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Playing or Being Played?: Legal Protections for Children in the Family Influencer Economy
Written by Ahan Dhar
In recent years, family influencing has become one of the most fascinating, profitable, and perhaps ethically dubious realms of social media content creation, posing new questions in child labor laws.
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OpenAI’s “Sora” Sparks Copyright and Fair Use Debate
Written by Rachel Barkin
The release of Sora 2 and the Sora app raises new questions about copyright protection and fair use in the age of artificial intelligence. -
The Varied Chapters of the Connecticut Sun Franchise Sale: from Antitrust Enforcement to Public Finance
Written by Lauryn Wang
The WNBA faces potential antitrust violations for interference with the sale of the Connecticut Sun. -
True Crime, False Narratives: The Menendez Brothers and “Monsters”
Written by Priya Setty
Netflix’s dramatization of the Menendez brothers case raises serious questions about how the law fails to protect public figures from damaging misrepresentations in true crime media. -
What Happened to the Olympic Esports Games? If IP is the Problem, We Can Fix It
Written by Stuart Irvin, Xing Cheng (邢成), Philip Chang (장필립), Grace D. Wiley[1] Download the article here: What Happened to the Olympic Esports Games? If IP is the Problem, We Can Fix It. At the 142nd Session of the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) held in Paris in July 2024, the members voted unanimously to create […]
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U.S. Copyright Office Grants Registration to AI-Generated Artwork
Written by Alec Winshel. The Copyright Office issued a determination that a piece of artwork created with AI contained sufficient human authorship to support a copyright registration and, in doing so, has shed greater light on how potential applicants can gain copyright registration while using AI in their future work. The United States Copyright Office […]
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Incentivizing Harm: How the Poorly Written Fair-Play Tiebreaker Rule Can Endanger Players
Written by Martin Skladany, Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State University. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”), the international governing body of soccer, cannot control what happens off the field. Infamously, Honduras and El Salvador in 1969 went to war partially over the results of a football match between their respective national teams, leading to […]
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Jordan Chiles and The Future of Sports Arbitration
Written by Gurtaran Johal. The stripping of Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics will leave a substantial impact on the future of sports arbitration. During the 2024 Paris Olympics, Jordan Chiles competed in the Gymnastics Floor Final. Initially, she received a total score of 13.666, which put her in fifth place. However, […]
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The Lasting Impact of the “Rust” Movie Set Shooting
Written by Nefertari Elshiekh. The fatal shooting on the “Rust” movie set has resulted in many civil and criminal cases and has had far reaching implications throughout Hollywood. It has been just over three years since a prop gun killed cinematographer Haylna Hutchins on the film set of “Rust” in New Mexico. Several people involved […]
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The Dangers of Scrutinizing Gender in Sports
Written by Ahan Dhar. The controversy surrounding an Athlete’s gender at the Paris Olympics leads us to wonder: when does online discourse become targeted bullying? “Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better? The smirk of a male who knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a […]
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Love Is Blind? Read Your Contract.
Written by Shayna Toh. Behind the scenes of reality TV, producers and contestants have faced their own fair share of scandals over fairness of contracts. But what comes next? Bachelor Nation was rocked last month during the latest “After the Final Rose” finale, which saw the newest Bachelorette, Jennifer Tran—notably the series’ first Asian-American lead—sitting […]
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Miley Cyrus Faces Lawsuit over “Flowers”: Riff-off or Rip-off?
Written by Hugh Reynolds. The high-profile copyright suit raises questions about fair use, parody, and the extent to which musicians can build off one another. Miley Cyrus was sued in the United States District Court for the Central District of California for her Grammy award-winning single “Flowers.” The plaintiff, Tempo Music Investment, is alleging copyright […]