Battle of the Bands: Legal Issues Artists and Bands Commonly Run Into
The dynamics between band members and musical artists have long been documented as fraught – what happens when this drama leads to the courtroom? [...]
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The Legal World Behind Podcasts
In 2024 alone, more than 30 million podcast episodes were published, and over 500 million people were recorded as active listeners of podcasts. Needless to say, podcasts have become a very popular form of digital entertainment. [...]
Who Owns What: How to Classify Ownership of a Chatbot’s Generated Content
Tracing ChatGPT back to its conception, the core of the programming was always the Language Learning Model. By being able to access and compress a large number of data points into a uniquely generated output mimicking speech patterns, chatbots seem to be a supreme combination of search engines and research tools. [...]
The Copyright War on Recipes in the Kitchen
However, copyright laws, though helpful for larger works such as cookbooks and websites, may not be as accessible to those who create their culinary works through other individual platforms, such as food blogs, videos, and podcasts. Social media outlets create inclusive communities to build networks both to share recipes and also to copy recipes without giving credit where it is duly earned. In order to combat this, it may be up to those communities to create a shared space of respect and appreciation without relying on the legal system. [...]
Monetization of Memes: Who Owns Internet Culture?
John Travolta is confused. He is confused in the doll aisle of a toy store, confused about an answer on the TV show Jeopardy!, and even confused and alone inside the late-night diner in Edward Hopper’s famous painting, “Nighthawks.” But these are not promotional trailers for a new HBO Max series or Netflix original movie. Looking around various locations in his black suit and bolo tie, John Travolta is the subject of a form of shared cultural consciousness prevalent across the [...]
Elsewhere: The Reader’s Mindset When Moving Through the Six Stages of a Book Hangover to Recover Ever-Elusive Remedies.
I give to thee my heart in exchange for this tale of Elsewhere, but pray, you do not break it. [...]