By: Cynthia Huynh The release of posthumous albums is nothing new; Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., and many more had music released after their deaths. But some artists believe that their unreleased work should be kept private after their...
By: Alexander Tranquil In the early 2000s, it felt like personal trademarks in athletics were reserved for the select few that attained superstardom. With distinguished names like LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Cristiano...
By: Dustin Lennon-Jones Driven by the ever-expanding pile of cash available in college football, the departure of USC and UCLA to the Big Ten in June of 2022 began a cascade of moves that has pushed the Pac-12 to the brink of extinction....
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The Artist Rights Symposium is back for a 4th year! This time hosted by American University’s Kogod School of Business and The Artist Rights Institute. Here's the final schedule and speaker line up.
By: Selena Liu History of Facial Recognition Technology: The Very Beginning Facial recognition technology has been in development since the 1960s, and initially, this technology was very manually intensive. In the 1990s, facial...
By: Jack Dorsey The arrival of internet streaming revolutionized consumers’ access to their favorite shows, movies, and music. It also significantly impacted physical media, media rentals, and traditional cable subscriptions....
By: Nayomi Mendez Andrade Fashion designers are creators of apparel, footwear, and accessories. Historically, designers have used style cues, designs, and patterns from cultures that are not their own to create their work. This use has...
By Teagan Raffenbeul Why purchase streaming service accounts when you can watch your favorite movies and TV shows on TikTok for free? It’s no secret TikTok users can effortlessly find clips from a wide array of movies and series as they...
If Kim Dot Com is going down for criminal copyright infringement, aren't his criminal behavior chump change compared to Google & Co.? Maybe we can send a SWAT team to arrest Eric Schmidt?
By: Alexander Okun The financial technology (“Fintech”) industry has created a tidal wave of novel opportunities to borrow, save, and invest; one of these is “Peer-to-Peer” (“P2P”) lending. P2P platforms play as intermediaries between...
By: Lindsey Vickers “You can’t FOIA without AI,” said no one, even though on the letters alone, it’s technically true. FOIA, or the Freedom of Information Act, is the federal framework that governs the public’s access to government...
By Lezlee Zapatka Picture this: you’re about to close on your dream home, and instead of a mountain of paperwork, the whole process is handled by code. No more waiting on signatures or hunting down missing forms, just a seamless,...
Great news! The Artist Rights Symposium is back for a 4th year! This time hosted by American University’s Kogod School of Business and The Artist Rights Institute. We added more speakers and are announcing a fourth panel topic.
Bad song metadata leads to hundreds of millions in "black box" funds being held back from songwriters around the world. The Artist Rights Symposium is back for a 4th year! This time hosted by American University’s Kogod School of...
The Artist Rights Symposium is back for a 4th year! This time hosted by American University's Kogod School of Business and The Artist Rights Institute. Today they announce more speakers for the Transparency Requirements for AI Technology...
David Anderson says further claims have come to light after broadcaster admitted video of troops in Afghanistan was ‘incorrectly edited’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast ABC managing director David Anderson...
Energy entrepreneur claimed headline about different man used alongside his photograph was defamatory The millionaire Labour donor Dale Vince’s £100,000 libel case against the Daily Mail has been thrown out after a high court judge ruled...
High court rules abuse could defame broadcaster who sued ex-footballer after he also called him a ‘pedo defender’ The former footballer and manager Joey Barton calling the broadcaster Jeremy Vine a “bike nonce” on social media was...
The concept behind the Contempt of Court Act is laudable, but in the age of social media it is clear an update is needed An article has been published in the New Yorker about the trial of Lucy Letby. It has been geoblocked in the UK, but...
Justice Michael Lee labels Ten lawyer’s comments outside court following judgment ‘discourteous’ and ‘misleading’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Bruce Lehrmann has been granted an extension of...
Defamation is often used to silence women and the media speaking out on gender-based violence. Hopefully this decision deters such cases In the much-anticipated cause celebre defamation case, Justice Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann...
This blog is now closed. Full report: Bruce Lehrmann ‘hellbent on having sex’ with Brittany Higgins and raped her in Parliament House, defamation judge finds A ‘hapless’ Bumble date, Qing dynasty ceramics and the Algonquin round table:...
After their emphatic victory in court this week the drag artist, real name Colin Seymour, says the anxiety hasn’t gone away The drag artist Crystal may have marked Monday by winning an emphatic libel victory against the rightwing...
Reclaim party founder defamed two men on site now known as X after they called him a racist, judge rules The actor and rightwing activist Laurence Fox has lost a high court libel battle with two men he called paedophiles after they...
Justice cannot belong only to the wealthy. Media disputes could be resolved as expeditiously as employment tribunals As a media defence lawyer, I spend a lot of my time advising clients who wish to publish contentious material –...
Gerry Kelly took action against Malachi O’Doherty, who had identified Kelly as the shooter in a 1983 prison break A Belfast court has thrown out a libel case brought by a leading member of Sinn Féin who was accused of shooting a prison...
Network Ten describes former Liberal staffer as ‘fundamentally dishonest’ in submissions released by federal court Bruce Lehrmann’s legal team has accepted their client’s evidence in his defamation trial against Network Ten was “in a...
Justice Michael Lee has ordered Glenn Logan to explain why he should not be charged with contempt of court A YouTuber has been ordered to front the federal court after an account he allegedly operates posted multiple videos online of...
Brittany Higgins says she was raped. Lehrmann denies it. After weeks of evidence the judge must decide who he believes Many Australians are now very familiar with the story. On 23 March 2019, Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins drank...
This blog is now closed. Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Justice Lee describes some of Lehrmann barrister’s suggestions about Higgins’ behaviour as ‘simplistic’ Justice Lee has said it is...
This blog is now closed. Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: ‘can’t be any doubt’ sex occurred on night of alleged rape, court told Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Ten’s barrister says network does...
Jonathan Coad, who represented former Tory peer, says sorry for unwittingly misleading the media A lawyer who represented Michelle Mone has offered an “unqualified apology” for incorrectly claiming she was not connected to a firm that...
This blog is now closed. Coalition ministers ‘covering themselves’ by ordering Brittany Higgins incident to be reported to police, court hears Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Justice Lee denies...
Linda Reynolds’ then chief of staff Fiona Brown was first to interview pair after alleged rape, which Lehrmann has always denied Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Former Liberal staffer Fiona...
Lawyers for the broadcaster say allegations he assaulted young men, made in the Sydney Morning Herald, are defamatory Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily...
Erin Gurski, MA, has been the owner and CEO of Copyrightlaws.com since its Founder, Lesley Ellen Harris, retired in July of 2023. Erin is a copyright consultant and educator who has worked in the copyright sector for over a decade. She...