Sports Law

According to two separate sources, Google’s secret attack plan against Europe’s planned Digital Services Act has leaked.  According to French publication Le Point (“How Google Wants to Bend Brussels“): Le Point is aware of a document (which Google has neither confirmed nor denied) which appears to be a presentation intended ... Read More

Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School, has published Disappearing Content. Here is the abstract. One of the great advantages of digital content has been that for the last forty years, people have had access to whatever content they want whenever ... Read More

On Sunday I discovered a fake Facebook event advertising a non-existant livestream for one of my covid-canceled concerts. My fans and I reported the scam. Facebook replied that the event does not violate their community standards & suggested users change their news feed settings pic.twitter.com/7AMvWb0zvP— Zoe Keating (@zoecello) September 1, ... Read More

The first hearing is scheduled for Friday 10/30/20 at 10 am ET. You can dial in to listen only (you will be muted) on the court’s public access line at (877) 848-7030, access code 321-8747. ... Read More

Yonathan A. Arbel, University of Alabama School of Law, has published Slicing Defamation by Contract at Chicago Law Review Online (2020). Here is the abstract. In considering the problem of fake news, many debate the merits of expanding media liability ... Read More

By La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, and General News Entertainment Quibi Streaming Service Meets Quick End Short-video app and $2 billion streaming experiment, Quibi, is shutting down just six months after its early ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman 'Shuffle Along' and Insurer Drop Pregnancy-Prompted Lawsuit, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/theater/shuffle-along-audra-mcdonald-insurer-pregnancy-lawsuit.html 'NERDS' PRODUCERS ACE ANGELS IN COURT, https://mailchi.mp/bwayjournal/sprecher-loses-rights-to-rebecca-2393705?e=198298f659 SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Feud Over Streaming Rights for Theater Productions, https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/sag-aftra-actors-equity-theater-streaming-rights-jurisdiction-71925/ Save Our Stages re-emerges in new Senate small business bill, https://broadwaynews.com/2020/10/21/save-our-stages-re-emerges-in-new-senate-small-business-bill/ Most U.S. theaters stay dark, 8 months after COVID-19 ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman Pro Gamblers Accuse NV Bookmaker Of 'Cheating' On In-Game Bets, https://sportshandle.com/pro-gamblers-william-hill-cheating/ A Biden-Harris Administration, Democratic Senate Paints Rosier Picture For Sports Betting Nationwide, https://sportshandle.com/biden-harris-administration-sports-betting/ NCAA executive: College sports' financial woes could last into 2023, https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/10/16/ncaa-executive-sports-covid-related-woes-could-linger-into-2023/3682211001/ Three Years Ago, the College Basketball Corruption Scandal Promised a Reckoning. Where ... Read More

The Digital Piracy Dilemma — Researchers Michael D. Smith and Brett Danaher discuss two recent papers on digital piracy. “Piracy, the papers suggest, can actually boost sales of some digital products by increasing word-of-mouth and overall market awareness. This has led some industry observers to argue that efforts by firms ... Read More

There’s finally a real head of steam behind getting rid of safe harbors for Big Tech (being Section 230 and the DMCA). I’d welcome that major course correction as much as anyone. But I’d also like to see some attention paid to the more complex and desperately needed safe harbor ... Read More

The United States of America, acting under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, and the States of Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina, and Texas, acting through their respective Attorneys General, bring this action under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, ... Read More

By Louise Carron. In June 2020, the San Francisco- and Paris-based KADIST nonprofit organization released a new model agreement, which artists and collectors may use to ensure that part of the profits received from the resale of their artwork benefit a cause or charitable organization that they support. Reminiscent of ... Read More

With the live music industry in most parts of the world effectively shut down, we want to know when you think the sector will return to the level recorded in 2019. Ticket sales to live music performances topped $23.5 billion last year, but when will they hit that level again? ... Read More

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. Twist in termination rights case as SME countersues its accusers for secondary copyright infringement The termination of copyright grants by artists against their music publishers and record companies became front ... Read More

By Eric Lanter Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, and General News Entertainment Broadway Will Be a While, But These Venues Say They're Ready Now There are venues throughout New York City that are seeking permission to ... Read More

The Screaming Demon Pumpkin and his festering goblins of anal carbuncles JUST announced TODAY that it was raising the premium processing fee from $1440 to $2500 effective this Monday, October 19, 2020. Any petitions postmarked after October 19, 2020 will be returned if they do not have the higher fee. ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman DraftKings, Penn National Rise as Legal Sports Betting Gets Closer in New York, Michigan, https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/10/14/draftkings-penn-national-rise-as-legal-sports-bett/ TURNER SPORTS DIVVIES UP SPORTS BETTING RIGHTS BETWEEN DRAFTKINGS, FANDUEL, https://www.sportico.com/business/sports-betting/2020/draftkings-turner-sports-ncaa-1234614958/ YANKEES' MINOR LEAGUE INSURANCE FIGHT SHEDS LIGHT ON PANDEMIC CLAIMS, https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2020/covid-19-business-interruption-insurance-1234614821/ RONALDO SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWSUIT REMAINS ON TRACK FOR TRIAL AFTER ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman Tony nominees issue calls for political action, financial support for Broadway, https://broadwaynews.com/2020/10/15/tony-nominees-issue-calls-for-political-action-financial-support-for-broadway/ The 2020 Tony nominations have been announced, and they're the weirdest ever, https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-2020-tony-nominations-have-been-announced-and-theyre-the-weirdest-ever/2020/10/15/884dd802-0efe-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html How Weird Were the Tony Nods? Well, How Weird Was the Season?, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/theater/tony-award-nominations-analysis-critics.html Tony awards 2020: unusual Broadway year leads to restricted ... Read More

Justin Driver, Yale Law School, is publishing Freedom of Expression within the Schoolhouse Gate in volume 75 of the Arkansas Law Review. Here is the abstract. This Article examines the history of student speech, with a focus on threats facing ... Read More

By Angela Peco Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, and General News: Entertainment Supreme Court Will Not Hear 'Stairway to Heaven' Copyright Case The Supreme Court's decision not to hear the case leaves in place the appeals ... Read More

BMG announced they will be rolling back at least some aspects of what’s called “controlled compositions” clauses in (presumably) their record deals. This is good, and is another example of how BMG is setting the gold standard for courageously defending their writers..   Don’t forget, BMG sued Cox Communications for ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman Breaking: Broadway Shutdown Extends Through May 2021, https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Broadway-Shutdown-Extends-Through-May-2021-20201008 There's Not Much Work for Actors. Now Their Unions Are Fighting., https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/theater/actors-equity-union-battle.html Actors' Equity Denies Asking SAG-AFTRA For "Waiver" In Ongoing Jurisdictional Dispute, https://deadline.com/2020/10/actors-equity-sag-aftra-waiver-taping-live-theate-jurisdictional-dispute-1234593868/ Sarah Jessica Parker: We Must Save Broadway, https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/sarah-jessica-parker-broadway-1234794721/ After COVID-19 Shutdown, 7 Broadway Actors Return ... Read More

Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster for Google — Writing for Ars Technica, Timothy B. Lee recounts this week’s (virtual) oral arguments in Google v. Oracle, a closely-watched case where heady issues of software copyrightability and fair use are in play. Lee’s takeaway: “The Supreme Court’s eight ... Read More

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By Marc Jacobson, Esq. and Jerome M. Hesch, Esq. Marc Jacobson, Esq. of New York, New York is an entertainment lawyer practicing in the music, film and television industries. He is the Founding Chairman of the New York State Bar Association Section on Entertainment Arts and Sports Law, and is ... Read More

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. Midyear assessment of recorded-music and music publishing sector fortunes With all the world’s major recorded-music markets and one or two other smaller ones having published midyear trade figures, Music & ... Read More

In April, 2019 the WGA directed its members to fire their agents unless the agents agreed to adhere to a Code of Conduct that would end the collection of package commissions and strictly limit their ownership stake in production entities. Buoyed by solidarity among its members, the union was successful ... Read More

By Lucy Siegel. In his recent publication, A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law (Brill Research Perspectives, 2018), philosophy and art theory professor Andrea Baldini questions the dynamic between street art and law, explores questions of illegality, discusses the distinction between art and vandalism, and proposes his ideal ... Read More

Photo by Lee Campbell on Unsplash In January 2021, The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC), a nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office pursuant to the historic Music Modernization Act of 2018, will issue and administer blanket mechanical licenses for eligible streaming and download services (digital service providers or DSPs) in ... Read More

La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, and General News: Entertainment British Academy of Film and Television Arts Takes Steps to Be More Diverse After the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes ... Read More