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In this rare solo episode, Gordon Firemark is working without Tamera to get the June Entertainment Law Update out to you!

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PRICE V. GARLAND  

Supreme Court refuses to consider filmmaker’s appeal leaves content creators at risk

LEBRON JAMES JOINS TACO BELL TO END ‘Taco Tuesday’ TRADEMARK REGISTRATION 

LeBron James Joins Taco Bell in Effort to End 'Taco Tuesday' Trademark Registrations

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/taco-tuesday-owners-fire-back-after-taco-bells-trademark-challenge-2023-06-26/#:~:text=Taco%20Bell%20had%20publicized%20its,more%20of%20its%20own%20tacos.

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zdvxderbovx/Petition%20to%20Cancel%20-%20Taco%20Johns%20-%20AHB.pdf

https://nypost.com/2019/09/12/lebron-james-denied-in-his-quest-to-trademark-taco-tuesday/

https://www.tacobell.com/news/lebron-james-joins-taco-bells-effort-to-free-taco-tuesday-for-everyone

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/xmvjkaelapr/TACO%20BELL%20TRADEMARKS%20TACO%20TUESDAY%20answer.pdf

(Will it be a slam dunk?)

JACK DANIELS ROUNDUP

JACK DANIELS PREVAILS OVER CHEW TOY MAKER

Poop Jokes, Jack Daniel’s and Trademark

https://kipcurriercopyright.blogspot.com/2023/06/us-supreme-court-rules-for-jack-daniels.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rules-jack-daniels-fight-over-parody-dog-toy-2023-06-08/

https://apple.news/AR7Po71x1REq0DUiO4oWP_g

https://www.gibsondunn.com/supreme-court-clarifies-limits-of-first-amendment-defenses-to-use-of-trademarks-in-parody-products/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=262213344&utm_content=262213344&utm_source=hs_automation

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-148_3e04.pdf (Opinion)

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/221/410/2486298/ (Timmy Holedigger Opinion)

SCOTTISH COMEDY STARS BEAT JACK DANIELS  

https://news.stv.tv/entertainment/still-game-creators-greg-hemphill-and-ford-kiernan-win-legal-battle-with-jack-daniels-over-whisky-name

‘Common Sense Has Prevailed’: Jack Daniel’s Loses Whiskey Trademark Lawsuit Against Comedy Duo

DISNEY HAS TO TRY LOTSO HUGGIN CASE 

U.S. Supreme Court Reopens Lawsuit Against Disney Over ‘Toy Story 3’ Lotso Bear

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-revives-toy-inventors-lawsuit-over-disney-toy-story-3-bear-2023-06-20/

NINTH CIRCUIT OVERTURNS ATTORNEY FEE AWARD IN CLASS ACTION (NAPSTER/RHAPSODY)  

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/22-15162/22-15162-2023-06-07.html

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DAVID LOWERY; VICTOR KRUMMENACHER; GREG LISHER; DAVID FARAGHER, vs.  RHAPSODY INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

AI CORNER: 

CHAT GPT CREATES FAKE CITATIONS 

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-finds-out-why-brief-cited-nonexistent-cases-chatgpt-did-the-research

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/lawyers-who-doubled-down-and-defended-chatgpts-fake-cases-must-pay-5k-judge-says

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/lawyer-cited-6-fake-cases-made-up-by-chatgpt-judge-calls-it-unprecedented/

https://www.lawnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/S.D.N.Y.-22-cv-01461-dckt-000054_000-filed-2023-06-22.pdf

COPYRIGHT GUIDANCE FOR WORKS CONTAINING AI 

Here’s the USCO information page on A.I.:  https://copyright.gov/ai/

GRAMMYS BAN AI-GENERATED WORK 

The Grammys Officially Ban AI-Generated Works — ‘Only Humans’ Eligible for Awards

MENTION:  HUMAN ARTISTRY CAMPAIGN 

https://www.humanartistrycampaign.com/

The Human Artistry Campaign, launched this year at SXSW, is a collective created to “ensure artificial intelligence technologies that are developed are used in ways that support human culture and artistry—and not replace or erode it.” The collective already has more than 40 members including, major unions, trade associations, creators, industry insiders, rightsholders and more from across various creative forms and industries all in agreement on the following seven core principles:

1. Technology has long empowered expression, and AI will be no different.
2. Human created works will continue to play an essential role in our lives.
3. Use of copyrighted works, and the use of voices and likenesses of professional performers, requires authorization and free market licensing from all rightsholders.
4. Governments should not create new copyright or other IP exemptions that allow AI developers to exploit creators without permission or compensation.
5. Copyright should only protect the unique value of human intellectual creativity.
6. Trustworthiness and transparency are essential to the success of AI and protection of Creators.
7. Creators’ interests must be presented in policymaking.

IS A FEDERAL REPORTER’S SHIELD COMING? 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/media/bipartisan-bill-journalism-protections-reliable-sources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4330

https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/journalists_privilege_shield_law_primer.php

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reporter-judith-miller-released-from-prison#:~:text=On%20September%2029%2C%202005%2C%20New,covert%20CIA%20officer%20Valerie%20Plame.

Journalists jailed or fined for refusing to identify confidential sources, as of 2019

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/communications_law/publications/communications_lawyer/2022-fall/a-tale-three-reporters-reflecting-branzburg-v-hayes-50/#:~:text=He%20proposed%20a%20three%2Dpart,a%20compelling%20need%20for%20it

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/740/branzburg-v-hayes