Barely Legal Entertainment Law

song, video game, voice character logo copyrights; ArianaGrande Donut licking fines;  Why DonaldTrump  will beat Univision; The Game loses $200,000 judgment to babysitter, Matt Groening’s bitter baby sitter

Donald Trump Vs. Univision; Innocence of Muslims spawns another terrible lawsuit; Can you parody Facebook in a movie; protecting video game pitches; campaign song law

Suge Knight vs. Paparazzi; Kesha vs. Dr. Luke, Empire TV show on Fox Vs. Empire Distribution; Can I use images of  Facebook’s screen in my movie?; How do I get in the voice over business?

Gameshow Formats; Lions eating visual effects artists; copyrighting arrangements of Public Domain songs; Facebook Supreme Court 1st Amendment decision; Man seeks injunction because he doesn’t like his producer credit; how to actually register a script online; Lady Gaga vs. Madonna

Jack Osbourne’s Lawsuits against former pals the dropping of Osbourne reboot; Tongal; The X Factor is sued by a bitter contestant; Fair Use in photography; Trademarking your  band name; Johne Malkovich sues French newspaper for defamation

Godzilla Vs. Anne Hathaway’s Colossal; What if someone is illegally claiming your songs with BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC?; Reversal of terrible Innocence of Muslims decision by 9th circuit; Noah Korda founder of Bats Day at Disneyland

Jordan The Whale Guy Vs. Eric J. Smith, photographer; Life Story Rights for film/TV, Electric Daisy Carnival trademark dispute; Father of SxSW crowd plowing drunk driver sues festival for not having proper barricades; mini Trust seminar

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather illegal streams on Periscope and other sites; illegally watching Game of Thrones in a bar; Can you mention the name of a business in your movie about true life events?; California Resale act for art; E. Michael Harrington on the Fair Pay for Fair Play Act; Lady talking about Los Zetas drug cartel in confidential interview is exposed instead of blurred out in documentary.

Video On Demand deals for producers; Music video work for hire contracts; buying mailing lists for ponzi schemes; Steve “Widman” Ray loses wrestling lawsuit to ESPN Classics; the war against movie pirates like Popcorn Time app and Mayweather vs. Pacquiao pirates; Rob Gronkowski fan fiction publisher uses unauthorized picture of random couple to sell nasty book.

Katy Perry’s  Left Shark Trademark problems are a lesson for all, Band Partnership Agreements, the mistake of releasing songs through Creative Commons; The Slants are denied a Trademark registration for having a racist name; Empire Records Trademark problems; Viva Cinemas files Anti-trust lawsuit against AMC Theater Chain

More on Blurred Lines trial; Why you should change your band name to avoid confusion; Contracts between bands and video producers; Gwar vs. Dave Brockie’s father; Mischa Barton vs. her own mother; Why Porno Jesus doesn’t deserve Trademark protection; Closed Caption Netflix lawsuit.

Selling Christian film and tv products; renting your house out as a location; Three’s Company owners lose Fair Use parody case; CAA vs. UTA talent agent defection case; Robin Williams’ strange after death requests; IMDB vs. Hoang; Jay Z Big Pimpin’ case; HOA condo disputes

Legally showing films in school classrooms; Can Taylor Swift really copyright her lyrics?; contracts between bands and video producers; Empire TV Show vs. Empire Distribution; How hard is it to sue the Beastie Boys for sampling your tracks?; Can you have more than one cussing teddy bear project?

More Blurred Lines; Copyrighting songs; taking your publicist to small claims court; copyrighting and Trademarking software; MCLE scene in SxSW; Emile Hirsch arrested at Sundance for assault; Director of Greg Alman movie gets 2 year prison sentence for manslaughter.

Blurred lines verdict discussed; Selling your first script into television; trademarking a cartoon; nickreboot.com gets sued by Nickelodeon; stripper sues VH1’s Naked Dating for showing her nude.