Kirk and Bed go over the 9th Circuit's holding in the dispute between a choreographer and Epic games over the use of popular dance moves as purchasable "emotes" in Fortnite. Other episodes referenced in this episode:Stairway to Heaven Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-329223368/season-3-ep-11-the-edamame-episodes-part-3?si=316efde700464719ad5294…

Ben and Kirk dissect the final season of The Bad Batch. What went right, what went wrong, and where is the future of Star Wars content going?Bad Batch logo courtesy of Disney Plus (https://press.disneyplus.com/media-kits/the-bad-batch).Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben and Kirk discuss what the Supreme Court's recent ruling really means. Could you now get in trouble for that time in 1998 whenyou posted the lyrics to a LeAnn Rimes on your Angelfire page?Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben and Kirk discuss the tangled history of IP licenses to the Dungeons and Dragons brand, and the litigation required to sort through them before the recent film could be made. And, of course, they can't help but talk about the movie.Other related materials:* S06E07 - The Open Gaming License (https://soundcloud.com/user-329223368/s06e07-the-open-g…

At long last, Ben and Kirk dive into the open gaming license and the kerfuffle surrounding it.Image Credit: "Dungeons & Dragons dice 2" by lydia_shiningbrightly is licensed under CC BY 2.0.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Kirk and Ben review the second season of the "Visions" series of Star Wars-themed anime shorts on Disney+.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben and Kirk at least tackle the ever-present subject of AI, and discuss some of the legal and practical issues. The cover art for this episode was generated by DALL-E after many, many, many failed attempts to produce a lawyer-Terminator.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

In the first "In Camera" episode, Ben and Kirk discuss last year's hit zombie series, The Last of Us, on HBO.Image: Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us (2023), IMDB.COM.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben and Kirk are back after a long hiatus to go over the new works entering the public domain in 2024, not least of which is Steamboat Willie, the original public debut of Mickey Mouse.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

A long-running LGG inside joke was recently killed by the Supreme Court. Why can't we have fun things? Check out our prior episode about this case:https://soundcloud.com/user-329223368/s05e06-long-live-the-warhol-ruleBởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Links and References:https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/LGG: In Camera:The URL for the new feed is not set up yet, we'll update this once it's ready.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

We tried not to talk about Star Wars. We really did. But now that we both have Disney+ subscriptions, there's just too much Star Wars to talk about it. Ben and Kirk react to the recently dropped Andor and Mandalorian S03 trailers and run through the lengthy slate of upcoming Star Wars content as published by IGN here: https://www.ign.com/articles/u…

An educational, non-commercial, transformative podcast episode about "Weird" Al Yankovic parodies and 2 Live Crew at the Supreme Court in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose, the seminal fair use decision involving parodies.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Kirk and Ben discuss the ins and outs of the latest copyright case to make its way to the Supreme Court. Could this be the end of the Warhol Rule?You can look at the 2nd Circuit opinion here: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/19-2420/19-2420-2021-03-26.htmlBởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben and Kirk go over their predictions for Kenobi, and require your help to break a veritable tie.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

A short scheduling update.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

In this edamame episode, Kirk and Ben break from the usual format to talk about their favorite science fiction and fantasy books, ranging from classics to newer works by Ken Liu and Liu Cixin.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben and Kirk provide some predictions (of various levels of seriousness) for the upcoming Disney+ series Kenobi.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben provides a short update on our recently unproductive production schedule.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

A DMCA reform act was introduced to Congress last week, and we plan to talk about it soon. To refresh you on some of the issues, we are running this Rewind episode, originally released Jan. 22, 2018, in which we talk about the legal issues around hosting third party works.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Ben and Kirk dive into some of the tangled legal issues with video game streaming and how pragmatic considerations sometimes become the ultimate mediator of how people use the IP of others.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

In this rewind episode, original aired Aug. 11, 2017, Ben and Kirk discuss IP issues related to the things players create in Minecraft.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

In his first edamame episode in some time, Kirk answers a listener's question about his unusual collection of unusual collectables, including some rare 1980s-era Transformer toys of uncertain origin.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

In this rewind episode, originally released May 14, 2018, Ben and Kirk discuss the "Monkey Selfie" lawsuit and the potential implications for authorship by AI creators. We also provide our predictions for the then-upcoming Han Solo movie.Bởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Your hosts break down the seven-episode Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett."Boba Fett Square Cut" by Jens Rost is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=richBởi A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast