GUEST VIDEO! Supreme Court Case Roundup by Kurt Mueller

01:37 – Lawyers Can’t Force Guilty Plea – McCoy v. Louisiana
08:48 – Rental Car Search Invalid for Authorized Driver – Byrd v. United States
17:08 – Sports Betting to be decided by states, not Feds – Murphy (New Jersey Gov) v. NCAA

Welcome to Kurt Mueller, my friend and Patent Attorney in D.C. This is one of his first independent contributions and I’m looking forward to further collaboration.

Gatekeeping: Indie Comic Blocked by Marvel’s Mark Waid & Other Pros

Youtube Channel Diversity & Comics reports that, despite their wildly successful Indiegogo campaign, they have lost their publisher because of an ongoing campaign of harassment/defamation against the creator, Richard “Zack” Meyer.

Let’s discuss.

Links:
Zack’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr7BaLw1E70
Bounding into Comics articles:
https://leonardfren.ch/2rBP8Nx
https://leonardfren.ch/2IlAIrg

Drake Wins Sampling Fair Use Case (Smith v. Cash Money Records) #wtfu

Jimmy Smith was a pioneer of jazz on the Hammond B3 electric organ. One of this albums included a spoken word track where he claimed “jazz is the only real music that’s gonna last”.

Drake used this sample to say that “only really music is gonna last” and the Court deemed this Fair Use under Copyright Law.

Let’s find out why.

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