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Happy Monday, I’m Eriq Gardner.
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Welcome back to The Rainmaker, a private email about money, power, fame, and their intersection with the law.
For the first edition of the new year, I have a few provocative predictions, including my expectations for the recently filed lawsuit by The New York Times against OpenAI. Also: Tom Girardi, Jerry Jones, Elon Musk, Richard Prince, Leah Remini, Jackie Robinson, Ben Smith, Donald Trump, and why Nirvana may be headed to multiple trials on the 30th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. (Trust me, that number makes me feel old, too.)
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- Buzzfeed Mysteries: Just before Christmas, Ozy Media made quite the splash by serving up a lawsuit against Semafor’s Ben Smith, who eviscerated the company and its founder, Carlos Watson, during his previous stint as the media columnist for The New York Times. The lawsuit concerns...
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On December 27, The New York Times dropped a legal bomb on OpenAI, accusing the ChatGPT maker of copyright infringement and seeking unspecified, presumably sizable, damages. Of course, plenty of journalists and lawyers cheered the move, imagining Sam Altman to be quaking in his candy-colored, Dall-E designed shoes. But I’m not vibing with the majority. In fact, I believe that A.G. Sulzberger and the paper’s legal team at Susman Godfrey are facing...
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FOUR STORIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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Ackman’s Revenge
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On Bill Ackman’s P.R. battle royale, ESPN’s megadeal, and more.
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WILLIAM D. COHAN
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