Sports & Entertainment

Entertainment:

MUSIC

• Two Live Nation Entertainment Inc. ticketing directors bragged about the high fees the company charges fans at its venues, joking in internal messages that the company is “robbing them blind” and that “these people are so stupid” that “I almost feel bad taking advantage of them.” Live Nation Employees Brag About "Gouging" Fans In Private Exchanges
• Rapper Travis Scott will have to face claims that his 2023 song “Telekinesis,” on which he collaborated with performers SZA and Future, infringed on a demo made by singer-songwriter Victory Boyd. Travis Scott, SZA, Future Must Face Lawsuit Linked to Kanye West Demo

LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS

• The rapper Ye owes $140,000 to a former worker who claimed he was injured and unjustly fired while working on a remodel of the music mogul's gutted Malibu mansion, a Los Angeles jury found in a mixed verdict. Kanye West ordered to pay $140,000 in handyman's lawsuit over Malibu mansion renovations
• The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a bid from rapper and cannabis enthusiast Snoop Dogg to register the phrase "Smoke Weed Everyday" as a trademark, saying the phrase is too widely used to be linked to his products, and he can't register a phrase suggesting violations of federal law. Cannabis IP: Why Snoop Dogg can't trademark 'Smoke Weed Everyday'

TELEVISION & FILM

• Paramount President Jeff Shell is being sued for $150 million in CA state court over allegations he backed out of a deal to develop an English language adaptation of a Spanish television show and failed to pay for crisis communications services that the plaintiff said helped save Paramount $1.5 billion in a streaming rights dispute. Jeff Shell's Paramount Future Imperiled By $150M Lawsuit
• Netflix will pay as much as $600 million for InterPositive, the AI moviemaking company founded by Ben Affleck, according to people familiar with the matter, making the purchase one of the biggest ever by the streaming leader. Netflix is spending up to $600 million to buy Ben Affleck’s AI startup. What exactly is it buying? - MarketWatch
• The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has sued the producers of the CW docuseries "TV We Love," accusing the team behind the show of using nearly 50 unlicensed clips from the foundation's Emmy broadcasts and its long‑running oral history project "The Interviews." Academy Foundation Sues CW Docuseries Over Alleged Copyright Violations, Highlighting Industry Challenges with Archival Footage – Legal News Feed
• SeaWorld is flouting its obligations under a licensing agreement for the Sesame Street brand, the nonprofit behind the children's television series alleged in NY federal court, accusing the theme park giant of carrying out a "retaliation campaign" after losing an arbitration over unpaid royalties. SeaWorld sued for mishandling ‘Sesame Street’ brand | KELO-AM
• NBCUniversal and DreamWorks were hit with a civil suit in CA state court by a trans man hired as a first assistant editor for the animated film Bad Guys 2 who alleges transphobic behavior by a direct supervisor. DreamWorks, NBCUniversal Hit With Bias Suit By Trans Editor - Law360