Cartoon Network Studios is set to merge with Warner Bros. Animation as the pair’s parent company, Warner Bros. Television Group, continues to restructure. The two studios will consolidate their animation teams as part of a “strategic realignment” for Warner Bros. Discovery. HBO Max removed more than 30 animated series from its catalog in August, including...Read More
SoundExchange’s lawsuit against Slacker has secured $9.7M back in unpaid royalties. In breach of contract, the digital media company, Slacker claims SoundExchange after it stopped paying statutory royalties to creators whose recordings were used in 2017. In addition, the court permanently barred Slacker and LiveOne from using the statutory license. The lawsuit was filed in...Read More
Discrimination laws are there to ensure that all individuals are treated fairly and equally. These rules exist at the federal, state, county, city, and township levels. These laws apply to everyone. Laws against employment discrimination protect employees from being treated less favorably because of their race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, physical disability, and...Read More
Walt Disney Co. faces a federal lawsuit over the “Muppet Babies” by the original scriptwriter “who claims the company misused his work for a 2018 reboot of the show” and failed to pay him. A judge agreed that the writer “plausibly argued that Disney had copied at least some protectable elements” of his work, including...Read More
Ed Sheeran is heading to trial over his “Thinking Out Loud” song that is accused of copyright infringement by Marvin Gaye’s co-writer on “Let’s Get It On.” “The Defendants copied the ‘heart’ of ‘Let’s’ and repeated it continuously throughout ‘Thinking,’” the 2016 lawsuit claimed. “The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of ‘Thinking’ are substantially and/or...Read More
