This month, a jury will decide, for the first time, whether the use of copyright-protected material in the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) platform violates copyright law.
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) appears to be getting more serious about enforcing its rules as it gets pressure from the governor and state legislature to open the gates to the adult-use market. In addition to cracking down on unlicensed shops,
Here’s a look at the top three legal issues facing the entertainment industry in 2024, based on what we’ve seen in the first quarter and what’s likely to evolve into litigation throughout this year and into the next.
Cannabis packaging is generally prohibited from bearing designs that are potentially or actually attractive to people under 21 years old. But that doesn’t mean that cannabis packaging needs to be unattractive to people over the age of 21.
Pandora first made a name for itself as an internet-radio service, and in recent years has evolved into an on-demand streaming service.
There were a lot of discussions at the NAMM show in January of this year about whether watermarking and labeling of AI-generated music is an artist-protection strategy that should be pursued in earnest. Apparently, while the Americans were debating, Europe was getting it done.
Recorded music is complicated, from a legal and business perspective. There are two kinds of copyrights involved (the musical composition or “publishing” or the song, and the sound recording or “master”). This means that for every song that you hear on the radio, there are two sets of rights owners. […]
