 * Mini-Topic: Disney
   Link: https://esq.social/@jacobschumer/111852556415303391
   
 * Main Topic: Elon Musk
   Link: https://esq.social/@annmlipton/111855062479332113
   The Bill Comes Due - Prof. Ann Lipton [https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2024/02/the-bill-comes-due.html]
   
 * Recommendations
   Jake: https://infinitewealth.sega.com/
   Jason: https://www.amazon.com/Green-Glove-Dryer-Gloves-Shoes/dp/B07HYDRYYL?th=1
   Andrew: https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby
   https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2024/02/the-bill-comes-due.html

Did Elon Musk Deserve $55 Billion?

We're back! With a mishmash episode. Few links, lots of shooting from the hip. 

 * Winston Strawn Legal Filings Copyright Question [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/did-winston-strawn-cross-an-ethics-line-copycat-court-filing-2024-01-11/]
 * The Boy and the Heron [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_and_the_Heron]

The One Where We Try To Draw Copyright Law From Memory

*By us.

 * Elon Musk Slams Accusations of Antisemitism as ‘Bogus’ | TIME [https://time.com/6337462/elon-musk-antisemitism-x-backlash-defense/]
 * OpenAI Shakeup
 * Our structure [https://openai.com/our-structure]
 * Who Controls OpenAI? - Bloomberg [https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-20/who-controls-openai]
 * https://www.threads.net/@itsmattslaw/post/Cz3sncIrHD9
 * 95 Percent of OpenAI Employees Threaten to Follow Sam Altman Out the Door | WIRED [https://www.wired.com/story/95-percent-of-openai-employees-threaten-to-follow-sam-altman-out-the-door/]
 * Meet the Board of OpenAI Who Pushed Out Sam Altman - WSJ [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-board-sam-altman-d5f3cd49]
 * https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/openai-letter-board-2023.pdf
 * Twitter vs. Media Matters
 * https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24172809-x-v-media-matters-complaint-filestamped-1

The Only Podcast on OpenAI You'll Ever Need*

 * Real-estate class action lawsuit against realtors: Attorney says it costs homebuyers $60 billion per year in commissions | Fortune [https://fortune.com/2023/11/02/national-association-realtors-class-action-verdict-60-billion-commissions-ever-year/]
 * NAR lawsuit: After a $1.8 billion verdict, the clock is ticking on the 6% real estate commission | CNN Business [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/05/homes/nar-verdict-real-estate-commission-fee/index.html]
 * Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven criminal fraud counts [https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/02/sam-bankman-fried-found-guilty-on-all-seven-criminal-fraud-counts.html]
 * https://jacobschumer.com/2023/10/31/alan-wake-wrote-about-me/
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQXfOfemYpc

Condolences to Omegle, Real Estate Agents and SBF

 * Logic Games dropped from the LSAT
 * This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI | MIT Technology Review [https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/]
 * X, formerly Twitter, tests charging new users $1 a year to use basic features - CBS News [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/x-twitter-1-dollar-yearly-fee-elon-musk/#:~:text=X%2C%20the%20social%20media%20platform,Philippines%20as%20a%20test%20run.]
 * Proposed advisory opinion on Lawyers’ and Law Firms’ Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence – The Florida Bar [https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/proposed-advisory-opinion-on-lawyers-and-law-firms-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence/]
 * Corbin Carroll is one of the fastest baseball players ever and can cover 30.4 feet in a second (thanks Micah!)

Is This an Image of an Elven Woman Smoking a Vape Pen?

 * https://twitter.com/JenShahade/status/1707039851642495423?s=20
 * https://www.chess.com/news/view/st-louis-chess-club-issues-statement-on-alejandro-ramirez
 * https://www.engadget.com/patreon-overhauls-its-platform-with-free-content-and-more-creator-control-202357279.html [https://www.engadget.com/patreon-overhauls-its-platform-with-free-content-and-more-creator-control-202357279.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHRQay-ysZ1nlFaWfB__YnMMivHCxmlV21xnUvV8sRBUyG5kyqqyWd-WfvmuvgjaYMJSARGfGNVUkDZa-xjCgJoJ-zKFllVuGc6eWNHXn9zbfJPGZsAgBP2WYFT79YHBxe3EVt1yHe3VMAfrjoz-z7i2jWXRiKnKA4z6y8oMqRa-]
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/04/15/school-chess-class-clubs/

Chess, Fraud, Patreon and Baseball

 * Mini-Topic: Judge Newman Being Suspended
 * ‘Simply losing it’: Bitter fight brews over federal judge’s forced retirement effort | The Hill [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4021303-simply-losing-it-bitter-fight-brews-over-federal-judges-forced-retirement-effort/]
 * https://cafc.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/JudicialMisconductOrders/September%2020,%202023%20Judicial%20Council%20Order.pdf
 * Judge, 96, suspended over mental fitness concerns (axios.com) [https://www.axios.com/2023/09/21/judge-pauline-newman-suspended-age-mental-fitness]
 * Main topic: Unity Engine Disaster
 * EGDF calls for EU regulation on non-negotiable contracts in wake of Unity backlash | GamesIndustry.biz [https://www.gamesindustry.biz/egdf-calls-for-eu-regulation-on-non-negotiable-contracts-in-wake-of-unity-backlash]
 * Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities" | GamesIndustry.biz [https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-reportedly-told-dev-planned-parenthood-and-childrens-hospital-are-not-not-valid-charities]
 * Mobile game developers rebel over Unity charging, company will 'make changes' [https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/18/mobile-game-developers-unity/]
 * The video game industry is in uproar over a software pricing change. Here's why [https://www.npr.org/2023/09/19/1200415400/unity-engine-price-video-games-developers]
 * Recommendations
 * Lies of P [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627720/Lies_of_P/]

Full Business Brain

 * Mini-Topic:
 * Musk ADL - Elon Musk threatens to sue Anti-Defamation League over lost X revenue [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/05/elon-musk-sue-adl-x-twitter]
 * Main topic: Your car could be capturing data on your sex life [https://www.popsci.com/technology/mozilla-car-data-privacy/]
 * https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/07/mozilla-modern-cars-are-a-privacy-shitshow/
 * X Plans to Collect Biometric Data, Job and School History (3) [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/x-plans-to-collect-user-biometric-data-job-and-school-history]

Supreme Court Barbeque

 * Lewis Brisbois Defector Firm Loses 25 Attorneys, Marking Its End [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/lewis-brisbois-defector-firm-loses-25-attorneys-marking-its-end]
 * Twitter begins throttling all links to Threads, Instagram, news outlets, and more - 9to5Mac [https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/15/twitter-throttling-links-facebook-threads-more/]
 * Trump Fourth Indictment Lays Out Sweeping Georgia Election Plot [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/trump-indicted-by-georgia-prosecutor-in-2020-election-probe-3]
 * Twitter begins throttling all links to Threads, Instagram, news outlets, and more - 9to5Mac [https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/15/twitter-throttling-links-facebook-threads-more/]
 * Thomson Reuters Completes Its $650M Acquisition of Casetext | LawSites [https://www.lawnext.com/2023/08/thomson-reuters-completes-its-650m-acquisition-of-casetext.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=lawsitesblog-2023-08-17-44358]
 * Baldur's Gate 3 [https://baldursgate3.game/]
 * esq.social Matrix [https://chat.matrix.esq.social]
 * Lawstodon.org [https://lawstodon.org]

Strike While the Blood is Gushing and Romancing the Bear

 * From Twitter to X: Elon Musk Begins Erasing an Iconic Internet Brand - The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/technology/twitter-x-elon-musk.html#:~:text=Late%20on%20Sunday%2C%20Elon%20Musk,letter%20of%20the%20Latin%20alphabet.]
 * Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name | CNN Business [https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/tech/meta-microsoft-trademarks-new-twitter-name/index.html#:~:text=Microsoft%20since%202003%20has%20owned,its%20Xbox%20video%2Dgame%20system.]
 * ‘Barbie’ Pissed Ben Shapiro Off So Bad He Made a 40-Minute Video About It | Them [https://www.them.us/story/barbie-movie-ben-shapiro]
 * ‘Barbie’ Seems to Have Destroyed Ben Shapiro [https://www.thedailybeast.com/barbie-seems-to-have-destroyed-ben-shapiro]
 * What Happened When SAG and the WGA Went on Strike in 1960 | Time [https://time.com/6294777/sag-wga-strike-1960/#]
 * Why Actors Are Going on Strike | Time [https://time.com/6294212/sag-aftra-actors-strike/]

SAG/WGA, Tupac, Barbenheimer, X, and Aliens

Andrew Leahey (@aleahey) · Zencastr

Andrew Leahey (@aleahey)

This show is three lawyer friends goofing around for your enjoyment and occasionally brushing up on legal topics, and should not be taken as legal advice for you. Follow us [https://esq.social/@emp] on the fediverse, won't you? 

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