Kristelia García

Songview Songview was developed by ASCAP and BMI, the nation’s two largest Performance Rights Organizations, to provide music users with the first comprehensive, reliable and consistent data on songwri...

SESAC and GMR have joined ASCAP and BMI on Songview. Despite the excessive acronyms involved in this announcement, this is really big and important news for small(er) licensees.

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Exclusive | OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out Executives at the company notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

OpenAI’s video generator, Sora, reported to require copyright owners to opt out. I suggest this new state of affairs may reflect the company’s risk assessment given the fast pace of innovation and fierce competition in the space. Move fast and ask forgiveness! 🫣

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

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My piece on selective enforcement in copyright & its lessons for enforcement discretion more broadly is now live at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social journal! I'll present some of the ideas from this project next month at NUS Faculty of Law in their "Access To Justice in the Creative Economy" symposium.

Hey - thanks for the listen!

I mean it’s the “law amount,” so…

BLINKS AT REALITY

always

I think/worry that “ideas” is self-explanatory…

Thank you friend! (Also, sheesh! That’s a lot of accomplishing & whatnot!)

very helpful, thank you Sarah!

Law prof friends - do you keep the "Presentation" and "Media" sections of your CV up to date? (If you have those sections at all?) It's a lot, how do you keep up with it?

Music Law Summit - Vanderbilt Law School Vanderbilt Law is excited to host Music Law and Generative AI: the 2024 Music law Summit on April 4, 2024.

Headed to Nashville to join @jpfishman.bsky.social and others for Vanderbilt’s 2025 Music Law Summit, where I’ll talk about streaming fraud in all of its various iterations.

Lex Lumina’s Statement on the President’s Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms — Lex Lumina PLLC The President’s recent attacks on lawyers and law firms for daring to have represented the President’s personal enemies or causes that he and his supporters dislike are dangerous threats to the rule o...

I like to think that our work speaks for itself, but in this acutely challenging time, it is more important than ever to be clear where we stand: firmly and unequivocally on the side of the rule of law. I am proud of my partners and our clients for choosing right over might.

It's free and open to the public, but you do need to register at the link above - I hope to see you there!

Come learn more about our work, and peruse over 150 outstanding artworks created by participants from various schools and departments across Georgetown, other DC-area universities, and the greater DC metro area.

...the Opening Reception and Exhibition for our project on the perceptions and values implicated by the use of AI in the creation of art. April 16th, from 4:30 - 6:30 pm in the Gelardin Center Gallery on the 1st floor of the Georgetown University Launinger Library.

As part of a Fritz Fellowship granted through the Georgetown Initiative on Tech & Society, Elissa Redmiles, Dr. Toni-Lee Sangastiano, and I, together with our amazing Fellows, Wisdom Obinna, Cecile Duncan, and Hexuan (Judy) Wang are thrilled to invite you to...

A heartening response in a surreal time. #saxahoya

Preach!

Looking forward to this!

very niche, I like it.

Symposium — Maryland Law Review

I'm looking forward to speaking tomorrow about the tension invoked by copyright, and experienced by artists, at a symposium on Art Law hosted by the Maryland Law Review. As a special treat, we get to tour the 1807 Galleries at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)!

Anyone else "suddenly" getting a ton of text spam offering scam loans and mortgage rates etc. since DOGE began accessing all of our info?

Spotify Beats MLC Audiobook Lawsuit After Judge Calls Federal Royalty Rules ‘Unambiguous’ Spotify won a ruling dismissing the Mechanical Licensing Collective's lawsuit alleging the streamer illegally cut royalty rates by adding audiobooks.

"...in her decision on Wednesday, Judge Analisa Torres said that federal royalty rate rules clearly allowed Spotify to legally claim the lower rate, rejecting MLC’s argument that the company was not actually offering a “bundle” of services." www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-...

The #GeorgetownLaw community gathered on Jan. 15 to celebrate the achievements of five #faculty members who were awarded named professorships: @bdgesq.bsky.social, @kristelia.bsky.social, Maria Glover, Urska Velikonja and @stevevladeck.bsky.social. Congrats, Professors!

Read more: bit.ly/4akEC1c

We recently had the pleasure of hosting @kristelia.bsky.social in Glasgow for a few weeks!

During her time with us, she contributed to workshops with colleagues and students, and delivered an inspiring public lecture to a packed room 🎤

Check out her reflections 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/01...

I feel incredibly honored to be named to this Chair, and am grateful to all my @georgetownlaw.bsky.social friends, colleagues, and students for their ongoing encouragement and inspiration. I feel so lucky to have this job!

This afternoon I was installed as the inaugural Leo George Professor of Communications, Entertainment, and New Media. It was a lovely ceremony, made even better by the presence of my family and so many supportive community members.