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when is the public domain really the public domain
In 1998, Congress passed S. 505, which came to be known as the Sonny Bono Act. This landmark legislation extended US copyright protection by 20 years, thereby increasing copyright ownership from the life of the author plus 50 years to the life of the author plus 70 years. Consequently, the duration for protection of works…
Artificial Intelligence’s Napster Moment
In what is the most significant copyright payout in history to date, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, has agreed to a record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement in a class action suit brought by a group of authors. The case has not only sent reverberations throughout the tech industry but has ramifications for the entertainment…
DIGITAL OWNERSHIP
On August 21, 2025, Lisa Reingold filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The class action lawsuit claims that Amazon misrepresented the consumers’ ownership rights during the purchase process on its Amazon Prime Video platform. Reingold argues that Amazon advertised that consumers could “buy”…
THE AI BOSS
As the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) extends through every part of music organizations, one area that has begun to see the influence of AI is in the realm of human resource management (HRM). Today, most organizations utilize some form of electronic HRM process, whether it is to review candidates for a position or to…
Name, image, and likeness in sport & music
The United States Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings this week into the “future of college sports.” What is at stake during these hearings is not only athlete compensation but the modernization of rules surrounding the compensation of athletes who currently work within the scope of “amateur” compensation. During the two-hour hearing, members of the Senate,…
record labels finally accept ai
On August 21, 2023, Alphabet (Google) announced that, in cooperation with Universal Music Group (UMG), it will explore the use of AI on the company’s YouTube platform. This collaboration aims to ascertain the application of AI for musicians and explore research that intersects with art. UMG is the first label to partner with YouTube and…
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