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Miley Cyrus Faces Lawsuit over “Flowers”: Riff-off or Rip-off?

Miley Cyrus Faces Lawsuit over “Flowers”: Riff-off or Rip-off?

Oct 22, 2024

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...

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Interview with Sara Archambault, Documentary Film Producer

Interview with Sara Archambault, Documentary Film Producer

Oct 2, 2024

By Hugh Reynolds Independent nonfiction filmmaking has long played a key role in social justice and cultural education. These films foster public awareness, bring salience to issues, unify constituencies, and ignite mobilization. In this way, documentary filmmaking...

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Breaking the Broadcast Huddle: How College Football Conferences’ Bundling of Broadcast Rights Could Harm Student Athletes

Breaking the Broadcast Huddle: How College Football Conferences’ Bundling of Broadcast Rights Could Harm Student Athletes

Jun 19, 2024

By Edwin A. Farley Download the article here: Breaking the Broadcast Huddle: How College Football Conferences’ Bundling of Broadcast Rights Could Harm Student Athletes. Recent realignment activity between collegiate athletic conferences reveals how the sale of...

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Harvard’s Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law Hosts 2024 Sports Law Symposium

Harvard’s Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law Hosts 2024 Sports Law Symposium

Apr 18, 2024

Harvard Law School’s Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law (CSEL) hosted its 2024 Harvard Sports Law Symposium over the last two weeks. Read our coverage of the symposium’s notable events and speakers from JSEL’s Hugh Reynolds and Alec Winshel.  On...

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Interview with Sarah Luppen Fowler, Senior Deputy General Counsel at SAG-AFTRA

Interview with Sarah Luppen Fowler, Senior Deputy General Counsel at SAG-AFTRA

Apr 10, 2024

Sarah Luppen Fowler is Senior Deputy General Counsel at SAG-AFTRA, the nationwide labor union representing approximately 160,000 members of the film, television, news, music, and radio industries. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School and...

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Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Makes History as First College Team to Vote to Unionize

Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Makes History as First College Team to Vote to Unionize

Apr 3, 2024

By Nefertari Elshiekh On March 5th, Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to become the first college sports team to unionize–a historic step toward recognizing college athletes as employees. However, their legal battle is far from over. National Relations...

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Interview with Alan Rothenberg, Former President of U.S. Soccer

Interview with Alan Rothenberg, Former President of U.S. Soccer

Mar 29, 2024

Mr. Rothenberg is Los Angeles Chairman of 1st Century Bank, a division of MidFirst Bank and Chairman of Premier Partnerships. Rothenberg spearheaded soccer’s rise in the U.S. during the 1990s as Chairman and CEO of the 1994 World Cup; Chairman of the 1999 FIFA Women’s...

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What’s Copyright Got to Do, Got to Do With It?

What’s Copyright Got to Do, Got to Do With It?

Mar 12, 2024

By Shayna Toh The “cockroach of Broadway” seems to keep cashing checks. Despite the sneering term that veteran theatre critic Jesse Green used to describe jukebox musicals, the genre has dominated Broadway in recent years. In an industry that always seems to battle...

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Supreme Court Considers Whether President Trump’s Name May Be Trademarked to Ridicule Him

Supreme Court Considers Whether President Trump’s Name May Be Trademarked to Ridicule Him

Feb 28, 2024

By Alec Winshel  In November 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Vidal v. Elster. Their coming opinion will be the high court’s latest pronouncement on the relationship between trademark law and the First Amendment’s free speech protections. In my view,...

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