Fake News & “Weaponized Defamation” (JIMEL • Volume 9.1)
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by Michael Epstein
2y ago
Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law (JIMEL) This is the third of three posts in this series. The first post (Volume 8.1, containing 4 issues) can be found here. The second post (Volume 8.2, also containing 4 issues) can be found here. Southwestern’s Biederman Entertainment Blog is thrilled to provide readers with a roadmap to twelve articles on Fake News and “Weaponized Defamation” recently published in the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law (JIMEL). JIMEL is the scholarly journal of the Biederman Institute, published in association with the American Bar A ..read more
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Fake News & “Weaponized Defamation” (JIMEL • Volume 8.2)
Biederman Blog - The Latest in Entertainment and Media Law
by Michael Epstein
2y ago
Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law (JIMEL) This is the second of three posts in this series. The first post (Volume 8.1, containing 4 issues) can be found here. Southwestern’s Biederman Entertainment Blog is thrilled to provide readers with a roadmap to twelve articles on Fake News and “Weaponized Defamation” recently published in the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law (JIMEL). JIMEL is the scholarly journal of the Biederman Institute, published in association with the American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law and the ABA’s Forum on the Ent ..read more
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Fake News & “Weaponized Defamation” (JIMEL • Volume 8.1)
Biederman Blog - The Latest in Entertainment and Media Law
by Michael Epstein
2y ago
Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law (JIMEL) This is the first of three posts in this series. Southwestern’s Biederman Entertainment Blog is thrilled to provide readers with a roadmap to twelve articles on Fake News and “Weaponized Defamation” recently published in the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law (JIMEL). JIMEL is the scholarly journal of the Biederman Institute, published in association with the American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law and the ABA’s Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. JIMEL’s last three issues have been ..read more
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NFTs are the present/future of IP licensing, might also violate copyright law
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by Max Hacker
2y ago
Nathan Apodaca, also known as 420doggface208 on the popular social media video site TikTok, recently announced that he was selling an NFT of his virally iconic skateboard-riding, Fleetwood Mac-lip synching, cranberry juice-swilling 2020 TikTok video. Bidding for the NFT starts at $500,000. If you’ve seen the video, you may be surprised to learn that Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” and Ocean Spray’s logo are absent from the NFT version. Unless you’ve been living under a digital rock, you’ve probably come across this somewhat new form of digital collectible. If not, you can learn more here, here, or h ..read more
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[Updated] Stairway to Inverse Ratio Rule Abrogation
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by Orly Ravid
2y ago
Written by: Darian Hogan Edited by: Wil Rios & Lauren Landau Most of us are aware, at least passively, of the infringement kerfuffle surrounding Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” and Spirit’s “Taurus.” What started as perhaps a standard infringement suit has dragged on and blossomed into a high-profile case considering seminal issues in music litigation such as infringement defenses, evidentiary issues, conflicts of law and standard-of-proof inquiries. Earlier this week, the 9th Circuit passed a landmark decision on this litigation, which has altered the future of infringement cases in ..read more
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Reading the AB5 crystal ball: How the new law may impact creatives in California
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by Orly Ravid
2y ago
Max Hacker is a partner at AltView Law Group, LLP in Los Angeles, California. His practice includes representing talent across the digital media, TV/film and music landscape. His passion for talent representation and music lead him to launch Cosmic Dust Management, an artist management company. The entertainment and arts communities in California have flourished in part as a result of tapping into a growing network of independent contractors or, more commonly referred to as “freelancers.” However, all that growth and success attributable to the so-called “gig economy” may be in jeopardy based ..read more
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The IFTA® Standard Licensing Agreements, Terms and Definitions Are “Common ground” When Licensing Films and Television Programming Worldwide
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by Orly Ravid
2y ago
This article was written by Susan Cleary, Esq., Southwestern Law School Class of 1993, Vice President & General Counsel, Independent Film & Television Alliance When negotiating for the exploitation of films or television programming to distributors worldwide, it is important to speak the same ‘language of licensing.’ That is why for the last 30 years, the Independent Film & Television Alliance® has promulgated model forms and standard contracts that are voluntarily used by the IFTA Membership and Industry at Large to provide a common ground to being to tailor and document their pa ..read more
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The Lowdown on Tax Credits
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by Orly Ravid
2y ago
Zachary Tarica is the CEO of The Forest Road Company, a specialty film financing company that lends against U.S. tax credits, providing financing solutions for responsible creators across not just the film industry, but the real estate and renewable energy sectors as well. For more information, please visit their website or Facebook Page. Having recently attended the Cannes Film Festival and Doc Edge New Zealand, I met with producers of films and series that were in part produced or being produced using tax credit financing (which is so common in the entertainment industry). Below is an inte ..read more
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Christine Torres on How She Became a TV Writer After Being a District Attorney
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by Orly Ravid
2y ago
Christine Torres (WGA, west) is a writer, producer, and consultant who develops film, documentary, and television projects for legendary horror filmmaker Sean S. Cunningham at Crystal Lake Entertainment and also under her own banner, filmtorres. Being a lawyer is great. Being a lawyer and also a TV writer and development executive is super cool. I sat down virtually with just such a person, Christine Torres, to discuss her trajectory. As a highly successful former Brooklyn prosecutor, Chris realized her lifelong passion for filmmaking when she moved to Los Angeles where she consulted on “Law ..read more
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Blockchain: Here’s What You Need to Know to Keep Up With the Holiday Party Chatter — and to Spot Legal Issues with This New Technology
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by Biederman Blog Editors
2y ago
Blockchain Is All the Rage, So… What Is It? This post was written by Orly Ravid,  Director of the Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute at Southwestern Law School and an Associate Professor of Law. She is an attorney at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP (MSK), which she joined after earning her undergraduate degree at Columbia University’s Barnard College in 1993 (where she majored in English with a Film Concentration) and her Juris Doctor at Southwestern in 2014.  She founded The Film Collaborative, a film distribution non-profit that advises independent filmmaker ..read more
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