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Amazon Draws First Line in Sand Regarding AI Content in Books
The first battle in the war between humans and robots might take place over … books? Amazon, the world’s largest publisher and seller of books, released some additions to the rules and guidance for material published and sold on their platform, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). The most noticeable change to the existing guidelines is that […]
AI’s Mounting Legal Woes
While lawyers everywhere are worried about being replaced by Artificial Intelligence (AI), it may be the very existence of the technology that saves their jobs. Currently, OpenAI, Microsoft and GitHub are being sued in a class action motion that alleges they are all promoting violations in US copyright law by allowing AI-assisted creators like Copilot, to utilize protected content without […]
Shady Doctors, Hurt Players and Another Class-Action Suit Against the NFL
Hours before American-styled football’s biggest kickoff, a group of former players filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the league runs a “sham” disability compensation system. The suit, filed in Baltimore this week, is seeking class-action status and names both the National Football League’s Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and the league’s Disability Board as defendants and comes as […]
Classic Rocker Bucks Trend and Wins Epic Legal Battle to Keep Ownership of His Songs
Following a legal battle that stretched out over half a century, John Fogerty finally owns the global publishing rights to the songs he wrote for Creedence Clearwater Revival so many years ago. Fogerty, 77, was at last allowed to purchase a majority stake in the rights to the songs he wrote and sang for the […]
Money, Murder and Mudslinging; A Rundown of Pro Golf’s Dirty Civil War
There’s a messy civil war in professional golf raging and it’s never made the sport more interesting.The war has been brewing for nearly 30 years, starting back in November 1994, when the world’s 2nd best player, Greg Norman, proposed the first challenger to the U.S.-based PGA Tour. The 10-event World Golf Tour never materialized due, [...]
College Football Title Game at SoFi Reveals More Liabilities
Spending $6 billion to build the world’s most state-of-the-art stadium doesn’t get you what it used to. Like walls. While the University of Georgia was 100% responsible for blowing the doors off of Texas Christian University in what was the most dominant victory in college football championship game history, the Bulldogs can’t be blamed for […]
Amazon Suicide Suit
Amazon is facing a lawsuit accusing the online retailer of selling lethal doses of sodium nitrite, a food preservative that is fatal at high levels of purity, to customers in so-called “suicide kits.” The parents of 16-year-old Kristine Jónsson, of Ohio, and the parents of 17-year-old Ethan McCarthy, of West Virginia, accused Amazon of assisting […]
Under Armour Ends UCLA Feud by Writing Big Check
The University of California, Los Angeles and Under Armour have finally ended a two-year, tit-for-tat legal battle that started out as the largest-ever deal between an apparel company and college and ended in UCLA leaving the PAC-12 conference and joining the Big 10. The sports apparel company and school agreed to the settlement back on […]
Washington, D.C. Prohibits Canning Employees for Getting High
The Nation’s Capital joined Nevada and New York by passing legislation that would prohibit employers from punishing or firing employees who use marijuana or test positive for the drug. The bill, called the Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022, was first introduced as Prohibition of Marijuana Testing Act of 2021 in February of 2021 by […]