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Cardozo AELJ’s Spring 2025 Symposium Delves into the Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Copyright Law and Publicity Rights

The Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal is pleased to present the 2025 Arts and Entertainment Law Journal Symposium: Fake It Till You Make It?: Striking the Right Balance Between Innovation, Publicity Rights, and Copyright. This event will bring together…

Editorial Board
April 2, 2025

Cardozo AELJ’s Spring 2024 Symposium Explores the Implications of the Warhol and Bad Spaniels Decisions on Copyright and Trademark Law

Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal’s spring symposium, “Barking Up the Wrong Tree: An Exploration of Intellectual Property Law Protections Following Bad Spaniels and Andy Warhol.” AELJ is proud to…

Editorial Board
February 25, 2024

Cardozo AELJ’s Statement on YU’s Appeal to SCOTUS

The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (“AELJ”) strongly and unequivocally condemns Yeshiva University’s treatment of its LGBTQ+ undergraduate students. New York courts found that Yeshiva University’s refusal to recognize and fund the undergraduate LGBTQ+ group, Pride Alliance, was in…

Editorial Board
August 31, 2022

Your Face as Property: IP Strategies Beyond Right of Publicity

License: During the Second Industrial Revolution, the source of goods became more important than ever as railroads expediated travel and access to goods across the United States.[1] Today, the United States is in the midst of its third industrial…

Nick Cipriani
March 1, 2026

Iconic Voices and AI: The Legal Battle Against Voice Cloning

In a recent interview with The Guardian, the legendary Hollywood actor, Morgan Freeman, expressed his distaste with AI’s use of his voice.[1] Freeman went on to say, “I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it…

Ezra Ashkenazi
December 5, 2025

Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball? Why MLB’s Antitrust Exemption Stands in the Way of a More Competitive League.

After the Los Angeles Dodgers’ series win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series, Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts, remembered that, “[b]efore the season started, they said, ‘The Dodgers are ruining baseball … Let’s get four more wins…

Jack Ross
November 21, 2025

Cardozo’s Sports Law Society and Antitrust Society Host House Settlement Lecture and Panel

Panelists for the event: Professor Marc Edelman, Bob Boland (Partner, Shumaker LLP), Michael Hsu (Co-founder, College Basketball Players Association), Adam Dale (Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP), Neha Vyas (Associate, Winston & Strawn LLP), Paul McDonald (Managing Partner, PL McDonald Law…

Bradley Rosen
November 13, 2025

Is the Game Rigged? Why Sports Betting is Becoming a Legal Time Bomb

Photo Credit: Circa Resort & Casino The International Olympic Committee defines “competition manipulation” as “when the result of a tournament or competition is partially or completely decided in advance and the match is played to ensure the pre-determined outcome.”[1] Considering…

Lawrence Kirzhner
November 10, 2025

The Life of a Copyright

On August 23rd, 2021, stand-up comedian Caroline Timoney posted a TikTok video where she stated, “I fear I may have girl bossed a little too close to the sun.”[1] The video went viral and, to this day, it is her…

Annabel Haddock
October 28, 2025

From Bets to Threats: The Impact of Murphy on Student-Athletes

The United States is experiencing a surge in the sports betting market following the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision to open the door for legalization.[1] College sports, a beloved tradition for decades, has only become more popular with the rise of…

Rachel Bender
October 17, 2025

Why it is in the NCAA’s Best Interests to Recognize College Athletes as Employees

The past decade has seen an onslaught of high-profile litigation against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The litigation has almost exclusively consisted of claims alleging that some of the NCAA’s policies constitute anticompetitive practices under U.S. antitrust laws.[1] In…

Bradley Rosen
September 29, 2025

The Resurgence of the RAP Act: Why Industry Professionals Enthusiastically Support This Bill

Photo by Jordy on Pixabay Artists release music and write songs to create art, not to offer any sort of criminal confession.[1] Yet, dating back to a 1996 criminal trial involving Snoop Dogg,[2] artists’ lyrics have been admissible as evidence…

Ansley Henderson
September 18, 2025

SoundExchange v. Sirius XM: A Battle on Two Fronts

Created by Cat Stagliano on Canva In the United States, when an artist’s sound recording or track is played by a servicer like Pandora or satellite radio,[1] a digital public performance royalty for the sound recording is collected by…

Catherine Stagliano
September 8, 2025