Larry Zerner
@zernerlaw.bsky.social
Copyright Trademark & Entertainment Attorney. Co-Founder of Cal. Society of Entertainment Lawyers. Former Actor. Working to Protect Talent in Movies TV & Music
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Larry Zerner
@zernerlaw.bsky.social
· May 4
I would like to join the Thunderbolts*. My superpower will be that I will stop them from saying "copyright" when they should say "trademark."
In a perfect world, the assigned judge will, sua sponte, dismiss the complaint with prejudice, sanction the attorneys, and declare Trump a vexatious litigant who requires court approval for any future lawsuits.
Trump Demands $10 Billion From Taxpayers For Leaked Tax Returns; His Own Lawyers Get To Decide What He Gets
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that's saying something: I think everybody - the…
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that's saying something: I think everybody - the…
Trump Demands $10 Billion From Taxpayers For Leaked Tax Returns; His Own Lawyers Get To Decide What He Gets
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that's saying something: I think everybody - the American public believe it's absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency. Anyway, in unrelated news, Donald Trump just filed a lawsuit against his own IRS…
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January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
In a perfect world, the assigned judge will, sua sponte, dismiss the complaint with prejudice, sanction the attorneys, and declare Trump a vexatious litigant who requires court approval for any future lawsuits.
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Big and surprising copyright opinion in the 5th Circuit.
In Vetter v. Resnik, the panel affirms the District Court, holding that when songwriter effected his termination rights under 17 USC 203, it applied to worldwide rights and not just U.S. rights.
In Vetter v. Resnik, the panel affirms the District Court, holding that when songwriter effected his termination rights under 17 USC 203, it applied to worldwide rights and not just U.S. rights.
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Big and surprising copyright opinion in the 5th Circuit.
In Vetter v. Resnik, the panel affirms the District Court, holding that when songwriter effected his termination rights under 17 USC 203, it applied to worldwide rights and not just U.S. rights.
In Vetter v. Resnik, the panel affirms the District Court, holding that when songwriter effected his termination rights under 17 USC 203, it applied to worldwide rights and not just U.S. rights.
A must read for every aspiring screenwriter👇
Question 1 (of 9) every screenwriter should ask themselves before writing FADE IN if they want to write a commercial screenplay. franklinleonard.substack.com/p/the-moral-...
January 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
A must read for every aspiring screenwriter👇
I watched 130 movies this year (85 at home, 47 in theaters, 3 on a plane) and these were my 10 faves:
Sinners
Weapons
OBAO
Marty Supreme
Companion
One of Them Days
F1
Bob Trevino Likes It
Merrily We Roll Along (Pro-shot of Broadway show)
Ghostlight.
Not a bad year. HNY Everyone!
Sinners
Weapons
OBAO
Marty Supreme
Companion
One of Them Days
F1
Bob Trevino Likes It
Merrily We Roll Along (Pro-shot of Broadway show)
Ghostlight.
Not a bad year. HNY Everyone!
December 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I watched 130 movies this year (85 at home, 47 in theaters, 3 on a plane) and these were my 10 faves:
Sinners
Weapons
OBAO
Marty Supreme
Companion
One of Them Days
F1
Bob Trevino Likes It
Merrily We Roll Along (Pro-shot of Broadway show)
Ghostlight.
Not a bad year. HNY Everyone!
Sinners
Weapons
OBAO
Marty Supreme
Companion
One of Them Days
F1
Bob Trevino Likes It
Merrily We Roll Along (Pro-shot of Broadway show)
Ghostlight.
Not a bad year. HNY Everyone!
Amazing!
This is neither here nor there, but because this came up in a random conversation yesterday, and sometimes I think everyone could use a distraction of something fun and entertaining mixed in with your doomscrolling, here is the best card trick ever performed on TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Kc...
Dani DaOrtiz at Fool US 2022 (the act that Penn and Teller didn’t even try to figure out.)
YouTube video by dani daortiz
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December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Amazing!
I hope this doesn't mean that I'm going to be shot outside a movie theater.
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I hope this doesn't mean that I'm going to be shot outside a movie theater.
Mrs O'Leary's cow did more to change the Chicago skyline than any cow in history. Yet somehow nobody is recognizing this great accomplishment. Why is that?
Lady with obvious daddy issues who is wily as fuck pretends she was snookered by an all powerful magazine writer. Hey, Susie: It’s 2025 and you have been the main handmaiden to your boss dad’s heinous war against the media. As if you are a victim.
December 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Mrs O'Leary's cow did more to change the Chicago skyline than any cow in history. Yet somehow nobody is recognizing this great accomplishment. Why is that?
From today's Cinematrix I learned that there is a movie called Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open and also that Nicole Kidman is apparently not in it
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
From today's Cinematrix I learned that there is a movie called Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open and also that Nicole Kidman is apparently not in it
Last week was George Clooney as Jay Kelly. This week it's Emma Mackey as Ella McCay. What's up for next week, Tom Cruise in Tim Cross?
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Last week was George Clooney as Jay Kelly. This week it's Emma Mackey as Ella McCay. What's up for next week, Tom Cruise in Tim Cross?
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Definitely worth reading.
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Definitely worth reading.
Not sure if it's a "holiday" party, but for sure the party for Michael Douglas at the end of The Game. Just hoping that each of us gets the chance to jump into the giant airbag and find the meaning of life.
What's a fictional holiday party you would love to attend?
My answers:
--the Christmas party from Fanny and Alexander
--the Yule feast in Nicola Griffith's Hild
--the Baileys' "welcome home" party for Harry in It's a Wonderful Life
--the office party in Die Hard; I'm sure nothing will go wrong
My answers:
--the Christmas party from Fanny and Alexander
--the Yule feast in Nicola Griffith's Hild
--the Baileys' "welcome home" party for Harry in It's a Wonderful Life
--the office party in Die Hard; I'm sure nothing will go wrong
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Not sure if it's a "holiday" party, but for sure the party for Michael Douglas at the end of The Game. Just hoping that each of us gets the chance to jump into the giant airbag and find the meaning of life.
Jason Universe doesn't need WB to release Friday the 13th content (they just can't use the term "Friday the 13th). Maybe Netflix will let the JU guys buy the trademark back. 🤷♂️
Netflix To Acquire Warner Bros. And Friday The13th Distribution Rights
www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com/2025/12/netf...
www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com/2025/12/netf...
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Jason Universe doesn't need WB to release Friday the 13th content (they just can't use the term "Friday the 13th). Maybe Netflix will let the JU guys buy the trademark back. 🤷♂️
My Spotify Wrapped said my listening age was 62. I am 62, but that still really hurt.
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My Spotify Wrapped said my listening age was 62. I am 62, but that still really hurt.
Is Emma Thompson making a Sweeney Todd callback in the opening to Down Cemetery Road? Or is this just a coincidence? You be the judge.
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Is Emma Thompson making a Sweeney Todd callback in the opening to Down Cemetery Road? Or is this just a coincidence? You be the judge.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts:
Queen (Jazz and The Game tours)
Springsteen (River tour 3x on front leg, 3x on back)
Clash & English Beat (Hollywood Palladium)
Steve Martin at Universal Ampitheate (Blues Brothers opened and taped Briefcase Full of Blues)
Tom Petty (Hollywood Bowl last show)
Queen (Jazz and The Game tours)
Springsteen (River tour 3x on front leg, 3x on back)
Clash & English Beat (Hollywood Palladium)
Steve Martin at Universal Ampitheate (Blues Brothers opened and taped Briefcase Full of Blues)
Tom Petty (Hollywood Bowl last show)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts:
Meat Loaf (1994, first concert! In Maine)
Meat Loaf (1999, storytellers tour in Boston)
Meat Loaf (2003, in New Hampshire)
Stroke 9 (2006 in Los Angeles)
Meat Loaf (2013, Vegas residency)
Meat Loaf (1994, first concert! In Maine)
Meat Loaf (1999, storytellers tour in Boston)
Meat Loaf (2003, in New Hampshire)
Stroke 9 (2006 in Los Angeles)
Meat Loaf (2013, Vegas residency)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen?
- Peter Gabriel (US tour kickoff in Rochester, NY)
- Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime in full)
- Sinead O'Connor (shortly before the idiots of the world turned on her)
- The Cranberries (in a small bar, just before breaking big)
- Sarah McLachlan (4x)
- Peter Gabriel (US tour kickoff in Rochester, NY)
- Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime in full)
- Sinead O'Connor (shortly before the idiots of the world turned on her)
- The Cranberries (in a small bar, just before breaking big)
- Sarah McLachlan (4x)
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts:
Queen (Jazz and The Game tours)
Springsteen (River tour 3x on front leg, 3x on back)
Clash & English Beat (Hollywood Palladium)
Steve Martin at Universal Ampitheate (Blues Brothers opened and taped Briefcase Full of Blues)
Tom Petty (Hollywood Bowl last show)
Queen (Jazz and The Game tours)
Springsteen (River tour 3x on front leg, 3x on back)
Clash & English Beat (Hollywood Palladium)
Steve Martin at Universal Ampitheate (Blues Brothers opened and taped Briefcase Full of Blues)
Tom Petty (Hollywood Bowl last show)
I know that Blueskyers love their physical media, but ITunes is having an amazing mega bundle sale including MGM 100 movies for $100, Paramount 50 for $50, 43 Clint Eastwood movies for $100 and a bunch of other great bundles. Definitely worth checking out if you don't care about having the disc.
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I know that Blueskyers love their physical media, but ITunes is having an amazing mega bundle sale including MGM 100 movies for $100, Paramount 50 for $50, 43 Clint Eastwood movies for $100 and a bunch of other great bundles. Definitely worth checking out if you don't care about having the disc.
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Take revenge by being good, decent, and kind.
"The best revenge is to not be like them." — Marcus Aurelius
"The best revenge is to not be like them." — Marcus Aurelius
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Take revenge by being good, decent, and kind.
"The best revenge is to not be like them." — Marcus Aurelius
"The best revenge is to not be like them." — Marcus Aurelius
Happy Halloween everyone. So glad to be spending the weekend at Spooky Empire in Orlando.
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy Halloween everyone. So glad to be spending the weekend at Spooky Empire in Orlando.
Pretty much
LEGAL RELEASE FORM: You agree to let us film you
ME: Seems OK
FORM: We own your face forever
ME: Ummm
FORM: We own your face via technologies that haven’t been invented yet
ME:
FORM: in other galaxies
ME: OK hold on
FORM: If we kill you during filming you’re not allowed to scream
ME: Seems OK
FORM: We own your face forever
ME: Ummm
FORM: We own your face via technologies that haven’t been invented yet
ME:
FORM: in other galaxies
ME: OK hold on
FORM: If we kill you during filming you’re not allowed to scream
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Pretty much
Also, the cup holders are too small to fit a Super Big Gulp
Fun fact: it costs $21,000 to change the oil in a Bugatti Veyron, the process takes 27 hours
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Also, the cup holders are too small to fit a Super Big Gulp
Published 91 days ago
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
New library catalogue website.
New library catalogue website.
October 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Published 91 days ago
You know what would be a great use of AI? If you could feed it a contract that contained defined terms, and it made it so every time those terms appeared in the contract, you could hover your mouse over the word and the definition would pop up. If that doesn't exist yet, could someone get on that?
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You know what would be a great use of AI? If you could feed it a contract that contained defined terms, and it made it so every time those terms appeared in the contract, you could hover your mouse over the word and the definition would pop up. If that doesn't exist yet, could someone get on that?
