Pop Culture
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A Manhattan federal judge on Friday tossed a lawsuit alleging BBC, Showtime and others improperly used footage of Whitney Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown and the former couple’s now-deceased daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in a 2017 documentary about the late singer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Creative Artists Agency on Monday became the latest Hollywood talent shop to accuse the Writers Guild of America of “attempting to restrain competition on a staggering scale” by orchestrating a boycott against payments that agents collect from pairing talent with studios… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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United Talent Agency Inc. sued the Writers Guild of America in California federal court Thursday, becoming the second Hollywood talent shop to accuse the guild of breaking antitrust laws by orchestrating a boycott against payments that agents collect from pairing writers with studios… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A YouTube personality has swapped out Mario and other elements from his unauthorized Super Mario Bros. spinoff after Nintendo sent him a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown, rebooting the game as “DMCA Royale” starring “Infringio”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Los Angeles talent agency has accused the Writers Guild of America of committing a “wanton abuse of union authority” by orchestrating a boycott against payments talent agents collect from pairing writers with studios, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 