2020 Year in Review

The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app.  Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/128

• AGREEMENT REACHED OVER STREAMING THEATER PERFORMANCES
• PLATFORM LIABLE FOR USER COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY $6.00.
• NETFLIX SCORES EARLY WIN IN TIGER-KING LAWSUIT
• COPYRIGHT TROLL ATTORNEY RICHARD LIEBOWITZ SUSPENDED FROM PRACTICE OF LAW
• DESCENDIBLE  RIGHT OF PUBLICITY BECOMES LAW IN NY
• Top Stories and Cases in Entertainment Law for 2020
• COVID-19 SECTION
• Warner Brothers shift to Same Day Film Releases on HBO Max (PLUS THEATERS MORE GENERALLY 126-125)
• USPTO v. Booking 123
• Stairway to Heaven/Led Zepplin 124, 119 “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN”
• Instagram Embedding  127, 123
• Allen v. Cooper (Blackbeard’s Revenge) 119
• Fair Use Cases we’ve talked about in 2020
• 2021 UPCOMING ISSUES