20 Oct, 2023 SAG-AFTRA Takes a Hardline on ... Halloween Costumes for Members By Brian Murphy As the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming strike approaches day 100, the union has issued guidance to members on … which costumes they...
17 Jul, 2023 6 Things Agencies and Brands Need to Know About the SAG-AFTRA Strike By Brian Murphy By now, you have heard that SAG-AFTRA members went on strike last week, joining the already-in-progress WGA strike that began on May 1st....
26 Dec, 2022 Holiday Gifts from SAG-AFTRA and JPC: Low Budget Digital Waiver Extended and New National Cable Waiver Announced By Brian Murphy As 2022 winds to a close, SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) have been busy little elves and have bestowed upon us two gifts...
06 Apr, 2022 SAG-AFTRA and JPC Reach Tentative Deal on Successor Commercials Contracts By Brian Murphy SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee each have issued identical, terse statements announcing that a tentative agreement has been...
31 Mar, 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract Negotiations Update - No Contract (Yet) By Brian Murphy This just in ... With the SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract set to expire today, the union and The Joint Policy Committee have announced...
31 Jan, 2022 When Copying Isn't Infringement: Filtering Out Facts By Brian Murphy Another day, another copyright lawsuit involving car advertising. Last week's case - our first nominee for "Silliest Copyright Case of...
05 Jan, 2022 Should Brands Avoid Saying "Eat Ass" in Tweets? By Brian Murphy We (with the occasional exception here or there) ASSiduously avoid using salty language in our posts. We are nothing, if not clASSy....
15 Dec, 2021 It's That (SAG-AFTRA) Time of Year ... By Brian Murphy It’s that time again. The current SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract (the "Commercial...
16 Sep, 2021 SAG-AFTRA and JPC Issue Requirements for Vaccine Mandates for Commercial Shoots By Brian Murphy The Joint Policy Committee ("JPC") and SAG-AFTRA have issued requirements for producers that wish to issue policies mandating COVID-19...
20 Jun, 2021 Can a Brand Use Ice Cube's "Signature Catchphrase" in a Newsletter Without Permission? By Brian Murphy O’Shea Jackson, better known as Ice Cube, is a man of many talents: rapper, actor, director, entrepreneur, and social activist, to name...
13 Jun, 2021 Posting Pap's Pic on Instagram Not a Fair Use By Brian Murphy Plaintiff Jawad Elatab is described in his complaint as "a professional photographer in the business of licensing his photographs to...
29 Mar, 2021 A Deeper Dive into the New SAG-AFTRA Influencer Waiver and Influencer Agreement By Brian Murphy Dorian Thomas Two weeks ago, the Joint Policy Committee (“JPC”) and SAG-AFTRA issued the all-new 2021 Waiver for Influencer-Produced Sponsored Content...
15 Mar, 2021 Implied Copyright Licenses in the Digital World: Blogs, RSS Feeds, and Aggregators By Brian Murphy Plaintiff MidlevelU operates a website for midlevel healthcare providers (e.g., nurse practitioners and physician assistants) that...
13 Mar, 2021 Photographer's Claim that Pinterest is a Contributory Infringer Fails By Brian Murphy It is fair to say that photographer and digital artist Harold Davis is no fan of Pinterest, the image sharing social media platform...
02 Mar, 2021 Notes from the Club: Follow-Up From Our Inaugural Clubhouse By Hannah Taylor Daniel Goldberg Thanks to those who joined us for the first episode of our Clubhouse Speaking Series, "Welcome to the Future: Legal Issues with Using...
01 Mar, 2021 Tantalizing Hints About the New SAG-AFTRA Influencer Agreement By Brian Murphy Dorian Thomas SAG-AFTRA’s announcement that it plans to release a new “Influencer Agreement” and welcome influencers into its fold (see our prior post)...