Justice Breyer’s copyright legacy, legacy artists, and more.

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LADY A TRADEMARK DISPUTE SETTLES (QUICK TAKE)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lady-a-anita-white-lawsuit-dropped-1235085535/

https://completemusicupdate.com/article/lady-as-trademark-battle-is-over/

INSTAGRAM SERVER-TEST SUIT (Hunley v. Instagram) DISMISSED WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND  

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/instagram-defeats-embedding-suit-1235087411/

CARDI B WINS DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST YOUTUBER

https://completemusicupdate.com/article/cardi-b-wins-defamation-case-against-youtuber/

https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/cardi-b-wins-3-million-more-defamation-case-youtuber-1235022792/

Cardi B Wins Million-Dollar Libel Verdict Against YouTuber Tasha K – Billboard

Cardi B Wins Million-Dollar Defamation Verdict Against YouTuber

ttps://apple.news/ATSaadZaIQbWA3Ou_h7LXqg 

https://youtu.be/OPn7WEhUc6E

https://www.law360.com/media/articles/1457799/cardi-b-wins-at-least-1-25m-in-youtuber-defamation-case

SARAH PALIN LOSES DEFAMATION CLAIM AGAINST NY TIMES, FOLLOWING EXTRAORDINARY REMARKS FROM JUDGE

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sarah-palin-new-york-times-legal-1235094885/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/business/sarah-palin-new-york-times.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sarah-palins-ny-times-lawsuit-editor-testifies-he-didnt-intend-link-politician-shooting-1030287/

TRADEMARKS IN OUTER SPACE – Article recommendation 

https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2021/04/article_0005.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour

MetaBirkins Creator Says He Received a Cease & Desist from Hermès, Claims Fair Use – The Fashion Law

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/from-baby-birkins-to-metabirkins-brands-are-being-plagued-in-the-metaverse/

MTD can be found here https://www.schwimmerlegal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/833/2022/02/hermes-def-memo-of-law-iso-mtd.pdf 

BEER BRAND SWEETWATER FIGHTS OWNERSHIP CLAIMS TO LOGO ARTWORK USED IN ITS TRADEMARK

Do You Own the Copyright in the Artwork Used to Create Your Trademark?  A $31 Million Question! (via Passle)

PLATFORMS STRUGGLE TO ADDRESS CONTENT CONCERNS AND TAKEDOWNS

Spotify loses $4 billion in market value after Neil Young controversy

https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=Spotify-In-The-Name-Of-Truth

Spotify pulls Neil Young’s music after his ultimatum regarding Joe Rogan and ‘fake information about vaccines’

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/01/30/spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-statement-neil-young/

https://completemusicupdate.com/article/joe-rogan-and-daniel-ek-commit-to-beefed-up-and-more-transparent-content-polices-in-response-to-neil-young-boycott/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/joe-rogan-responds-podcast-spotify-neil-young-1235084210/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/media/joe-rogan-racial-slur-apology-india-arie/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/arts/music/joe-rogan-spotify-apology-slur.html

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-01-30/spotify-platform-rules/

YouTuber Hit With Hundreds Of Anime Copyright Strikes – YouTube Response A Win For Everyone

https://kotaku.com/youtube-shopro-suede-fair-use-copyright-anime-pokemon-p-1848478203

https://ustr.gov/tpp/Summary-of-US-objectives

Contrast: 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-30-nintendo-has-filed-another-1300-copyright-rights-against-a-music-sharing-youtube-channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKkU9AzwV_s

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/robots-have-no-place-filtering-creative-content-eff-tells-us-copyright-office?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=203907671&utm_content=203907671&utm_source=hs_automation

https://www.copyright.gov/reports/strategic-plan/?loclr=eanco

NETFLIX’S QUEEN’S GAMBIT LAWSUIT TO CONTINUE

Nyet! Netflix Loses Move To Get $5M ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Suit Tossed; Soviet-Era Chess Champ Claims Defamation

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-queens-gambit-defamation-lawsuit-1235083473/

PULP FICTION PHOTOGRAPHER LOSES COPYRIGHT CLAIM 

Repudiation of Ownership Costs Pulp Fiction Photographer Copyright Claim

WHO OWNS THE GAME OF LIFE?

‘Game of Life’ Copyright Fight Tests Who Owns Old Creative Works

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21170285/entertainment-lawyers-amicus.pdf

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE GO LEGAL OVER CATALOG

https://completemusicupdate.com/article/former-jimi-hendrix-collaborators-go-legal-over-experience-catalogue/

JUSTICE BREYER’S COPYRIGHT LEGACY

https://www.project-disco.org/intellectual-property/012822-justice-breyers-balanced-cop[…]i=203290148&utm_content=203290148&utm_source=hs_automation

Justice Breyer’s Balanced Copyright Opinions

STORIES WE’RE WATCHING 

LANDLORDS OR HEIRS?  50 YEARS  AFTER AN ARTIST’S DEATH, WHO OWNS THE COPYRIGHTS TO THE WORKS LEFT IN THE RECLUSE’S APARTMENT?

https://www.newser.com/story/316675/do-the-landlords-who-saved-a-hermits-art-own-it.html

NCAA IS REVIEWING NIL IMPACT, STATES RE-THINKING

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33323409/ncaa-review-nil-policies-including-impact-student-athletes-potential-recruiting-violations

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/02/11/states-rethink-restrictive-nil-laws