Volume 27
The Music & The Movement: Race, Rhythm, and Social Justice
Mar. 23, 2025—Renee Nicole Allen | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 239 (2025) From Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” to J. Cole’s “Be Free,” music has played a vital role in energizing social justice movements and elevating the legal and social issues facing Black people. An examination into the legal,...
Why Tennessee’s ELVIS Act Is the King of Artificial Intelligence Protections
Mar. 23, 2025—Sarah Luppen Fowler and John D. Fowler | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 259 (2025) Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving and advancing quickly. As AI advances, it presents novel legal issues for individuals and industries alike. For example, AI can now mimic the voices of famous musicians so well that it can be...
Reimagining the Music Industry: In Search of a More Perfect Union
Mar. 23, 2025—Loren E. Mulraine | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 279 (2025) This Article challenges the long-standing accepted business model of the music industry, including recording contract terms, ownership of masters, artist recoupment, and copyright terminations. It explores the negative implications of failing to revise these methods and neglecting to create a more equitable...
Trouble, Trouble, Trouble: Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, and Arbitration
Mar. 23, 2025—Professor Imre S. Szalai | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 301 (2025) Through Ticketmaster’s use of arbitration and the controversy surrounding Ticketmaster’s botched sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, this Article explores problems with the broad use of arbitration in the United States. Arbitration, a private contractual method of resolving disputes in...
Goncharov (1973), Internet Folklore, and Corporate Copyright
Jan. 25, 2025—Stacey M. Lantagne | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 1 (2025) Goncharov (1973) is a meme, which is a term broadly used to refer to a species of viral internet creativity. Memes can be many different things, but Goncharov is an especially rich, complex, collaborative, and mutating one. It revolves around a movie...
In Code We Trust: Blockchain’s Decentralization Paradox
Jan. 25, 2025—Sangita F. Gazi | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 59 (2025) This Article explores blockchain technology’s decentralization and governance challenges. It interrogates the tension between the idea of a trustless, decentralized economy at the core of blockchain’s promise and the realities of power concentration and information asymmetry. Examining the ramifications of the Crypto...
Alice’s Patent Puzzle: Unlocking Patent Eligibility for Diagnostic Methods Within Wonderland’s Faulty Two-Step Framework
Jan. 25, 2025—Anjali Dhamsania | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 129 (2025) As it stands today, diagnostic tests and their methods are largely unpatentable. In 2012, the Supreme Court, in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., redefined the scope of patent subject matter, leaving a profound impact in the context of medical diagnostics. The...
NetChoice, Regulatory Competition, and the Real Battle Behind Social Media Regulations
Jan. 25, 2025—Tao Huang | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 157 (2025) Regulating online social media platforms has been a fiercely debated issue for years. The NetChoice case decided by the US Supreme Court 2023 Term arises from a circuit split regarding Florida and Texas laws that regulate social media content moderation. Most discussions on...
And the Two Shall Become One: Conceptualizing the Right of Publicity as the Nexus of Trademark and Copyright Law
Jan. 25, 2025—Alvin Zhang | 27 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 205 (2025) The right of publicity, which bars the unauthorized commercial use of a celebrity’s likeness, has become increasingly important in recent years. As generative artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to replace singers’ voices and actors’ appearances on screen, people are increasingly looking to the right...