Sports & Entertainment

Entertainment:

MUSIC

• Anthropic PBC has asked a CA federal judge to find that its use of copyrighted materials to train its tool Claude is "transformative" fair use under copyright law, comparing Claude's learning to how humans learn from reading and internalizing the themes of various works. Anthropic Claude AI Music Lawsuit: Company Argues for Fair Use Finding
• Singer Mariah Carey's bid for $600,000 in attorney fees after her Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorneys defeated a copyright infringement ahead of trial is "absurd," the plaintiff's counsel told a CA federal judge, arguing that the amount is excessive for a successful summary judgment motion. Mariah Carey’s $600,000 Legal Fee Request Sparks Debate Over Attorney Costs in Copyright Case – Legal News Feed
• A 6^th Circuit panel sharply questioned both sides over when, if ever, Parliament-Funkadelic co-founder George Clinton clearly rejected a decades-old royalty deal with the band's former keyboardist, signaling uncertainty about whether the late musician's estate waited too long to sue. Sixth Circuit Court to Rule on Parliament-Funkadelic Keyboardist’s Royalty Dispute, Highlighting Legal Precedents in Music Industry – Legal News Feed

LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS

• Harvey Weinstein's attorney told a Manhattan jury that the film producer had a genuine on-and-off relationship with a woman who chose to "change the narrative" from consensual sex to rape after he faced a flurry of assault accusations in 2017. Harvey Weinstein preyed on a 'fragile' woman, prosecutor says at third trial
• Embattled music mogul Diddy cannot pursue his $100 million defamation lawsuit alleging NBCUniversal and its streaming service Peacock put profits over journalistic standards to broadcast a "salacious" documentary containing "fresh lies and conspiracy theories," a Manhattan judge ruled, saying the rapper hasn't shown the defendants were "grossly irresponsible." EXCLUSIVE: Diddy Takes Loss In $100M Lawsuit Against NBC Over Doc That Called Him "Lucifer" - AllHipHop
• YouTuber MrBeast's companies demoted an executive for complaining that women were being sidelined and harassed by male colleagues and then fired her for taking leave after giving birth, the former employee said in NC federal court. MrBeast's company sued over alleged sexual harassment, wrongful termination - ABC News