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Netflix Hit With Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘Baby Reindeer’
Fiona Harvey says she's the inspiration behind Jessica Gunning’s Martha, who's depicted as a deranged stalker in the hit series.
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Big Tech Launches Campaign to Defend AI Use
Chamber of Progress, in a campaign called "Generate and Create," says it will showcase "how AI lowers barriers for producing art."
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Netflix, Ava DuVernay Settle Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘When They See Us’
The trial was set to start next week. The case has been closely followed by industry insiders over its potential impact on biographical movies and TV shows.
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Is NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ Overpriced? The Answer May Shape the Future of Sports Rights
Consumers suing the NFL opened a trial on Thursday that’ll decide whether the league’s broadcast model violates antitrust laws by highlighting a stark contrast between it and the other four professional sports leagues: Viewers who want to watch games that aren’t broadcast locally must purchase Sunday Ticket. This means that Kansas City Chiefs fans living […]
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Netflix Hit With Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘Baby Reindeer’
Netflix has been sued over its portrayal of a woman depicted as a stalker in Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in California federal court, Fiona Harvey, who claims to be the inspiration behind Jessica Gunning’s Martha, accuses Netflix of defaming her through statements in the show that she’s a twice-convicted […]
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Big Tech Launches Campaign to Defend AI Use
Chamber of Progress, a tech industry coalition whose members include Amazon, Apple and Meta, is launching a campaign to defend the legality of using copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence systems. The group says the campaign, called “Generate and Create” and unveiled on Thursday, will aim to highlight “how artists use generative AI to enhance […]
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Netflix, Ava DuVernay Settle Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘When They See Us’
Netflix and Ava DuVernay have settled a lawsuit brought by a former New York City prosecutor who alleged she was defamed over her portrayal in When They See Us, a dramatized miniseries about the Central Park Five case. Under the deal, Netflix will move a disclaimer that certain events in the series were dramatized from […]
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The-Dream, Prolific Songwriter For Beyoncé, Accused of Rape, Sex Trafficking
Terius Gesteelde-Diamant, a songwriter and producer for Beyoncé and Rihanna, has been sued for rape, sexual battery and sex trafficking by a former mentee. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in California federal court, Chanaaz Mangroe accuses Gesteelde-Diamant (also known as The-Dream) of falsely promising to promote her career only to trap her in an […]
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Roberto Clemente Biopic Sparks Lawsuit Accusing Family of Double-Dealing In Selling Rights
A lawsuit has been filed against the sons of baseball legend Roberto Clemente, who allegedly defrauded an indie production company by selling it the rights to a biopic of their father despite Legendary Pictures having already optioned the film. That production banner, Inside the Park, in a complaint filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior […]
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Prosecutors May Bring New Indictment Against Harvey Weinstein as More Women May Come Forward
Prosecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case say they may issue a new indictment against the former mogul, as there may be more women who come out against him. “Some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020 now appear ready to do so in 2024,” Assistant D.A. Nicole Blumberg said in New York […]
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Alec Baldwin to Face Trial for Involuntary Manslaughter Over ‘Rust’ Shooting
Alec Baldwin will face a trial in July stemming from manslaughter charges over the accidental shooting death of Rust’s cinematographer. Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer on Friday denied Baldwin’s bid to dismiss the indictment, concluding that prosecutors and the grand jury weren’t biased against him. “The court does not find prosecutorial bad faith,” the order […]
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Live Nation Sued By Justice Department In Antitrust Lawsuit Seeking Break Up
The Justice Department has sued Live Nation for antitrust violations tied to its dominance over the live events industry. The department joined 29 states and the District of Columbia to file in New York district court on Thursday a lawsuit accusing the Ticketmaster parent of leveraging its unrivaled positions as the nation’s largest concert promoter, […]
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Apple Studios Hit With Lawsuit Over ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Awards Exclusion
Apple Studios has been sued by a Native American costume designer on Killers of the Flower Moon for excluding her from awards consideration, allegedly in retaliation for raising complaints of discrimination. Kristi Marie Hoffman, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges she completed “most of the research and costume design for […]
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Bryan Freedman Beats Defamation Lawsuit From Michael Kassan Over UTA Case
Bryan Freedman, the lawyer representing UTA in a clash over Michael Kassan’s departure from the agency, has prevailed in a lawsuit accusing him of defaming the MediaLink founder. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel Murphy, in an order issued on Tuesday, dismissed the case under a statute allowing for the early dismissal of lawsuits intended […]
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Scarlett Johansson’s AI Legal Threat Sets Stage for Actors’ Battle With Tech Giants
Artists were first to sue. Then authors hit generative artificial intelligence companies with a volley of lawsuits, followed by publications. As battle lines over the use of AI tools in Hollywood are being drawn, actors may be the next group of creators to open another front in what could be an industry-defining legal battle against […]
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Prince Harry Cannot Take Claims Against Murdoch, Involving Meghan Markle, to Trial, Judge Rules
Prince Harry cannot expand his privacy lawsuit against the publisher of U.K. tabloid The Sun to include allegations against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and presenter Piers Morgan, a London judge has ruled. The Duke of Sussex’s lawyers were hoping to sue over claims that Murdoch and other top executives were part of an effort to […]
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UTA Loses Bid to Keep Lawsuit Over Michael Kassan Exit In Open Court
Ahead of an expected appearance at Cannes Lions next month, Michael Kassan has prevailed in his bid to move to arbitration a lawsuit from UTA looking to block him from setting up a new venture after his messy exit from the agency. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger, in an order issued on Thursday, […]
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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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