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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 days ago

Fair Use Protects Everyone-Even the Disney Corporation

What happened was this: Kimmel and his staff saw that Santos was on Cameo, which allows people to purchase short videos from various public figures with requested language. Usually it's something like "happy birthday" or "happy retirement." In the case of Kimmel and his writers, they set out to see if there was anything they couldn't get Santos to say on Cameo. For this to work, they obviously didn't disclose that it was Jimmy Kimmel Live! asking for the videos.
Intellectual property law
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

Y'all Work Like This? - See Also - Above the Law

Midlevel employees endure nearly unusable laptops; legal and cultural updates include a tariff case headed to SCOTUS, 'Becoming Thurgood' release, and a celebrity court dispute.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

Megan Thee Stallion's Legal Team Mixes Music With Civil Procedure - Above the Law

Serving notice can become a high-profile, newsworthy event when celebrities' legal teams pursue novel procedural tactics, transforming mundane civil procedure into public spectacle.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Cardi B wins case filed by California security guard who claimed rapper assaulted her

A jury found Cardi B not liable in a civil suit alleging she assaulted a security guard at a doctor's office during her 2018 pregnancy.
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