 * 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

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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