Brief in High Profile Copyright Case Filed with the Ninth Circuit Court
November 1, 2024Mestaz Law was proud to collaborate with the George Mason University – Antonin Scalia Law School Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic in filing an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit in the case of Sedlik v. Drachenberg. In that case, a Los Angeles jury found that a celebrity tattoo artist did not violate…
DetailsARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COPYRIGHT IN THE YEAR 2023
December 21, 2023By our counsel Matthew Hersh: An Introduction 2023 was the year of artificial intelligence. No, the robots haven’t become our overlords yet. And we are “still a long way from the science fiction version of artificial general intelligence that thinks, feels, and refuses to open the pod bay doors”, as one wag …
DetailsCopyright Blog, December 14, 2023—Texas Trolls, French Furniture, and Sarah Silverman
December 14, 2023From our counsel Matthew Hersh: A mishmash of things today — 1. CTA9 handed down an unpublished decision on volitional conduct last week. It’s a familiar pattern: real estate photographers license photos for use in Zillow listings; agents keep the photos up even after the property has sold; photographers su…
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