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Who Owns an Athlete’s or Celebrity’s Name, Image and Likeness?

Sep 12, 2026

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Who Owns an Athlete’s or Celebrity’s Name, Image and Likeness?

A person may control the commercial use of their identity without owning the photo, video, logo, broadcast or other content in which that identity appears. Here is how publicity rights, trademark, copyright and contract fit together.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

Entertainment & Media

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What Is a Digital Replica? The New Rules for AI-Generated Voices, Faces and Performances

Sep 12, 2026

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10 min read

What Is a Digital Replica? The New Rules for AI-Generated Voices, Faces and Performances

AI can now make someone appear to say, sing or do something they never said, sang or did. The increasingly important legal question is not whether the technology can create that performance. It is who authorized it, for what purpose, and on what terms.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

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How Music Catalog Deals Actually Work

Sep 12, 2026

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8 min read

How Music Catalog Deals Actually Work

A catalog sale is not simply “selling your songs.” It is a transaction involving copyrights, royalty streams, contract rights, and decades of projected cash flow—and the first question is always what, exactly, is being sold.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

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How Sports Agent Contracts Actually Work

Sep 12, 2026

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10 min read

How Sports Agent Contracts Actually Work

What athletes are really signing when they hire an agent—and how commissions, exclusivity, termination, union rules, federal law and state regulation fit together

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

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How Salary Caps Actually Work

Sep 12, 2026

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10 min read

How Salary Caps Actually Work

A salary cap is not just a number. It is an accounting system that decides which dollars count, when they count, which teams may spend above the line—and when an endorsement deal starts looking suspiciously like payroll.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
What Is an NIL Collective—and What Does It Do Now?

Sep 12, 2026

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9 min read

What Is an NIL Collective—and What Does It Do Now?

Collectives became one of the defining institutions of the first NIL era. Then schools were allowed to pay athletes directly. The collectives did not disappear—but the rules changed what they can be, what they can pay for, and where they fit in college sports.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
Why Private Equity Wants to Own Sports Teams—even When It Can’t Control Them

Sep 12, 2026

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10 min read

Why Private Equity Wants to Own Sports Teams—even When It Can’t Control Them

Sports franchises are scarce, culturally powerful, increasingly valuable—and backed by revenue streams that can stretch for years. That combination has persuaded private-equity firms to accept something they usually dislike: minority stakes with limited control.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
How Sports Media Rights Actually Work

Sep 12, 2026

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9 min read

How Sports Media Rights Actually Work

Who gets to show the game, why another service cannot, what “national” and “local” rights really mean—and why broadcasters and streamers pay billions for the privilege.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
Prediction Markets vs. Sportsbooks: Same Game, Different Rulebook

Sep 12, 2026

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9 min read

Prediction Markets vs. Sportsbooks: Same Game, Different Rulebook

A sports-event contract can look almost identical to a sportsbook wager. The legal difference turns on how the transaction is structured, where it trades, and which regulator gets the final word—a question now dividing federal appellate courts.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
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