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Lawyers' Views on Voice Dust-Up Between Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI Image

Lawyers' Views on Voice Dust-Up Between Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI

Isha Marathe

Actress Scarlett Johansson has threatened the generative software company OpenAI with legal action. And intellectual property lawyers have many thoughts about who might win, whether there's even a legal claim to be made and what it all means.

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Voice Actors' Class Action Challenges AI Use of Their Voices Image

Voice Actors' Class Action Challenges AI Use of Their Voices

Jane Wester

LOVO, an artificial intelligence company focused on voice generation, has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit, with the plaintiff voice actors arguing they have not been properly compensated for the use of their voices.

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U.S. Supreme Court Decides Copyright Damages-Lookback Issue But Not Discovery-of-Infringement Rule Image

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Copyright Damages-Lookback Issue But Not Discovery-of-Infringement Rule

Robert W. Clarida & Thomas Kjellberg

In a 6-3 majority decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has resolved a copyright question that generated conflicting results in the U.S. Courts of Appeal for years. But as a forceful dissent pointed out, the court left open a more fundamental issue that could render the entire question moot.

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Players On the Move Image

Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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NIL Regulation: Can the NCAA Recover and Advance Its Own Fumble? Image

NIL Regulation: Can the NCAA Recover and Advance Its Own Fumble?

Howard Mulligan

With a view toward injecting some modicum of clarity into the volatile arena of NIL, a plethora of legislation has been enacted at the state level and proposed at the federal level.

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Determining Ownership Rights of Social Media Accounts

Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, Felicity Kohn & Abla Belhachmi

Whether in the context of artist/entertainment company, employer/employee, franchisor/franchisee or influencer/brand relationships, who owns and controls the social media accounts and associated goodwill sometimes comes into dispute. This article provides guidance on the standards courts apply in determining ownership rights over social media accounts, as well as best practices to head off such disputes before they occur.

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Players On the Move Image

Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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Executive Producers' "Most Favored Nations" Clauses Could Be Applied to Walking Dead Series Producer's Profit-Participation Settlement   Image

Executive Producers' "Most Favored Nations" Clauses Could Be Applied to Walking Dead Series Producer's Profit-Participation Settlement  

Stan Soocher

Can the settlement of a lawsuit by one profit participant in a TV production be used to increase the contingent compensation provisions of other profit participants in the show?

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