A Lawyer's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

Oct 05 2024 127 ep. 42 mins 69
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A podcast about geek culture..by lawyers. Can I patent a time machine? Who owns the copyright to the Klingon language? Can I sell my original story set in the Star Wars universe? We are here to discuss the many weird and interesting ways that geek culture collides with the law. @LGGpod

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S06E11 - Dance Dance Litigation

Oct 05 2024 40 mins  
Kirk and Bed go over the 9th Circuit's holding in the dispute between a choreographer and Epic games over the use of popular dance moves as purchasable "emotes" in Fortnite. Other episodes referenced in this episode: Stairway to Heaven Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-329223368/season-3-ep-11-the-edamame-episodes-part-3?si=316efde700464719ad52942ea937aae1&utm_source=clipboar

S06E10 - The Bad Batch: Season 3 Review

Sep 27 2024 47 mins  
Ben and Kirk dissect the final season of The Bad Batch. What went right, what went wrong, and where is the future of Star Wars content going? Bad Batch logo courtesy of Disney Plus (https://press.disneyplus.com/media-kits/the-bad-batch).

S06E09 - Supreme Court Ruling: Can You Really Get Copyright Damages Forever?

May 11 2024 48 mins  
Ben and Kirk discuss what the Supreme Court's recent ruling really means. Could you now get in trouble for that time in 1998 whenyou posted the lyrics to a LeAnn Rimes on your Angelfire page?

S06E08 - Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Apr 17 2024 48 mins  
Ben and Kirk discuss the tangled history of IP licenses to the Dungeons and Dragons brand, and the litigation required to sort through them before the recent film could be made. And, of course, they can't help but talk about the movie. Other related materials: * S06E07 - The Open Gaming License (https://soundcloud.com/user-329223368/s06e07-the-open-gaming-license-kerfuffle) * S04

S06E07 - The Open Gaming License Kerfuffle

Mar 20 2024 48 mins  
At long last, Ben and Kirk dive into the open gaming license and the kerfuffle surrounding it. Image Credit: "Dungeons & Dragons dice 2" by lydia_shiningbrightly is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

S06E06 - (In Camera) Visions Season 2 Review

Mar 05 2024 59 mins  
Kirk and Ben review the second season of the "Visions" series of Star Wars-themed anime shorts on Disney+.

S06E05 - AI

Feb 20 2024 55 mins  
Ben and Kirk at least tackle the ever-present subject of AI, and discuss some of the legal and practical issues. The cover art for this episode was generated by DALL-E after many, many, many failed attempts to produce a lawyer-Terminator.

S06E04 - (In Camera) The Last of Us

Feb 07 2024 51 mins  
In the first "In Camera" episode, Ben and Kirk discuss last year's hit zombie series, The Last of Us, on HBO. Image: Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us (2023), IMDB.COM.

S06E03 - Public Domain Day 2024

Jan 28 2024 31 mins  
Ben and Kirk are back after a long hiatus to go over the new works entering the public domain in 2024, not least of which is Steamboat Willie, the original public debut of Mickey Mouse.

S06E02 - The Warhol Rule is Dead

Jun 18 2023 44 mins  
A long-running LGG inside joke was recently killed by the Supreme Court. Why can't we have fun things? Check out our prior episode about this case: https://soundcloud.com/user-329223368/s05e06-long-live-the-warhol-rule