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Actors Hit AI Startup With Class Action Lawsuit Over Voice Theft
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Producer Jason Cloth Steps Away From Company Amid Fraud Allegations
Cloth has attributed failures to repay investments and loans to the bankruptcy of Bron Studios. Dave Caplan has taken over as sole CEO of C2 Motion Picture Group.
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Supreme Court Opens Doors to Massive Copyright Infringement Damages In Case Against Warner Music
The ruling settled uncertainty around how far back copyright holders can pursue damages for infringement.
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Neil Portnow Sexual Assault Accuser Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Due to Fear of Public Identification
The court was likely to grant an order from Portnow that would've forced the woman to reveal her name. She cited concerns for her safety and career.
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Actors Hit AI Startup With Class Action Lawsuit Over Voice Theft
Voiceover actor Paul Skye Lehrman was at his friend’s house in 2022 when a YouTube video was pulled up from a channel called Military News about Russia’s advance into Ukraine. He immediately recognized the voice as his own, though he never contracted with the channel operator for use of his likeness. “It was my voice […]
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Producer Jason Cloth Steps Away From Company Amid Fraud Allegations
Jason Cloth, a Canadian financier with executive producer credits on dozens of films such as Joker, Licorice Pizza and the upcoming Mission: Impossible movie, is out as co-head of C2 Motion Picture Group as he fields allegations of fraud on a number of projects. The announcement that Cloth stepped down, made on Tuesday, comes less […]
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Supreme Court Opens Doors to Massive Copyright Infringement Damages In Case Against Warner Music
The U.S. Supreme Court has endorsed open-ended recovery of damages for copyright infringement, ruling that music producer Sherman Nealy can pursue over a decade’s worth of damages for an unlicensed sample of his work by Flo Rida in his 2008 tune “In the Ayer.” The finding, in a 6-3 ruling issued on Thursday, could expand […]
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Neil Portnow Sexual Assault Accuser Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Due to Fear of Public Identification
A member of the Recording Academy who claimed Neil Portnow, former head of the Grammy Awards, drugged and raped her in a New York hotel in 2018 has asked the court to dismiss her lawsuit. The move is a result of a looming court order that would force the woman to publicly reveal her identity. […]
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Apple Studios Hit With Class Action Over Allegedly Shortchanging Background Actors On ‘Palm Royale’
Apple Studios is facing a lawsuit accusing it of violating a series of California labor laws on the set of Palm Royale. Daniel Ferguson, in a proposed class action filed on May 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims the studio stiffed him and other background actors on pay, “maintained a policy and practice of […]
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TikTok Ban Sparks Lawsuit Pitting National Security Concerns Against First Amendment Rights
TikTok has sued the U.S. government, accusing it of trampling on its First Amendment rights when legislation was signed into law forcing its Chinese parent company to sell the social media platform or face a national ban. The lawsuit, filed in federal court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday, marks the most momentous challenge […]
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‘Road House’ Copyright Dispute Sparks Countersuit From Amazon Studios, MGM
A legal brawl is underway over the Road House remake, with MGM Studios bringing counterclaims against the original film’s screenwriter over the rights to the 1986 screenplay that spawned the movie. In a countersuit filed on Friday in California federal court, the studio and its parent, Amazon, accuse Hill of fraud for lying to the […]
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Shari Redstone v. Shareholders: What Does Paramount Owe Investors?
Although exclusive talks between Paramount Global and Skydance Media are expected to end without a deal, questions linger about controlling shareholder Shari Redstone’s duty to minority investors, some of whom have vocally opposed the merger on grounds that their interests have taken a backseat in negotiations. A Paramount investor, in a complaint filed on April […]
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Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ Producers for Defamation In Docuseries
Dan Schneider has sued Investigation Discovery for defamation over his portrayal in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, accusing the company of falsely implying that he sexually abused children who worked on the Nickelodeon series he created and ran. Schneider, in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says […]
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Major Daily Newspapers Join Legal Fight Against OpenAI as Battle Lines Are Being Drawn
A coalition of eight daily newspapers have sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, expanding a growing front in the legal battle over the unauthorized use of articles to power artificial intelligence technology. The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, is at least the fourth complaint brought against the Sam Altman-led firm […]
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‘Mixed-ish’ Creators Prevail In Idea Theft Lawsuit
After a trip to a state appeals court, a lawsuit from actress Hayley Marie Norman accusing ABC, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kenya Barris of lifting ideas from a show she’d been pitching that she alleges was turned into Black-ish spinoff Mixed-ish without her involvement has been dismissed. The 2nd District Court of Appeal found that […]
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Why the New York Appeals Court Judges Reversed Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction
It was Valentine’s Day earlier this year when, in an Albany courtroom, the seven judges that make up the New York State Court of Appeals spent part of their day hearing oral arguments about potentially overturning the nearly four-year-old landmark trial in which Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two of five felony […]
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How Safe Is Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction in L.A. Trial?
With an appeals court overturning Harvey Weinstein’s conviction in New York, all eyes are now looking toward the integrity of a California judge’s decisions that led to a Los Angeles jury’s verdict finding him guilty of rape. Weinstein’s fate may rest on a key distinction between the two states in cases dealing with sexual assault: […]
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Megan Thee Stallion Sued by Cameraman Over Hostile Work Environment Claim
A cameraman who formerly worked with Megan Thee Stallion has filed a lawsuit against the rapper alleging harassment and other workplace-related claims. Emilio Garcia worked as a cameraman for the rapper from 2018-23. He filed a complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday against Megan Thee Stallion, born Megan Pete, and her companies, […]
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A Ban on Noncompetes Could Raise Pay — and Complicate Contracts — in Hollywood
Employers have been banned from adopting or enforcing clauses restricting workers’ ability to move to competitors, marking a pivotal change to the employment landscape that could improve working conditions in Hollywood. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted 3-to-2 to ban noncompetes, which typically prevent workers from taking a new job at a rival company […]
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Cinemark Sued For Allegedly Shorting Customers On Beverages
Shrinkflation has come for Cinemark, with a proposed class action accusing the movie theater chain of duping customers on concessions for its largest beverage container. The lawsuit, filed in Texas federal court on Tuesday, claims Cinemark’s 24-ounce cups aren’t true to size and can only be filled with a maximum of 22 ounces of liquid. […]
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