Ari Solotoff

Entertainment Lawyer @solotofflaw | Adjunct Prof. @IndianaUniv @umichsmtd @eastmanschool | Legal Issues in the Arts | 🤍 Maine

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@jonleelawprof @UMaineLaw @BatesCollege Let’s do it! I will be also be joining the @UMaineLaw faculty this fall teaching Entertainment Law.

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@jonleelawprof @UMaineLaw @BatesCollege Welcome to Maine!

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@biglawgothgf @ProfSeanOConnor Or, maybe everything 80’s is still cool again? See Waits v. Frito-Lay, Inc. (upholding Waits’ voice misappropriation claim).

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5) we should be paying attention to Johnson vs. NCAA (whether student athletes are employees; FLSA claims)

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Top 5 notes from @ABAEntSports spring 2023 meetings in Philly

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4) requesting a copyright license cannot jeopardize fair use defense

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3) dig further into loan out companies and copyright termination issues;

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2) pause-the-show clause as a mini force majeure;

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1) NIL market for colleges athletes valued at $750M to $1B

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A client and a prospective client are both performing on the same rock concert tonight. What’s the billing code for 🎶? #entertainmentlaw

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Although FTX failed to maintain corporate records, the law firm that drafted the bankruptcy filing appears to use NetDocuments? ☁️ 🤷‍♂️

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

3. Very few records were kept.

Most decisions were made over chat, with the messages automatically deleted after a certain time.

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Introduced rights of publicity today via Waits vs. Frito-Lay, Inc. - neither the students nor I could figure out how a case with a “high-profile” risk only required a 10 minute convo with the agency’s lawyer - must have been the “long-distance telephone consultation.”

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It just occurred to me that the most valuable asset on the FTX balance sheet was actually Sam Bankman-Fried’s life story rights.

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One of the best parts of living in #Maine is it’s super easy to get away - like to #Rangeley. Till next year!

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Thank you @artlawprof for joining us as a guest speaker! #MAAA

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“There was the Motown sound. The Memphis sound. The Muscle Shoals sound. And there was the Sigma sound.” h/t @billboard

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RIP, Joe Tarsia. https://t.co/UhtqR8Oma7

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I’m doubling down on @Twitter.

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Meet some of my very sMAAArt and dedicated colleagues @MAAA_IU!

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In this 1st year @SolotoffLaw was open for business, we're grateful for the support, encouragement, & trust of our clients & colleagues. We couldn’t have come this far without you.
We look forward to seeing you in 2021. With gratitude, @arisolotoff

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Today only

[Maggie Rogers @maggierogers]

“iris”
with @phoebe_bridgers
alive for 24 hours on bandcamp
proceeds benefit @fairfightaction
😎
thank u goo goo
for this absolute classic

https://t.co/sJpfBXq17W