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Custom Characters that Look Exactly Like You: Misappropriation or Creative Take?

Imagine yourself playing Grand Theft Auto. In the spirit of the game, you go rampaging through the city only to find you’ve ran over a pedestrian that looks exactly like you. Would you feel shocked? Angered? Bemused? The chance of…

Olivia Yoon
February 14, 2022

Travis Scott: Is He Responsible for a Disaster “Butterfly Effect”?

On November 5, a tragedy occurred at a Travis Scott concert in Houston. Due to a crowd surge during Astroworld, a concert founded and held annually by Travis Scott, at least nine people died, resulting in one of the deadliest…

Eliane Aini
November 24, 2021

What is the Value of Art? MSCHF Creating Value by Destruction

What is the value of art? Is it how it looks? Is it the artist who created it? Or is it how much it will appreciate in the future? MSCHF (pronounced “mischief”), the Brooklyn-based art collector, is challenging the “capital-A…

Kelsey Clifford
November 24, 2021

Tom Brady Just Threw His 600th Touchdown Pass: What’s the Catch?

While the theory of economics can be studied in its raw form, there are applications of it that prevail beyond the fundamental notion of “economics.” A principal theory in economic models is that firms maximize profits in competitive markets. Similarly,…

Courtney Leon
November 17, 2021

The Hypocrisy of Facebook: Facebook’s Failure to Comply with Their Own Proposal

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) immunizes social media platforms, like Facebook, from liability of third party content. In other words, Facebook can’t be held liable for defamatory or offensive content posted by its users. In many ways,…

Caitlin Muraca
November 17, 2021

Peloton Is Climbing The Music Streaming Service Leaderboard After 2020 Settlement with NMPA

In a 2019 statement, Peloton’s co-founders stated their desire to have the company serve as “a discovery resource for new artists and songs while also providing the opportunity for [their] Members to re-discover music they love.” However, this statement came…

Seth Warshaw
November 10, 2021

New Jersey Becomes the First State to Eclipse $1 Billion Sports Betting Monthly Handle: What Does that Mean for the Rest of the Country?

It was only slightly more than three years ago, in May of 2018, that New Jersey successfully challenged the Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in the Supreme Court, thus paving the way for all 50 states to legalize sports…

Scott Semaya
November 10, 2021

Don’t “Just Do It”: Upscaling and Trademark Infringement

On March 29, 2021, the famous rapper, Montero Lamar Hill, more commonly known as Lil Nas X, released a highly anticipated limited-edition sneaker collaboration with the Brooklyn-based company, MSCHF Product Studio Inc. (“MSCHF”). Coming in at $1,018 a pair, the…

Pearl Hertz
November 1, 2021

The Next Step for Players at Academic Institutions: Employees Status and Collective Bargaining

Players at academic institutions have found themselves on a winning streak lately. The flurry of athlete-friendly developments in the world of college athletics dates back to September 30, 2019, when the California Legislature passed a bill prohibiting schools from punishing…

Daniel Wachenfeld
November 1, 2021

Regulation of Loot Box Mechanics

There has been debate among legal scholars as to whether loot boxes can be considered a form of gambling and whether they should or how they should be regulated. Loot boxes are virtual items users can purchase within video games…

Mamoon Saleemi
October 25, 2021

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Call for Submissions in AELJ Volume 41! Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (“AELJ”) is currently accepting submissions for publication
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Cardozo AELJ is excited to announce our newest class of Staff Editors for Volume 41! Please join us in congratulating our Staff
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It is our distinct pleasure to announce the selection of student Notes for publication in Volume 41 of the Cardozo Arts
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Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (“AELJ”) is currently accepting submissions for publication in its forthcoming Volume 41. Submissions may
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We would like to thank all of today’s esteemed moderators and panelists for making "The Parthenon Marbles Case and Universal
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Just one day away from "The Parthenon Marbles Case and Universal Museum Myth: Policies and Politics!" Click the link in
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We are looking forward to Thursday’s symposium, The Parthenon Marbles Case and Universal Museum Myth: Policies and Politics! Lina
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We are looking forward to Thursday’s symposium, The Parthenon Marbles Case and Universal Museum Myth: Policies and Politics! The
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Please give a warm welcome to our final speaker of the 2022 symposium: Paul M Barrett, a Senior Research Scholar
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Please give a warm welcome to our sixth speaker of the 2022 Symposium: Enrique Armijo, a Professor of Law at
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Please give a warm welcome to our fifth speaker at the 2022 Symposium: Zahra Takhshid, an assistant professor at the
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Please give a warm welcome to our fourth speaker of the 2022 Symposium: Michael A. Cheah! Serving as the General
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Please give a warm welcome to our third speaker of the 2022 Symposium: @cagoldberglaw , who does groundbreaking work nationally
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We are pleased to announce AELJ’s Spring 2022 Symposium “25 Years of Section 230: Retain, Reform, or Repeal?,” where two
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Please give a warm welcome to our second speaker of the 2022 Symposium: the amazing Kendra Albert, a public interest
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Please give a warm welcome to our first speaker of the 2022 Symposium: the lovely Mary Graw Leary, who is
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Please give a warm welcome to our Keynote Speaker for the Spring 2022 Symposium, Jeff Kosseff! An associate professor of
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We are proud to announce the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal’s Volume 41 Editorial Board. Congratulations to all!
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Elections day for Volume 41!
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Meet the E-Board of Volume 40!! Last but not least is our Associate Editor: Paige Frankel ( @paigefrankel )!! She is currently