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Creator Spotlight with YouTuber and Fashion Designer Zoe Hong May 20, 2025
We’re thrilled to introduce fashion designer, illustrator, teacher, author, and YouTuber, Zoe Hong. She has been able to build a YouTube channel with over 634k subscribers. Throughout her success, she has […] The post Creator Spotlight with YouTuber and Fashion Designer Zoe Hong appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
Copyrightability of Greeting Cards May 13, 2025
Whatever the occasion, a well-selected greeting card with just the right words and images can make the recipient laugh, cry, or want to give the sender a hug. They can […] The post Copyrightability of Greeting Cards appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
Glaring Omissions from the Kadrey v. Meta Hearing May 8, 2025
Last week, a much-anticipated hearing on motions for summary judgment was held in an ongoing infringement lawsuit brought by a group of authors against Meta for the unauthorized use of […] The post Glaring Omissions from the Kadrey v. Meta Hearing appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

Cannes 2025: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy the Festival May 14, 2025
For the 78th time, visionary filmmakers and discerning viewers will gather for the Festival de Cannes, one of the world’s great film festivals. The 2025 festival will take place on the seaside boulevard La Croisette from May 13-24 – and it’s going to be a big one! Tom Cruise is hang gliding in on the... […]
Amazing Artists and Cultural Destinations in St. Louis May 7, 2025
On the western bank of the Mississippi River, St. Louis has been a destination for creatives at least since the 1904 World’s Fair, held there on the 100-year anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. The same year, St. Louis hosted the Summer Olympics. St. Louis was founded in 1764 as a fur trading post on land... […]
The Unconventional Life of Architect Marilyn Kagan April 30, 2025
Retired City of Philadelphia architect Marilyn Kagan, age 94, recently published her memoirs in Notes, the journal of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association. We were eager to read the article, because Marilyn is a dear friend. We see her photograph every day on the fridge in CreativeFuture’s office kitchen! Our CEO, Ruth Vitale, met... […]

First Round of AI Fair Use Fight Goes to the Copyright Owner – But Will It Stick? February 28, 2025
On February 11, 2025, a Federal Judge issued summary judgement in one of the plethora of cases involving Artificial Intelligence, copyright infringement and fair use. The case, Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., involves the use of artificial intelligence to train a legal database, using copies of some 25,000 “headnotes” from the […]
The “Art of No Deal” Will Cost Trump Plenty in Copyright Infringement Case September 20, 2024
On September 13, 2024, a Federal Court Judge issued summary judgement against Donald Trump and his campaign in the long running copyright infringement dispute with Barbadian based musician Eddy Grant over the Trump campaign’s use of Grant’s song “Electric Avenue” in a Trump campaign video. To anyone who read the Judge’s initial ruling denying Trump’s […]
Appellate Court Rules That “Sophisticated Plaintiffs” Are Entitled to Equal Protection Under the Copyright Laws August 29, 2024
It’s one of those principles that should not need to be debated: people are entitled to equal protection under the law. Yet strangely, one Federal Court went out of its way to penalize a litigant, because they were a “sophisticated copyright litigator” causing the dismissal of the case. Now, the Second Circuit has weighed in […]

How will Mark Carney’s Cabinet Appointments Impact Canada’s Cultural and Copyright Industries? May 17, 2025
Image credit: Reuters As Canada’s cultural community assesses the make-up of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new Cabinet, two common phrases come to mind, “Hope Springs Eternel” and “Grasping at Straws”. The cultural and copyright industries have a number of legitimate concerns, which were well articulated in a pre-election brief published by the Coalition for the […]
Trump’s Threatened Tariffs on Hollywood Films Produced Outside the US: The Medicine Could be Worse than the Disease May 11, 2025
Image: Shutterstock (AI enhanced) First it was autos, then steel and aluminum, then anything made in China—and now it’s movies and presumably television series and streaming production–that have become targets of Donald Trump’s tariff obsession. The fact that motion pictures and TV series are often multifaceted international productions, where financing, filming, editing, VFX and various […]
Should We Throw Copyright Under the Bus to Compete with China on AI? May 4, 2025
Image: Shutterstock (author modified) If this sounds about as responsible as “we should legalize theft of patents at home because patent infringement is rife in China”, then you may well ask where such a nonsensical and counterproductive idea came from. From OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, for one, the same company being sued by the […]

Entertainment Law Update Episode 176 is now live! January 29, 2025
This month, we’re covering the Supreme Court’s ruling on the TikTok ban, major works entering the public domain, M. Night Shyamalan’s copyright victory, the latest in AI copyright disputes, and more! Don’t miss out—listen now at https://entertainmentlawupdate.com/176. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - […]
The Prince Files May 24, 2023
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 http://entertainmentlawupdate.com/157 In this episode: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - […]
Metabirkins, Everly Bros., Gonzales v. Google, and more. February 23, 2023
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/154 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - […]

FADPA Site Blocking bill introduced in US February 6, 2025
US Rep Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat from California, has introduced H.R. 791, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (or FADPA) to prevent foreign-run pirate websites from operating in the US by […]
Global sports streamer buys Foxtel January 3, 2025
The global sports streaming service DAZN has agreed to buy a majority stake in the Australian pay-TV giant Foxtel and its subsidiary streaming services Kayo, Binge and Hubbl. The $3.4bn deal, which […]
Major sports piracy ring shut down by ACE January 3, 2025
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down an illicit sports streaming site which logged 812 million visits over the past 12 months. ACE’s sporting members, including beIN […]

Piracy Shield: European Commission Urged to Assess Legality Under EU Law May 24, 2025
Expressing grave concerns over Italy's Piracy Shield system, this January tech and telecoms advocacy group CCIA urged the government to withdraw planned legislation and engage TRIS, an EU procedure which aims to prevent internal market barriers. In a newly submitted contribution under TRIS, CCIA urges the European Commission to issue a detailed opinion to ensure […]
EU Piracy Watchlist Adds IPFS, FitGirl and Njalla May 23, 2025
The European Commission has published the fourth edition of its 'Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List', providing a detailed overview of piracy-linked sites and services located outside the EU. Aside from many familiar names such as The Pirate Bay, the report also flags the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) as a piracy threat. Game repacker FitGirl and […]
YouTube Processed 2.2 Billion Content ID Copyright Claims in 2024 May 22, 2025
YouTube's Content ID system processed a record-breaking 2.2 billion copyright claims in 2024, with automated detection accounting for more than 99% of the total. According to YouTube, rightsholders chose to monetize the content in the overwhelming majority of claims. Revenue paid out to content creators and owners through the Content ID system now exceeds $12 […]