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BTB Ep 458: Entertainment law news; country musician and veterans advocate Jessica Lynn
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TOPICS: Ryan talks to entertainment lawyer Mark Jaffe about the “Success Kid” copyright lawsuit and the copyrightability of internet memes; we are also joined by law professor Alexandra Roberts about her recent article talking about kid fluencers being able to revoke their consent to using their names for trademarks created by their parents. Our guest this week is country musician and veterans advocateJessica Lynn. Jessica talks to Ryan about her music and her work with Armed Forces Entertainment and the State Department’s American Voices Program. Jessica’s new album “All I Own” comes out onJanuary 17th and you can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting jessicalynnmusic.org
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