Well, it officially happened — a federal judge approved the $2.7 billion NCAA settlement known as House v. NCAA. What does it mean for former, current and future student athletes? Are people happy? Angry? Confused?  Let’s take a look. Origins Of The NCAA SettlementHouse v. NCAA was the consolidation of three separate lawsuits from nearly 400,000 current and

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Court filings in a lawsuit against Meta revealed that the company likely trained its flagship AI model Llama 3 on millions of pirated books and articles. What’s more — conversations among Meta employees appear to suggest they knowingly did this with approval from Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.  The filings reveal the company accessed the

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Taylor Swift broke her silence on her much anticipated “Taylor’s Version” re-recordings, but probably not in the way fans expected. In a letter posted to her website, Swift revealed that she had fully purchased the rights to the original recordings of her first six albums.  Though she didn’t reveal the price for the purchase, Billboard shares that

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Brandon Edelman, known as Bran_Flakezz on TikTok, has gone from an hourly wage at a clothing store to nearly $800,000 in earnings last year. On a recent episode of Jason Tartick’s podcast “Trading Secrets,” Edelman broke down his content creator earnings, expenses, goals, and more.Edelman’s Content Creator Earnings Aren’t Typical — But They Aren’t Unrealistic,

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Influencers and digital creators are one step closer to establishing their mainstream place in the entertainment industry. That’s because SAG-AFTRA, the preeminent union for actors of all kinds, just voted to create an influencer and digital creator committee. What Is SAG-AFTRA?SAG-AFTRA stands for Screen Actors Guild-American Federation Of Television and Radio. It represents the 2012 merger

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