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U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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Artist Revenue Advocates v. Ye — Jury Finds Copyright Infringement in Uncleared Sample at Donda Listening Party

A Los Angeles federal jury found Ye (Kanye West) and his companies liable for approximately $438,000 in damages for using the copyrighted instrumental track ‘MSD PT2’ without authorization in an early demo of ‘Hurricane’ performed at the 2021 Donda album listening party at Me

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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Pepperdine University v. Netflix — Court Dismisses Trademark Suit Over Fictional “Waves” Basketball Team in Running Point Series

A federal court in California dismissed Pepperdine University’s trademark suit against Netflix, holding that the fictional “Los Angeles Waves” basketball team in the Running Point series is protected artistic expression under the Rogers v. Grimaldi test.

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