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How Prince and Warhol Got to the Supreme Court

Velocity of Content

I knew a bare minimum about him, but my trip to the museum immersed me in a whole world of Warhol that included a panoply of works from installation art to his more iconic pieces. One work , which I had not previously known about, consisted of a black room with silvery balloons moved by fans this way and that.

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50 CENTS OF ADVICE: NEGOTIATE FAVORABLE PROVISIONS AND RETHINK RECORD LABEL AGREEMENTS

JIPL Online

To understand the source of the problem, it’s first necessary to understand the copyrighted work at issue in many record label agreements. The record label business model is simple – labels are in the business of selling and distributing recorded music that they didn’t create. [1] BACKGROUND.

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The 5th Circuit Puts the 1st Amendment in a Blender & Whips Up a Terrible #MAGA Kool-Aid–NetChoice v. Paxton

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Florida and the plaintiffs will cross-appeal the 11th Circuit ruling to the Supreme Court in the very near future. The Texas law went to the Fifth Circuit, a well-known graveyard for the rule of law, and in May 2022 the panel reversed the injunction without issuing an opinion explaining why. That was rogue behavior by the panel.