“Literally” Libel… Proof
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Welcome to this episode of Entertainment Law Update.
SHOW NOTES
“THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED” MOVES TOWARDS PUBLICATION
United States of America v John R. Bolton [USDC for the District of Columbia]
- https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6953444/6-20-20-Bolton-TRO-Order.pdf
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/court-stalls-halting-release-john-bolton-book-1299394
PSA: SETTLEMENT FOR MUSICIANS
- http://www.sessionartistroyaltysettlement.com/
- https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2020/06/01/afm-sag-aftra-session-musicians-46-million-settlement/
Unclaimed Royalties List:
PABLO STAR V. THE WELSH GOVERNMENT
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/19-1262/19-1262-2020-06-08.html?utm_source=summary-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-06-09-us-court-of-appeals-for-the-second-circuit-b941bfa55b&utm_content=text-case-read-more-2
- https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2020/06/11/second-circuit-affirms-welsh-government-advertising-activity-triggered-exception-sovereign-immunity/id=122347/
IMDB DECISION CONFIRMED BY APPELLATE COURT
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/18-15463/18-15463-2020-06-19.html?utm_source=summary-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-06-20-us-court-of-appeals-for-the-ninth-circuit-1dd98a98eb&utm_content=text-case-read-more-2
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/imdbs-age-censorship-win-affirmed-by-appeals-court-1299490?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_2020-06-20%2007:00:00_aweprin&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie
LIBEL CASES IN THE NEWS
HYPERBOLE IS STILL OK, RACHEL MADDOW WINS HER MOTION TO STRIKE
WOLF OF WALL STREET LIBEL IN FICTION CLAIM FAILS
DYKSTRA IS LIBEL-PROOF
- https://sports.yahoo.com/judge-len-dykstra-reputation-bad-131243871.html
- https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/lenny-dykstras-loss-portends-the-future-of-defamation-cases
FAIR USE OF CHILDREN’S SONG FOUND FOR IDENTICAL USE IN DIFFERENT CONTEXT
QUICK-TAKE: COPYRIGHT STILL APPLIES TO POLITICAL ADS
Tom Petty complaint re “Won’t Back Down”
Trump Video taken down by twitter and FB after DMCA request
U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE SUGGESTS REVIEW OF SECTION 512
- https://www.copyright.gov/policy/section512/?loclr=eanco
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/copyright-office-says-landmark-piracy-law-needs-fine-tuning-1295488
- https://www.haynesboone.com/alerts/copyright-office-finds-aspects-of-the-dmca-unbalanced
- https://www-washingtonpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/copyright-bots-and-classical-musicians-are-fighting-online-the-bots-are-winning/2020/05/20/a11e349c-98ae-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html?outputType=amp
- https://advertisinglaw.fkks.com/post/102g7xf/including-music-in-facebook-or-instagram-live
SA MUSIC LLC V. AMAZON.COM [USDC, W.D. Washington]
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