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We start off our show this time around with some hot, delicious, fresh-from-the-oven BREAKING NEWS:  

NEW YORK STATE TRIAL-LEVEL COURT ELABORATES CHANGES IN STATE LAW CONCERNING DEFAMATION

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/libel-defendants-are-on-a-massive-win-streak-in-new-york

REDBUBBLE HELD LIABLE FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT BY 6TH CIRCUIT  

• https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/03/09/litigation-threatening-burst-redbubble-courts-weigh-ip-implications-redbubbles-unique-online-marketplace/id=130712/
• https://www.leagle.com/decision/infco20210225155

WIXEN HAS CASE DISMISSED FOR FAILING TO SPECIFY THE COPYRIGHT YEAR. (PRACTICE POINTER/DISTRICT COURT RULING)

• https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/02/26/wixen-music-triller-lawsuit-dismissed/

EARLY ZAC BROWN INVESTOR NOT DUE ROYALTIES FROM ONLINE SALES (PRACTICE POINTER)

• https://completemusicupdate.com/article/early-investor-in-zac-brown-band-not-due-royalties-on-individual-track-sales-appeals-court-rules/

PASTOR LOSES DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST VIMEO

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/vimeos-section-230-win-in-pastors-discrimination-suit-affirmed-by-appeals-court
• https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/03/important-second-circuit-opinion-says-section-230c2a-protects-online-account-terminations-domen-v-vimeo.htm
• https://www.scribd.com/document/498372152/Domen-v-Vimeo-2nd-Circuit-Opinion#fullscreen&from_embed (OPINION)

BLOCKCHAIN AND NONFUNGIBLE TOKENS (PRACTICE POINTER)

• MUSIC
  • https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/04/kings-of-leon-to-release-new-album-as-a-non-fungible-token
  • https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/973929514/whats-a-non-fungible-token-why-some-collectors-are-spending-millions-them
  • https://builtin.com/blockchain/blockchain-music-innovation-examples
• ART/COLLECTABLES
  • https://www.benzinga.com/news/21/03/20047412/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-puts-up-first-tweet-for-sale-as-non-fungible-token
  • https://kotaku.com/game-artists-not-happy-that-developer-is-selling-their-1846465316
  • https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-leads-dc-into-nft-crypto-art/
  • https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/98263/dc-comics-nft-market-report
  • https://boingboing.net/2021/03/13/dc-warning-letter-about-using-comic-characters-in-nfts-is-being-sold-as-an-nft.html
  • https://io9.gizmodo.com/dc-comics-tells-artists-to-stay-out-of-nft-business-or-1846466427
  • https://www.gamesradar.com/dc-bars-artists-from-creating-digital-art-and-nfts-of-dc-characters/  (TO CAP IT OFF)

PODCASTING LAW IN THE NEWS (QUICK TAKE)

• https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Spotify-podcast-on-1979-murder-of-San-Antonio-15983118.php
• https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.expressnews.com/news/local/amp/Spotify-podcast-on-1979-murder-of-San-Antonio-15983118.php
• https://www.courthousenews.com/murder-podcast-on-trial-of-woody-harrelsons-dad-spurs-defamation-suit/
• https://reason.com/volokh/2021/02/24/libel-lawsuit-over-son-of-a-hitman-podcast/

PELOTON TRYING TO CANCEL MADDOG TRADEMARK TO “SPINNING”

• https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/18/22289005/peloton-spinning-spin-trademark-mad-dogg-dispute-appeal
• https://spinning.com/legal-trademark
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210223005425/en/Peloton-Files-Meritless-Trademark-Cancellation-Action-Against-Mad-Dogg-Athletics%E2%80%99-Incontestable-Spinning%C2%AE-and-Spin%C2%AE-Trademark-Registrations

VASECTOMY MAYHEM AMID MARCH MADNESS

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vasectomy-mayhem-virginia-urologist-draws-trademark-complaint-ncaa-n1260729
• https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88576803&docId=ORC20200816042604#docIndex=0&page=1
• https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92076376&pty=CAN&eno=1

EVERMORE GETS COUNTERSUED OVER TAYLOR SWIFT COPYRIGHTS (QUICK TAKE)

• https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/2/25/22301239/taylor-swift-countersues-utahs-evermore-park-for-using-3-songs-without-permission-evermore-nashville
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/taylor-swift-files-her-own-lawsuit-in-escalating-theme-park-battle
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/02/25/heres-why-taylor-swift-is-fighting-with-evermore-utah-theme-park-lawsuit/?sh=169cd0a41ae7
• https://www.grammy.com/grammys/videos/2021-grammy-awards-show-taylor-swift-brings-%E2%80%98folklore%E2%80%99-album-life-medley (Taylor Swift Grammy 2021 performance of “Evermore” and Folklore”.
• https://www.evermore.com/
• https://youtu.be/R5w_U3cUQvE
• https://youtu.be/xzAbUJXD1sY
• https://youtu.be/xH8BeGC5EHA
• https://youtu.be/4UKXrDDNBUY