Author: princetonlegaljournal
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What’s in a Name…or a Voice? Protecting Artists from Deepfakes in the Music Industry
By Danielle Williams — In April of 2023, a collaboration between the highly acclaimed artists Drake and The Weeknd titled “Heart on My Sleeve” gained millions of views on various social media platforms and over half a million streams on Spotify. This new song quickly became a hit as rap and R&B fans repeatedly streamed…
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Cutting the Line: Judiciary Folly and Federal Telemedicine
By George Vavrik — Telemedicine represents a transformative approach to healthcare delivery, leveraging technological advancements to facilitate remote diagnosis, consultation, and treatment.Through modalities such as real-time video conferencing and asynchronous communication methods like store-and-forward mechanisms, telemedicine offers a versatile toolkit for enhancing diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic interventions. However, telemedicine is restricted, in terms of state-specific…
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To Infinity at the Expense of the Pond
By Jaylee Witcher — Just barely within the borders of the United States, Boca Chica Beach is home to a plethora of species, including shorebirds. Neatly within its silt and sand, these birds nestle their eggs, relying on the Texas heat for incubation. Sadly, their ability to hatch has a competitor: SpaceX, the aerospace company…
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Should Homelessness be a Crime? A Critique of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
By Vinayak Menon — By July 24, 2018, Debra Blake was banned from entering every park in the small city of Grants Pass, Oregon. Her offense was trying to find a place to sleep. A decade earlier, Blake had lost her job. Due to pre-existing disabilities, she was unable to meet the 40-hour weekly work…
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NFL Tackled By Antitrust Litigation: Route to Renegotiation of Streaming Deals
By Danielle Williams — In 2024, the NFL had its most-watched Week 1 on record, averaging 21 million viewers per game. The growing popularity of fantasy leagues and sports betting has given fans more reasons to root for teams outside of their hometowns. This increased interest in out-of-market games, coupled with a societal shift to…
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Originalism and Jury Nullification in America: A Legal Basis for the Restoration of a Lost Right
By Lawson Wright — A peal of alarm bells shattered the brisk yet tranquil Saturday morning in Boston on February 15, 1851. A mob had stormed the local courthouse in an effort to rescue fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins from being returned to slavery under the newly strengthened Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Intended to mend…
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AI’s Assault on IP: The Inadequacy of the “Human Authorship” Test
By Nicholas Vickery — Each year, the United States Copyright Office (USCO) receives around half a million copyright claims, and typically, only a very small percentage of these claims are rejected. Recently, controversial claims involving works created by artificial intelligence (AI) have comprised some of these rejections.