By La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Technology/Media, and General News: Entertainment Cosby Is Freed After Reversal By State Court Bill Cosby was released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 conviction for sexual assault, a dramatic reversal in one of the first high-profile criminal trials of the #MeToo era. The court tossed the

By La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Technology/Media, and General News/Coronavirus: Entertainment Weinstein Files Appeal of Conviction in Sex Case Lawyers for disgraced U.S. film producer Harvey Weinstein have launched an appeal against his conviction for rape and sexual assault. Weinstein, 69, was convicted in NYC in February 2020 and later sentenced to 23 year

By Travis Marmara Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Technology/Media, and General News: Entertainment Morgan Wallen Holds No. 1 Slot Again Following Use of Racial Slur Earlier this month, Morgan Wallen was shown on camera casually yelling an anti-Black slur after a night of drinking with friends. While the country artist has since apologized and donated proceeds to the NAACP, sales ha

By Bennett Liebman Theater Educators Struggle to Keep Shows Going Amid COVID-19 https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/24/theater-educators-struggle-to-keep-shows-going.html Curtain Raisers https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/curtain-raisers-american-jews-theater Broadway Advocacy Coalition Names Inaugural Artivism Fellows https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/11/23/broadway-advocacy-coalition-names-inaugural-artivism-fellows/ Executive Director Tina Fall

By La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, and General News Entertainment Quibi Streaming Service Meets Quick End Short-video app and $2 billion streaming experiment, Quibi, is shutting down just six months after its early April launch, having struggled to find customers. The company said that it would wind down its operations and plans to sell its as

By Chantelle A. Gyamfi Edited by Elissa D. Hecker This is Chantelle's last WIR column, and we thank her for her wonderful work! Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, and General News: ENTERTAINMENT Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Another "Inside Out" Case The Walt Disney Company has won another copyright infringement case involving "Inside Out". In a new unpublished decision addressing substant

By Eric Lanter Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, and Media/Technology, and General News: Entertainment Dozens of Women in Gaming Speak Out About Sexism and Harassment In recent days, there has been an outpouring of stories from dozens of women in the gaming industry of instances of "gender-based discrimination, harassment, and sexual assault. Those women have posted their stories "to

By Chantelle A. Gyamfi Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media/Technology, Coronavirus, and General News: ENTERTAINMENT Katy Perry Back in Court For "Dark Horse" Dispute A rapper who claims that Katy Perry copied his song to create her hit "Dark Horse" is headed to the Ninth Circuit, appealing a high-profile ruling last month that tossed out the jury's decision in the copyright infrin

By La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media, and General News, including coronavirus information: Entertainment Led Zeppelin Decision In an en banc opinion in the Led Zeppelin copyright case, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgement after a 2016 jury trial, and overturned a 2018 ruling by three Ninth Circuit judges. At issue was whether the intro to "Stairway to Heaven" inf

By Chantelle A. Gyamfi Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media, and General News, including coronavirus information: ENTERTAINMENT Lizzo Countersued Over "Truth Hurts" The authorship of the hit song "Truth Hurts" became one of the industry's most closely watched controversies, after Lizzo was accused by two songwriting brothers, Justin and Jeremiah Raisen, of taking her song's signature boast -- a wisecrack abo

By Angela Peco Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media, and General News: Entertainment Weinstein Convicted of Rape and Sexual Assault A jury convicted Weinstein of two counts - criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree. He was acquitted of predatory sexual assault, the most serious of the charges against him. He faces a possible sentence of between 5 and 29 years and was remanded

By La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media and Technology, and General News: Entertainment Two Dispute Testimony of Weinstein's Accusers A Brazilian actress and Mexican model testified on behalf of accused rapist Harvey Weinstein, with both women disputing key elements of the sexual assault claims made by prosecution witnesses. The defense team put them on the st

By Eric Lanter Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media and Technology, and General News: Entertainment Weinstein Trial Continues With His Attorneys Questioning Accusers' Credibility The lawyers for Harvey Weinstein have begun their defense in the trial in Manhattan and are seeking to discredit the prosecution's strongest witnesses. So far, they have argued that memories can be false a

By La-Vaughnda A. Taylor Below are last week's topics of interest broken down into Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media, and General News Entertainment New Arena for #MeToo Cases: Defamation Suits There are new cases stemming from the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault cases. Those accusers whose allegations are too old to litigate are now finding alternative ways to get into court. Ashley Judd, one of the first accusers, has now sued the producer for defamation after reading abou

By Eric Lanter Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media, and General News Entertainment ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. Files SDNY Action Against Coda Publishing, Inc. This week, ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. filed a suit in the Southern District of New York alleging that Coda Publishing and others infringed copyright in various musical compositions, master recordings, and films by using the works in documentaries feat

By Angela Peco Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Media, and General News Register Karyn A. Temple Announces Departure from the Copyright Office Register of Copyrights Karyn Temple announced that she will be leaving the Copyright Office on January 3, 2020, to accept a new position with the Motion Picture Association. Temple has worked at the Copyright Office since 2011, first in the Of