Have the Terminators Come Home to Roost?
David E. Wright is a J.D. candidate, 2020 at NYU School of Law. If one were to read any among the spate of articles that were written in the wake of The Hollywood Reporter’s...
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Copyright Transfer Terminations: What Happened?
Ryan B. McLeod is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Copyright transfer termination, sometimes called copyright “recapture,” is a statutory provision within the 1976 Copyright Act that allows authors an opportunity...
The Fight for Broadcast TV
Kevin Qiao is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Providing a major win to America’s major broadcast networks, the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in American Broadcast Cos. v. Aereo, Inc. held...
How Indie is Indie: Employment and Copyright Considerations for the Independent Musicians Following AB-5
Patrick Reed is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. With the rise of Uber, Lyft, and an assortment of food delivery apps, the emergence of the “gig economy” has brought renewed...
The Rise of Paparazzo v. Celebrity Lawsuits: Is Copyright Law Fair
Amanda Gonzalez Burton is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. It’s a tale as old as time. Girl dates boy. Boy gets photographed by a paparazzo while walking down the streets...
California’s “Assembly Bill 5” Threatens Unintended Consequences for the Entertainment Industry
Caitlin Hall-Swan is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. If you’re an entertainer, your income comes from “projects” – you take one job here, another there. Actors who work on a...
MillerCoors Hopes to Slay the Bud Knight over Super Bowl Corn Syrup Ads
Bud Light (which currently boasts a 1.23/5 rating on RateBeer.com) is known for being cheap; light on calories and flavor; and, according to their most recent spate of commercials, advertising, and packaging, having absolutely...
Embracing London-Sire, the Second Circuit Weighs in on the Latest Generation of Music Media
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s determination that ReDigi and its founders, by operating its e-commerce platform for the lawful resale of legally acquired digital audio files,...
The Chilling Adventures of Copyright Infringement
This past fall, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was the Netflix Original that everyone was talking about. This show reimagines the world of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (a popular show released in the 90’s)...
Dance, Dance, Litigation: The Copyrightability of Dance
Everyone’s seen them. With the massive success of Epic Games’ Fortnite, the free-to-play battle royale video game, many of the in-game dances have gained mainstream notoriety among the younger generations. In the game, players...