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When “Gravy” meets “Roll”: The Future of Interpolation in Music Recording

JSEL · April 16, 2023 · Leave a Comment

By: Lea Washington What do you get when you put a roll and gravy together? A lawsuit apparently. The “Rickrollin’” star Rick Astley is suing upcoming rapper Yung Gravy and his team. Gravy’s song “Betty” is the focus of this dispute, as it borrows from the song “Never Gonna Give … [Read more...] about When “Gravy” meets “Roll”: The Future of Interpolation in Music Recording

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Contract, licensing, Litigation, music, social media

Whose Song is it Anyway? Professional Sports and the DMCA

JSEL · March 26, 2021 ·

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides protection for copyright holders to quickly allow for the removal of their material from the Internet if it is used illegally. It has a major presence in much of our entertainment world, particularly in the streaming community. … [Read more...] about Whose Song is it Anyway? Professional Sports and the DMCA

Filed Under: Highlight Tagged With: dcma, licensing, music, sports, twitch

Regulating the Blanket License: A Path Towards Terminating the ASCAP/BMI Consent Decrees

JSEL · December 30, 2020 ·

Regulating the Blanket License: A Path Towards Terminating the ASCAP/BMI Consent Decrees By Dallin Earl Dallin Earl is a 2020 graduate of Harvard Law School and former president of the Recording Artists Project at HLS. The introduction to Regulating the Blanket License: A Path … [Read more...] about Regulating the Blanket License: A Path Towards Terminating the ASCAP/BMI Consent Decrees

Filed Under: Commentary, Updates Tagged With: copyright law, music, performing rights organizations, PROs, recording

Music, Fashion, Sports, and Entertainment Amidst the Pandemic: About the Author

JSEL · November 27, 2020 ·

Loren Cheri Shokes received her J.D. from Harvard Law School (2017), her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles (2013), and is the author of Life After Death: How to Protect Artists’ Post-Mortem Rights, 9 Harv. J. Sports & Ent. L. 27 and Note, … [Read more...] about Music, Fashion, Sports, and Entertainment Amidst the Pandemic: About the Author

Filed Under: Commentary, Interviews, Updates Tagged With: entertainment, fashion, intellectual property, movies, music, sports

Photographers Clap Back at Ariana Grande’s Copyright Grabs

JSEL · April 4, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Ariana Grande’s “Sweetener” World Tour is not so sweet for the press photographers tasked with capturing her star power on stage. Major media outlets including The New York Times, Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times have joined forces with the National Press Photographers … [Read more...] about Photographers Clap Back at Ariana Grande’s Copyright Grabs

Filed Under: Highlight Tagged With: Ariana Grande, copyright, entertainment, Highlight, intellectual property, music, Photographers, work for hire

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