Author: dangilroy
Supreme Court Decision Cabins Contributory Liability for Copyright Infringement
When is an Internet service provider liable for its customers’ copyright infringement? Almost never, according to a seven-member majority decision by SCOTUS in Cox Communications, Inc., et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment, et al. (March 2026). The ruling overturns a $1 billion award of statutory damages to Sony and other…
When and How to Use Picketing for Union Recognition
Recognition Picketing Under the NLRA The National Labor Relations Act broadly protects strikes (work stoppages) intended to coerce an employer to recognize a union designated by a majority of the employer’s workers to be their bargaining representative, or to agree on the terms of a first contract. However, picketing (demonstrating…
Why You Should Not Sign with a Record Label to Make Movie Music
Most record labels and film studios are signatory to collective bargaining agreements with the major entertainment labor unions, such as the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). These union agreements permit the employers to create and distribute recorded media…