Pop Culture
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A Los Angeles County court on Thursday granted 21st Century Fox Inc.’s request to cut $128 million from a $179 million arbitration award granted to key players behind the TV show “Bones” who had accused the studio of withholding chunks of the crime drama’s profits… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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As recently promised, Facebook and Instagram are cracking down on fake social media engagement, lodging a suit in California federal court Thursday seeking $10 million from a New Zealand company and its owners for allegedly selling fake “likes” to Instagram users… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An ex-prosecutor who came up with the idea for a television series about a fictionalized U.S. Department of Justice lodged a suit Tuesday in California state court alleging his agents at Creative Artists Agency LLC stole the concept and helped their more powerful clients shop it… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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AMC and others have buried the hatchet with an author who claimed that a spin-off of the network’s wildly popular TV show “The Walking Dead” ripped off his zombie comics, according to a Wednesday filing in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Some of the most powerful companies in the music streaming business, including Google, Spotify and Pandora, announced on Thursday that they will challenge the Copyright Royalty Board’s ruling last year ordering streaming services to pay more in so-called mechanical royalties to songwriters and publishers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 