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How To Determine Duration of Royalty Contract That Doesn’t Contain Specific End Date
In 1997, Supertramp members Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies, the band’s main songwriters, agreed to share their songwriting and publishing income with the group’s three other members — John Helliwell, Robert Siebenberg and Douglas Thomson — and their personal manager David Margereson. But there was one key point missing in the participation memorandum: The agreement didn’t state how long it would remain in effect. It wasn’t until August 2025 that the issue was decided, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
August 31, 2025Stan Soocher
Discovery Block In Authors’ Direct Infringement Claim Against Mosaic AI Program
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.
August 31, 2025Michelle Morgante
Players On the Move
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
August 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
Copyright-Termination Case Complexities and Sixth Circuit’s Decision In “Que Sera Sera” Litigation
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.”
July 31, 2025Stan Soocher
Reducing Litigation Risks for Sports Organizations In PI Data Collection
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.
July 31, 2025Michael Bahar and Baird Fogel and Jonathan Freimann and Thomas Spring
Estate of Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother Seeks Proceeds from Sale of Her Son’s Music Catalog
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.
July 31, 2025Christine Simmons
Fresh Filings
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
July 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
Players On the Move
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
July 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
Upcoming Event
35th Annual Entertainment Law Institute
July 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
Players On the Move
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
June 30, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff