Law According To A King

"Hi! My names Lexi and I live in Cornwall. I'm just about to go into my second year of college, where I study Law, History and Psychology. After I finish my A Levels I hope to go to Bristol University to study Law" The general public had little access to the lives of celebrities prior to the digital age. People were rarely carried away by the escapism of celebrity scandals. However, technological advancements have resulted in daily headlines on dating rumours to what celebrities eat for breakfast. As a result, public curiosity about celebrities has increased and so has the invasion of privacy.   The Law and Privacy  Currently, in the United Kingdom, the media aren’t subject to any regulations over their content, though of course they can still be prosecution for spreading hate speech. For example, the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 makes it an offence to stir up religious hatred, whilst the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 makes it an offence to incite hatr...

First of all, I have never studied intellectual property law, particularly US intellectual property law, and so I have dealt with this from a broad perspective as if it was set in the UK. Anyway, here goes... If you haven't heard of the Taylor Swift drama with Scooter Braun - get up to date on pop culture. Swift signed a contract with Big Machine Records in 2004 at the age of 15 for, presumably, 6 records before the contract could be renewed. She left BMR after her sixth album, reputation, and signed with a new record company to release her seventh album, Lover. BMR retain ownership of her masters, and the company has since been sold to Scooter Braun, who isn't exactly Swift's friend, and Swift has publicly denounced Braun and his business ethics and behaviour, and tried to get her masters back. This issue has a few legal implications in contract and intellectual property, and these will be dealt with in turn. What are Taylor Swift's options? Contract Swift sign...