Twitch Should Wake Up and Hear the Music
Video games and gaming have steadily grown in popularity. Global gaming sales are expected to reach nearly $180 billion, making it a ridiculously lucrative industry. Esports have also come to…
Can Artists Legally Stop Trump from Using Their Music?
Within the deluge of articles and news reports regarding the Trump campaign and the recent election, the most unlikely headline of the bunch to catch my eye involved the Village…
Music Sampling Should be Fair Use
In 2019, Lil Nas X’s song “Old Town Road” became the longest-running song on the Billboard 100 Hot List in history. “Old Town Road,” a song best labeled as “country-rap,”…
Recipe for Success?: An Assessment of an Algorithm’s Ability to Change Copyright Litigation
Nicholas J. Isaacson is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Will music copyrights lawsuits soon be a thing of the past? If Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin…
Stairway to Harmonization: The Future of the Inverse Ratio Rule After Skidmore
Patrick Reed is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On March 9, 2020 in Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, 2020 WL 1128808, the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Self-Help in Intellectual Property: Is it Worth Being the Bad Guy?
Gus Longer is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In their recent article, Taking Intellectual Property into Their Own Hands, Professors Amy Adler and Jeanne Fromer analyze…
Trademarks in the Entertainment Industry
Anastasiya Kryukova is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Celebrities have been making use of the protections that trademark law offers for many decades now. In the…
Copyright Transfer Terminations: What Happened?
Ryan B. McLeod is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Copyright transfer termination, sometimes called copyright “recapture,” is a statutory provision within the 1976 Copyright Act that…
How Indie is Indie: Employment and Copyright Considerations for the Independent Musicians Following AB-5
Patrick Reed is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. With the rise of Uber, Lyft, and an assortment of food delivery apps, the emergence of the “gig…
Embracing London-Sire, the Second Circuit Weighs in on the Latest Generation of Music Media
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s determination that ReDigi and its founders, by operating its e-commerce platform for the lawful resale of legally…