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October 7, 20261 hr 4 min

AI, Copyright & the Ghost of Twitter.

<p>AI and copyright take center stage in Episode 195 of Entertainment Law Update, as Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett examine the Third Circuit’s ruling that Ross Intelligence’s use of Westlaw headnotes to develop a competing AI legal-research platform was not fair use. Plus: X fights to keep the Twitter name while potentially losing “Tweet” and the bird logo, Dan Schneider loses his *Quiet on Set* defamation appeal, California regulates AI performers and political influencers, GitHub Copilot faces the DMCA, and Bruce Springsteen proves once again why getting the deal in writing is usually a pretty good idea.0.</p>

September 2, 202657 min

Bad Spaniels, Mayhem & Trademark Mischief – Entertainment Law Update 194

This month on Entertainment Law Update, Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett dig into parody and trademark tarnishment, documentary filmmaking and defamation, Lady Gaga’s Mayhem trademark victory, copyright royalty jurisdiction, and a significant Fifth Circuit ruling rejecting the Ninth Circuit’s familiar … Read the rest The post Bad Spaniels, Mayhem & Trademark Mischief – Entertainment Law Update 194 appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

August 6, 2026

Bubble Lamps and Ice Cream Cones – Entertainment Law Update 193

In this episode of Entertainment Law Update , Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett discuss another month of important legal developments affecting creators, entertainment professionals, copyright owners, media companies, and intellectual property lawyers. Episode Highlights German Court Rules on AI Training … Read the rest The post Bubble Lamps and Ice Cream Cones – Entertainment Law Update 193 appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

July 2, 20261 hr 13 min

Fair Use, Funkadelic & Tatoos – Entertainment Law Update #192

In this episode of Entertainment Law Update , Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett discuss another month of important legal developments affecting creators, entertainment professionals, copyright owners, media companies, and intellectual property lawyers. This month's stories include an important fair use … Read the rest The post Fair Use, Funkadelic & Tatoos – Entertainment Law Update #192 appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

May 27, 20261 hr 23 min

Parody, Pastiche & Problematic Plaintiffs – Entertainment Law Update – Episode 191

In this episode of Entertainment Law Update, Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett break down major developments in entertainment, media, copyright, trademark, and AI law — including The Onion’s attempt to take over Infowars, new fair use rulings, Taylor Swift’s anti-deepfake … Read the rest The post Parody, Pastiche & Problematic Plaintiffs – Entertainment Law Update – Episode 191 appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

April 22, 20261 hr 15 min

Ticketmaster Monopoly Ruling, AI Copyright Policy, and More Entertainment Law Updates – Episode 190

In this episode, we cover a major antitrust verdict against Live Nation/Ticketmaster, a new White House AI policy framework that leaves creators with more uncertainty than answers, and key developments in trademark, copyright, and First Amendment law. Read more : … Read the rest The post Ticketmaster Monopoly Ruling, AI Copyright Policy, and More Entertainment Law Updates – Episode 190 appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

March 25, 20261 hr 9 min

Billion Dollar Rewind: “It’s Not What You Knew, It’s What You Did” (Entertainment Law Update – Episode 189)

Entertainment Law Update – Episode 189 Record Date: March 25 2026 Location: Los Angeles, California & Dallas, Texas Hosts: Gordon Firemark & Tamera Bennett Welcome to Entertainment Law Update — the podcast by entertainment lawyers, about entertainment law, where we … Read the rest The post Billion Dollar Rewind: “It’s Not What You Knew, It’s What You Did” (Entertainment Law Update – Episode 189) appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

January 28, 20261 hr 13 min

“Boop Boop Be Do” Meets “Alright, Alright, Alright” ( Entertainment Law Update – Episode 187)

In this episode of Entertainment Law Update , we unpack a wide-ranging set of copyright, trademark, and creator-economy developments—from the largest public-domain expansion in decades to high-stakes termination rights, celebrity voice trademarks, and courts drawing sharper lines around what copyright … Read the rest The post “Boop Boop Be Do” Meets “Alright, Alright, Alright” ( Entertainment Law Update – Episode 187) appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

December 17, 2025Episode 1861 hr 3 min

Who Owns the Stage, the Script, and the Algorithm? Entertainment Law’s Wild Year-End

Welcome to Entertainment Law Update , your monthly rundown of the most important legal developments in the entertainment, media, and technology industries. As 2025 comes to a close, the legal fault lines of the entertainment industry are impossible to ignore.… Read the rest The post Who Owns the Stage, the Script, and the Algorithm? Entertainment Law’s Wild Year-End appeared first on Entertainment Law Update .

November 5, 2025Episode 18559 min

Trade Secrets, Triggers & Takedowns – Enterrtainment Law Update Episode 185

In this episode, hosts Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett round up the month’s biggest stories in entertainment and media law. We revisit Price v. Garland and the new EXPLORE Act, which reshapes filming rules on federal land. In our AI Corner, we break down Anthropic’s record-setting $1.5 billion copyright settlement, Stephen Thaler’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court over AI-authored works, and a California lawyer sanctioned $10,000 for citing hallucinated AI cases. Plus: ASCAP, BMI and SOCAN now allow partial-AI music registrations, California enacts the nation’s first frontier-AI safety law, and the Seventh Circuit lets French Montana off the hook in Richardson v. Kharbouch after finding no proof of actual sampling. We also cover the Wu-Tang Clan album deemed a trade secret, Gibson’s trademark win over guitar shapes, the final dismissal of the Nirvana Baby lawsuit, Alex Jones’s failed Supreme Court bid, and Drake’s loss to UMG. For full links and case notes, visit entertainmentlawupdate.com.