Mariah Carey Wins, Superman Loses, and AI Can’t Be an Author

From Mariah Carey’s legal win to the AI authorship showdown and Roblox’s copyright troubles—this month’s roundup of entertainment law news is packed with big headlines and deeper implications for creators, studios, and platforms alike. In this episode, Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett cover: Mariah Carey’s courtroom victory over a copyright claim tied to her holiday hit The Supreme Court's refusal to review the McGucken v. Valnet embedding case, keeping the Server Test alive in the Ninth Circuit Duke University's trademark objection to HBO’s White Lotus The Thaler v. Copyright Office case, reaffirming that copyright protection requires human authorship Roblox’s potential liability for user-uploaded music Apple Studios’ anti-SLAPP victory in a vaccine-related casting dispute A copyright jurisdiction dispute over Superman’s international rights And the latest in AI copyright cases from the NY Times, Meta, and the U.S. Copyright Office 🎧 Tune in to stay informed about the latest developments in copyright, trademark, contracts, and more in the ever-evolving world of entertainment law.