more

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Tennessee Governor Signs into Law First-of-its-Kind Bill Addressing AI Misappropriation of Voices, Images, and Songs

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Beginning July 1, 2024, Tennessee musicians and artists will have an additional layer of protection for their voices and songs from generative AI cloning models and services that enable human impersonation and create...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Courts Offer Further Insight on Video Games, Tattoos, and Copyright Infringement

Recent court decisions have provided helpful guidance on copyright infringement and tattoo designs, an issue that has spurred litigation from both virtual and real-world tattoo depictions....more

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Spotlight on Pressure: From NFL Kicks to Dwayne Johnson's WWE Comeback

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! As we prepare for the NFL Conference Championships this upcoming weekend, the fan bases of the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills are still looking back to their losses last weekend, reflecting...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - November 2023

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Morgan Lewis

Sports Sponsorship Agreements in the Digital Age

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Technological advances and changes prompted by COVID-19 have driven an evolution in sports sponsorship agreements, from traditional advertising to a digital-heavy and more accessible sponsorship environment. But with those...more

Stark & Stark

Proprietary Ink: How One Tattoo Artist Took Take-Two to the Mat Over Unauthorized Use of Replica Tattoos on Wrestlers in WWE 2K...

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Tattoo artist Catherine Alexander (“Alexander”) filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (“WWE”) and video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (“Take-Two”) claiming they violated her intellectual...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Ye Is the Latest Musician to Forge a Collaboration With a Fast Food Restaurant, and Kim...

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I did not want to write this week. What more can I say other than what has already been said after yet another callous, atrocious, evil, and (perhaps worst of all) familiar mass shooting in this country? Since this is a...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Boosters in NIL Collectives Are Taking Full Advantage of Using NIL as a Recruiting Tool, and...

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Welcome back to the "Spotlight," welcome back to allergy season and welcome back, Kotter (I swear I’m younger than that reference would indicate). At any rate, this weekend, I am looking forward to welcoming Broadway back to...more

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