Ep. 2: The Legal Era: How Taylor Swift Is Changing the Law

Ep2 explores how Taylor Swift’s career intersects with the law. Rep. Ashley Hudson and law clerk Emilee Webb join Jamie Jones Walsworth to discuss Swift’s influence on copyright law through her album re-recordings, the evolving legal landscape around artist contracts, and the challenges of AI-generated deep fakes. Brett Milano, Taylor’s Version of copyright, Harvard Law Today (Apr. 3, 2024), https://hls.harvard.edu/today/how-taylor-swift-changed-the-copyright-game-by-remaking-her-own-music/. Amanda Butler Schley, Taylor Swift’s Brilliant Legal Maneuver, Business Law Group (Oct. 24, 2024), https://www.lawgroup.biz/taylor-swift-s-brilliant-legal-maneuver. Taylor Swift, https://www.taylorswift.com.Frank Pallotta, Taylor Swift: Ticketmaster fiasco ‘excruciating for me,’ CNN Business (Nov. 18, 2022), https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/media/taylor-swift-ticketmaster/index.html. Trisha Ahmed, Taylor Swift bill is signed into Minnesota law, boosting protections for online ticket buyers, Associated Press News (May 7, 2024), https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-minnesota-ticketmaster-f7dcb061368c5e83c0630cf3e1d2516e. Minn. Stat. § 325F.676(2)(a), (c)(1) (2024).Kevin Reagan, Arizona governor signs ‘Taylor Swift’ bill, setting restrictions on buying concert tickets, 12 News (Apr. 11, 2024), https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/taylor-swift-bill-signed-arizona-governor-banning-bots-from-disrupting-ticket-sales/75-116133d5-0c61-4ee1-8047-e24a5d414206. Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Department Sues Live Nation-Ticketmaster for Monopolizing Markets Across the Live Concern Industry (May 23, 2024). Leah Sarnoff, Taylor Swift and No AI Fraud Act: How Congress plans to fight back against AI deepfakes, ABC News (Jan. 30, 2024), https://abcnews.go.com/US/taylor-swift-ai-fraud-act-congress-plans-fight/story?id=106765709. Julia Sturges, Taylor Swift, Deepfakes, and the First Amendment: Changing the Legal Landscape for Victims on Non-consensual Artificial Pornography, XXV, Issue 2 Geo. J.G.L. (2024), https://www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journal/online/volume-xxv-online/taylor-swift-deepfakes-and-the-first-amendment-changing-the-legal-landscape-for-victims-of-non-consensual-artificial-pornography/.Miller v. California, 354 U.S. 476, 485 (1957 No AI Fraud Act, H.R. 6943, 118th Cong. (2023-2024). TAKE IT DOWN Act, S. 146, 119th Cong. (2025). Taylor Swift awarded $1 in groping trial, CBS News (Aug. 14, 2017), https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-awarded-1dollar-in-groping-trial/. Taylor Swift, Look What You Made Me Do, YouTube (Aug. 27, 2017), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tmd-ClpJxA. Taylor Swift sexual assault case: Why is it significant?, BBC (Aug. 15, 2017), https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40937429. Podcast Pre-Roll Post - Roll