Is it Live, or is it? (Entertainment Law Update 167)


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Top Gun: Maverick – Paramount Wins Summary Judgment of non-infringement

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/top-gun-maverick-copyright-case-paramount-win-lower-court-1235000967

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-wins-top-gun-copyright-lawsuit-1235868773

https://deadline.com/2024/04/top-gun-maverick-copyright-suit-dismissed-1235878529

https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/top-gun-maverick-copyright-lawsuit-dismissed

AI News Roundup

Elvis Act passed and signed 

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/03/21/elvis-act-signed-tennessee

https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2024/03/22/elvis-act-text-pdf-tennessee-passes-law-to-stop-ai-deepfakes-of-voice-in-addition-to-name-photograph-likeness

https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-music-industry-battling-ai-deepfakes

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/03/21/elvis-act-signed-tennessee

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2091

https://www.recordingacademy.com/advocacy/news/tennessee-victory-bill-lee-elvis-act?utm_source=loop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content

https://aeonlaw.com/tennessee-passes-law-against-ai-voice-copies/#:~:text=The%20state%20of%20Tennessee%20has,Image%20Security%20(ELVIS)%20Act

New US bill prohibiting music to train AI 

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/new-us-bill-could-make-developers-disclose-their-use-of-copyrighted-music-to-train-generative-ai-models

Sag-aftra and record companies reach deal over AI in recordings 

https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/sony-universal-disney-ai-voice-deal

Czech Courts Include need to be human for authorship 

https://www.technologyslegaledge.com/2024/04/the-first-czech-case-on-generative-ai

Warhol Analysis Applied to Tiger King Photo Case in 10th Circuit 

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca10/22-6086/22-6086-2024-03-27.html

https://ipandmedialaw.fkks.com/post/102j44f/citing-warhol-10th-circuit-reverses-tiger-king-fair-use-ruling?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=300790616&utm_content=300790616&utm_source=hs_automation

Defense fees denied in Sam Smith Copyright Win 

https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/sam-smith-normani-cant-recover-legal-fees-copyright-case-win-1235636442

Noncompete Ban announced by FTC on April 23 2024

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/noncompete-rule.pdf