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Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law
@markjkings.bsky.social
Lawyer representing creatives in California and New York
Copyright. Trademarks. Helping artists get their copyrights back.
Asterisks everywhere.
https://5bridgeslaw.com/
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How is she exactly like Karoline Leavitt, down to the same smug smile? Are they trained in a lab?
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I don't think the 2024 decision answers all questions regarding whether a copyright termination can affect a divorce agreement. In this case, Mary Bono served the termination on publishers. Cher didn't own of the copyrights.
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Cher sued Mary Bono, claiming that Mary's termination didn't affect the agreement to pay her royalties. In a 2024 opinion, the court agreed with Cher.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Cher v. Bono summary judgment decision May 29, 2024
www.documentcloud.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The background is that Mary Bono, Sonny's widow, serviced Notices of Termination on the publishers for his compositions under 17 USC 304.

She then claimed the termination nullified a settlement agreement between Cher (Sonny's previous wife) and Sonny Bono, to pay her royalties from these songs.
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Plaintiff owns several registered trademarks for the CALL YOUR MOTHER trademark and logo. And yes, both places are Jewish-owned, which is discussed in the complaint:
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Given the popularity of pulpy sci-fi books in the 50s, I would guess not
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I would always put a towel over it at night, and over anything else that showed the time. I don't have one now, but I get the appeal of having these things so our phone isn't in our bedroom when we sleep.
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You don't want us to "spread hate" on an account that reposts the president dropping literally shit on US citizens?
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I genuinely, not metaphorically, nearly spit out my coffee with this. If I had the sound on, it would be everywhere
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
you forgot to attach it
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM