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By Bennett Liebman 'Mean Girls' Won't Return to Broadway, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/theater/mean-girls-closing.html 'Mean Girls' Broadway Musical Announces Permanent Closure Due To Covid Shutdown, https://deadline.com/2021/01/mean-girls-broadway-tina-fey-closing-musical-covid19-shutdown-1234666902/ York Theatre Flooded After Water Main Break, https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/york-theatre-flooded-after-water-main-break-at-sai_91792.html 'Spamalot' Movie: Paramount Acquires Musical, https://deadline.com/2021/01/spamalot-paramount-pictures-movie-musical-eric-idle-casey-nicholaw-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-1234665944/ When Will We Be Back in 2021, 2021 in the arts: Will we be ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman Sports Law In 2021 - Key Issues To Watch In North America, https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/sports-law-in-2021-key-issues-to-watch-in-north-america-2 Sports Law In 2021 - Key Issues To Watch In Europe, https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/sports-law-in-2021-key-issues-to-watch-in-europe New York Yankees: Is the Yankee's clean appearance policy legal?, https://empiresportsmedia.com/new-york-yankees/new-york-yankees-is-the-yankees-clean-appearance-policy-legal/ GOVERNOR CUOMO TO PUSH MOBILE NY SPORTS BETTING VIA STATE LOTTERY, ... Read More

We’re starting to see a narrative emerging from the digital music services in reaction to artists chafing under the misery of streaming royalties.  Streamers want lawmakers to focus on the allocation of current period revenue that they pay to creators.  That’s a grand deflection away from the true value of ... Read More

I’m grateful to Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Austin Texas Musicians and the Austin Music Foundation for hosting an information webinar next week on the impact of the new blanket mechanical license under the Music Modernization Act on independent songwriters. We will also cover the nuts and bolts ... Read More

Kristine L. Bowman, Michigan State University, is publishing Universities' Speech and the First Amendment in the Nebraska Law Review (2021). Here is the abstract. Increasingly, scholars and students alike suggest that university leaders should engage in speech to oppose racism ... Read More

Should old acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind? Auld Lang Syne, by Robert Burns If you’ve gotten accustomed to regular mechanical royalty checks every month or quarter paid directly to you (or your publisher) by streaming services or for downloads like iTunes, fasten your seatbelt. You may have some ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman In Memoriam: A Look at the Theatre Artists We Lost in 2020, https://www.playbill.com/article/in-memoriam-a-look-at-the-theatre-artists-we-lost-in-2020 Theater Died in 2020. Its Rebirth Will be Suitably Dramatic, https://www.thedailybeast.com/theater-died-in-2020-its-rebirth-will-be-suitably-dramatic Mental Wellness in Chicago, https://news.wttw.com/2020/12/28/boosting-mental-wellness-chicago-theater-community?fbclid=IwAR3YJzDm3VGRgfbV6vMEegCjVop81-uJrYwRpQSKGcLcTa5a6Yq2i7uPvmo Broadway 2021: What Will It Look Like When New York Turns Lights On, https://deadline.com/2020/12/broadway-2021-coronavirus-shutdown-reopening-plans-1234660092/ Cuomo's New Buffalo Pilot ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman The Sports Feats That Defied Covid, https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-sports-feats-that-defied-covid-2020-11609126753?mod=e2tws Tampa Bay Buccaneers Bring Football and Fans Back to Raymond James Stadium Safely, https://frontofficesports.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-adventhealth/ Former AG Loretta Lynch Joins NFL Probe of Escalating Fight Among Washington Football Team Owners, https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-ag-loretta-lynch-joins-nfl-probe-of-escalating-fight-amont-washington-football-team-owners-11608664109?mod=e2tws MLS informs players' union that it will invoke force majeure ... Read More

2020 Year End Roundup - Entertainment Law Update Podcast Episode 128 - Tamera Bennett and Gordon Firemark Listen to Dallas-area music lawyer Tamera Bennett and Los Angeles film lawyer Gordon Firemark discuss the latest entertainment law issues on the Entertainment Law Update Podcast. Click the arrow below to listen or ... Read More

By Barry Werbin This and other blogs by Barry can be found at Herrick, Feinstein LLP's website at https://www.herrick.com/publications/new-york-enacts-new-post-mortem-publicity-rights-law-with-significant-implications-for-commercial-advertising-and-marketing-uses/ A sea-change in NY's privacy/publicity rights law went into effect on November 30, 2020, when Gov. Cuomo signed legislation establishing a new Civil Rights Law Section 50-f (S5959D /A.5605-C), which for ... Read More

By Talia Berniker and Sabrina Soffer. Few art law cases have made their way to the United States Supreme Court. Those that did get accepted for review by the highest court of the land hold significance as they determine how historic artifacts are managed, how art is created and funded, ... Read More

By Angela Peco Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, General News, and Coronavirus: Spending Bill Includes Several Intellectual Property Measures, Creates Copyright Small Claims Court The $2.3 trillion spending and coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress includes several ... Read More

Please take a moment and complete the ArtistRightsWatch new anonymous 10 question survey regarding The MLC at this link. We’re gathering general anonymized information about how songwriters and publishers have heard about The MLC and whether you think an independent advocate (or an “ombudsman”) would be useful to you. This ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman Why LeBron James seeks $1 million from courtside photographer in countersuit, https://theathletic.com/2279041/2020/12/22/lebron-james-photographer-lawsuit/ Report: Washington paid $1.6 million to settle a sexual misconduct accusation against Daniel Snyder, Rhttps://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/12/22/report-washington-paid-1-6-million-to-settle-a-sexual-misconduct-accusation-against-daniel-snyder/ SNYDER SEX MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS CLOUD SALE BY WASHINGTON LIMITED PARTNERS, https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2020/dan-snyder-sexual-misconduct-allegation-1234618898/ NBA RETURNS WITH FANS IN SOME ARENAS AND REVENUE ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman Broadway Sees Lifeline in $15 Billion Aid for U.S. Entertainment, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-22/broadway-sees-lifeline-in-15-billion-aid-for-u-s-entertainment Broadway community applauds relief package, but says more is needed, https://broadwaynews.com/2020/12/22/theater-community-applauds-relief-package-but-says-more-is-needed/ Stimulus Offers $15 Billion in Relief for Struggling Arts Venues, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/arts/covid-stimulus-theaters-venues.html House And Senate Pass Massive Covid-19 And Government Spending Package: What's In It For ... Read More

Proposed Securities and Exchange Commission Exemptive Order makes Finders who follow new proposed rules eligible for success-based fees. By Marc Jacobson How Filmmakers Currently Raise Capital Often, when a filmmaker starts raising money for a film, she enters into one or more finder's fee agreements. These agreements typically provide that ... Read More

MTP readers will recall that Senator Thom Tillis has hosted many hearing on how to fix the DMCA’s broken notice and takedown process. Senator Tillis has released a discussion draft of those revisions titled the “Digital Copyright Act of 2021” including this summary of the proposals (and yes that sound ... Read More

If Senator Ron Wyden has learned anything from his efforts to use secret holds and trickery to scuttle the copyright small claims legislation, I hope he’s learned to beware of determined children. Particularly Grace. More on this to come, but I couldn’t be more pleased that the CASE Act passed ... Read More

Save Our Stages Act just passed as part of the COVID-19 Relief Bill! Thank you for helping to #SaveOurStages! You responded in an overwhelming fashion. NIVA thanks those across the country who sent 2.1 million emails to their elected officials expressing their support for the Save Our Stages Act. All 535 ... Read More

Alan K. Chen, University of Denver College of Law, has published Fake News, Rational Deliberation, and Some Truths About Lies at 62 William & Mary Law Review 357 (2020). Here is a link to the article. ... Read More

La-Vaughnda A. Taylor, Esq. Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, General News, and Coronavirus: Arts New York City Awards Arts Groups $47 Million The Department of Cultural Affairs announced that more than 1,000 of the city's cultural organization ... Read More

Thanks to the hard work of the National Independent Venue Association and their allies, it looks like some stimulus relief is finally coming to small venues, theater operators, bars and restaurants. The NIVA effort began with the  Save Our Stages Act that authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman How Adrian Peterson is fighting back, claiming in court filings he doesn't owe the entire $7.5 million (and rising) debt, https://theathletic.com/1139230/2019/08/15/how-adrian-peterson-is-fighting-back-claiming-in-court-filings-he-doesnt-owe-the-entire-7-5-million-and-rising-debt/ Charles Oakley wants Knicks owner James Dolan named in assault suit, https://theathletic.com/2266870/2020/12/16/charles-oakley-wants-knicks-owner-james-dolan-named-in-assault-suit/ NFLPA votes unanimously to amend player benefits in CBA, https://theathletic.com/news/nflpa-votes-unanimously-to-amend-cba/gznkfxH3Iaix What's in a name ... Read More

By Bennett Liebman Stimulus talks could spill into weekend as lawmakers scramble to complete deal, https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/17/stimulus-checks-900-billion-relief-package/ Behind The Scene: David Weingarden on the Battle to Save Our Stages, https://relix.com/articles/detail/behind-the-scene-david-weingarden-on-the-battle-to-save-our-stages/ The Flea Theater Conflict Raises Questions of Equity and Exploitation, https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/the-flea-theater-off-broadway-interviews-72294/ When Broadway comes back: 5 ways the pandemic will transform ... Read More

The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/128 AGREEMENT REACHED OVER STREAMING THEATER PERFORMANCESPLATFORM LIABLE FOR USER COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY $6.00.NETFLIX ... Read More

By Sabrina Soffer. The Brookings Institute national survey estimates losses of 2.7 million jobs and more than $150 billion in sales of goods and services for creative industries nationwide, representing nearly a third of all jobs in those industries and 9% of annual sales.[1] In addition to suffering from prolonged closures ... Read More

Let’s be honest–Jack Dorsey is a weird guy. He may not be full-blown Howard Hughes no-mani/pedi and urine sample bottles in pentagrams weird, but he’s getting there. Keep an eye on those Vegas hotel sales. The latest manifestation of his weirdness is flipping the bird to Senator Thom Tillis’s well-meaning ... Read More

Daniel Joyce, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Law Affiliated Research Fellow, Erik Castrén Institute, University of Helsinki, has published Informed Publics, Media and International Law (Hart Publishing, 2020). Here from the publisher's website is a description of the book's contents. This book ... Read More

Patrick M. Garry, University of South Dakota School of Law, has published The Erosion of Common Law Privacy and Defamation: Reconsidering the Law's Balancing of Speech, Privacy, and Reputation at 65 Wayne Law Review 279 (2020). Here is the abstract. ... Read More

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. COVID-19 puts the brakes on recorded music sales, but growth is forecast for the next five years Omdia has updated its forecasts for retail sales of recorded-music. In line with ... Read More