Newsletter for Legal created at September 15, 2025 06:50

Protecting Cultural Works in Africa and Copyright Updates: Newsletter Highlights

This newsletter is about various copyright, collective management, and support activities being held in different African countries to highlight the importance of protecting cultural works. It also covers legal battles between Sonos and SoundExchange, lawsuits filed by artists against bootleggers for knock-off merchandise, policy recommendations in France regarding social media use by minors, Jay-Z's proposed multi-billion-dollar casino in Times Square, and the release of Jermaine Dupri's "Magic City" docuseries soundtrack. It also mentions Shira Perlmutter's continuation as the Copyright Register at the Library of Congress and plans in Germany to introduce a Digitalabgabe for large online platforms and search engines to support local media and ensure journalistic diversity.