How are copyright holders to prove their works were used to train AI models if the details about the vast data sets used for such training are kept secret? That dilemma surfaced when a California federal judge recently dismissed a claim of direct infringement raised by a group of authors.
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
The Nashville federal court where the lawsuit was filed summarized the litigation as “concern[ing] the rights to a prolific composer’s music, a dizzying estate plan, and two descendants at odds over how to manage the royalties those compositions earn.”
What started off as a law directed at Blockbuster video rentals is now being deployed against the New England Patriots, part of a broader privacy trend that will increasingly impact a sports industry eager to embrace advanced technologies that exploit fan and athlete data. A class action filed against the NFL team alleged the storied franchise ran afoul of the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing the personal information of fans who used the team’s app.
After an ongoing battle to gain proceeds from a major sale of The Notorious B.I.G.’s music catalog, a lawsuit from his mother’s estate makes perfectly clear what it wants from his widow Faith Evans: More money, fewer problems.
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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