Drake’s Defamation Suit Assigns Blame To UMG And Popular Streamers. Does He Know We All Have The Same Internet? – Above the Law

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by
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Images)

Kendrick
Lamar.
Universal
Music
Group.
Drake.
His
defamation
lawsuit
has
some
big
names,
big
accusations,
and
big
money
in
the
balance.
With
things
this
heavy,
it
may
help
to
take
a
moment
to
step
back
and
appreciate
all
of
the
posturing
going
on.
For
that,
let’s
take
a
quick
aside.

You
ever
see
kids
play
fight
until
it
becomes
an

actual

fight
because
a
crowd
shows
up?
One
kid
eggs
on
that
he
can
punch
harder
than
his
friend.
His
friend
defends
his
honor
and
tells
the
challenger
to

squabble
up
.
They
go
at
it
for
a
bit
with
light
jabs.
The
kid
who
started
it
yells
out
“That’s
all
you
got?!”
and
laughs
with
the
crowd.
The
other
kid
lands
a
haymaker

first
kid
runs
off
and
grabs
an
adult.
Or,
put
differently:

Back
to
the
grownups
playing.
Kendrick
Lamar’s
number
of
tweets
during
and
after
the
beef
was
only
5-6
above
Pauline
Newman’s:

Links
to
finished
songs
and
that’s
it.
Drake’s
twitter
fingers
on
the
other
hand
were
full
blown
events
filled
with
surprise
snippets
of
songs,

some
fake
,
inside
jokes,
and
threats
to
drop
the
one
track
that
would
end
the
entire
thing
jokingly
referred
to
as
the
“Red
Button”:

Clear
provocation,
but
it
goes
further:
Drake
went
out
of
his
way
to
tell
Kai
Cenat

one
of
the
most
popular
streamers
in
the
world

to
stay
online
so
that
his
track
Family
Matters
could
get
extra
coverage.
Now
that
the
rap
battle
didn’t
go
Drake’s
way,
Cenat’s
now
being
named
in
the
defamation
lawsuit:

And
he’s
not
just
stopping
there.
Several
huge
streamers
are
caught
up
in
the
blowback:

Being
mad
at
UMG
for
not
enforcing
copyright
claims
after
Drake
wanted
them
to
post
reaction
videos
to
Family
Matters
to
help
his
numbers
is
the
adult
version
of
being
mad
at
the
teacher
for
not
stopping
the
fight
you
started.
One
of
the
interesting
this
about
this
particular
rap
beef
is
that
some
of
the
tracks
dropped
within

minutes

of
each
other.
That’s
why
RDC
are
wearing
the
same
clothes
in
this
video
when
they
reacted
to
Family
Matters
by
Drake
and
Meet
The
Grahams
by
Kendrick
Lamar:
Both
songs
functionally
got
the
same
amount
of
coverage:

This
is
what
happens
when
you
egg
on
Pulitzer
Prize
winners
in
a
word
fight
and
fail
to
factor
in
the
crowd
you
created.
Best
of
luck
to
whatever
is
left
of
Drake’s
career
after
this
suit.
Even
if
he
wins
the
suit,
the
RDC
skits
that
will
make
fun
of
him
running
to
the
courts
over
prose
will
be
legendary.



Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
 He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor
,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.

Joe Biden Recognizes 28th Amendment (But That Doesn’t Mean We Have An Actual Equal Rights Amendment) – Above the Law

(Photo
by
Chip
Somodevilla/Getty
Images)


It
is
long
past
time
to
recognize
the
will
of
the
American
people.
In
keeping
with
my
oath
and
duty
to
Constitution
and
country,
I
affirm
what
I
believe
and
what
three-fourths
of
the
states
have
ratified:
the
28th
Amendment
is
the
law
of
the
land,
guaranteeing
all
Americans
equal
rights
and
protections
under
the
law
regardless
of
their
sex.





Joe
Biden

said

in
a
statement
today
he
considers
the
Equal
Rights
Amendment
duly
ratified.
In
2020
Virginia
became
the
38th
(and
final
state
needed)
to
ratify
the
ERA.
However,
though
the
number
of
states
needed
for
ratification
has
been
met,
Congress
imposed
a
time
limit
on
states’
ratification,
meaning
there’s
still
an
ongoing
legal
question
on
whether

we
have
an
official
28th
Amendment
.
Indeed,
the
leader
of
the
National
Archives
confirmed
their
position
that
the
amendment
cannot
be
certified
because “the
underlying
legal
and
procedural
issues
have
not
changed.”And
a
Biden
administration
official
said
the
president
is
not
directing
the
National
Archive
to
certify
the
amendment.

Biden approves executive order to strengthen cybersecurity for commercial satellite systems – Breaking Defense

US
President
Joe
Biden
delivers
a
prime-time address
to
the
nation
in
the
Oval
Office
of
the
White
House
in
Washington,
DC,
US,
on
Thursday,
Oct.
19,
2023.
Photographer:
Jonathan
Ernst/Reuters/Bloomberg
via
Getty
Images


WASHINGTON

In
a
final
push
to
lay
a
strong
cybersecurity
foundation
for
the
incoming
administration,
President

Joe
Biden

approved
an

executive
order

early
today
that
addresses
lessons
learned
in
the
cyber
realm
over
the
past
four
years,
distinctly
calling
for
practices
that
would
protect

commercial
satellite
systems

against
cyber
attacks. 


“The
goal
is
to
better
understand
how
to
better
protect
and
secure
these
systems
and
stay
ahead
of
new
threats,”
Anne
Neuberger,


outgoing
deputy
national
security
advisor
for
cybersecurity
and
emerging
tech,
told
reporters
in
a
call
prior
to
the
order’s
release. 


The
executive
order
mandates
the
development
of
new
cyber
contract
requirements
for
“agency-procured”
space
systems,
which
include
the
protection
of
command
and
control
space
systems
and
the
use
of
“secure
hardware
and
software
development
practices.” 


“Russia’s
attack
of

Ukraine’s

commercially
provided
military
satellite
communications
systems
the
evening
before
it
invaded
Ukraine
demonstrated
the
devastating
impacts
disruption
of
space
infrastructure
can
bring,”
a
fact
sheet
on
the
executive
order
sent
to
reporters
read.
“Cybersecurity
threats
to
space
systems
have
risen
dramatically,
threatening
global
critical
infrastructure
and
communications.” 


Additionally,
Biden’s
order
calls
for
the

National
Cyber
Director

to
perform
inventory
on
space
ground
systems
and
give
recommendations
to
improve
cyber
defenses,
adding
that
the
disruption
of
such
systems
“can
bring
global
commerce
to
a
halt
and
seriously
impact
national
security.”


The
mandates
published
today
have
long
been
seen
as
necessary
by
the
cybersecurity
and
space
communities.

For
example,

just
last
month

the
head
of
the
Space
Force’s
Space
Development
Agency
Derek
Tournear
said
that
one
of
his
biggest
worries
is
ensuring
cybersecurity
across
interconnected
mesh
networks
made
up
of
large
numbers
of
small
satellites

such
as
the
agency’s
planned
data
transfer
layer
and
the
increasing
numbers
of
commercial
internet
mega-constellations
in
low
Earth
orbit.


Last
spring,
the

Cybersecurity
and
Infrastructure
Security
Agency

(CISA)
published
a



white
paper


listing
several
recommendations
for
space
commercial
systems,
contending
that
there
is
an
increased
threat
to
such
systems
as
space
becomes
more
integrated
into
daily
life.
The
report
added
that
if
there
are
not
appropriate
cybersecurity
precautions
in
place,
“adversaries
can
access
vulnerabilities
within
connected
space
systems
to
degrade
our
critical
infrastructure
and
place
our
nation
at
risk.” 


Some
recommendations
that
CISA
made
included:
protecting
payloads
using
network
segregation
and
segmentation
principles;
limiting
privileges
and
securely
authenticating
users
to
reduce
exposure
to
malware;
ensuring
that
appropriate
protections
and
controls
are
implemented
in
the
design,
operation
and
maintenance
of
ground
segments;
and
design
systems
with
“multiple
layers”
of
defense,
which
include
technical
capabilities
such
as
an
Intrusion
Detection
System. 


In
the
event
that
a
commercial
space
system
belonging
to
the
federal
government
does
undergo
a
cyber
attack,
the
executive
order
calls
for
“centralized
visibility,”
meaning
that
CISA
has
the
ability
to
conduct
searches
on
all
federal
networks
to
ensure
the
attacker
is
not
living
on
any
other
systems. 


“If
we
find
one
particular
technique
that
a
foreign
government
has
used
to
hack
one
particular
federal
agency,
this
now
tasks
CISA
and
gives
CISA
centralized
visibility
to
hunt
across
all
agency
systems
to
ensure
we’re
defending
against
this
attack
broadly,”
Neuberger
said
Wednesday. 


Theresa
Hitchens
contributed
to
this
report.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Record Funding For Legal Tech – Above the Law


According
to



analysis
by
Law360
Pulse,


investors
significantly
upped
the
ante
in
legal
technology
last
year
with
record-setting
funding.
Legal
tech
companies
raised
a
total
of
nearly
$5
billion
($4.98
billion)
in
2024.
This
figure
represents
a
47%
increase
over
the
$3.37
billion
raised
in
2023
and
is
the
highest
recorded
since
Law360
began
tracking
such
investments
in
2021.


The
investment
community’s
increased
focus
on
the
legal
sector
is
likely
fueled
at
least
in
part
by
interest
in
the
potential
for
artificial
intelligence,
although
not
all
investments
were
focused
exclusively
on
AI-enabled
platforms.


The
area
that
received
the
biggest
influx
of
funds
is
legal
practice
management,
with
$1.4
billion,
the
bulk
of
which
went
to
Clio
($900
million)
in
the
largest
legal
tech
capital
raise
in
2024.
Other
areas
in
which
companies
received
significant
investments
include
information
services
($655
million);
governance,
risk
and
compliance
($411.3
million);
and
legal
document
software
($359.2
million).



Legal
Tech
Cos.
Broke
Funding
Records
In
2024


[Law360
Pulse]

Justin Baldoni Streisand’s Accusations Against Him By Sending Legal Threat Over ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – Above the Law

20th
Century
Fox

There
have
been
very
few
times
I’ve
encountered
something
in
life
that
feels
like
it
was
absolutely
made
specifically
for
me.
The Deadpool movie
series
is
one
of
those
few
things.
For
my
sensibilities,
they’re
just
about
perfect.
And
one
of
my
favorite
aspects
of
the
films
is
the
fourth-wall-breaking
nature
of
the
main
character.
Deadpool
will
often
look
into
the
camera
and
talk
to
the
audience
in
a
way
that
acknowledges
that
he’s
in
a
movie.
Examples
of
this
are
legion:
Deadpool
referring
to
the
X-Men
house
smelling
like
Patrick
Stewart,
complaints
in
movie
about
licensing
restrictions
preventing
cool
cameos
by
other
Marvel
characters,
or
the
narration
in
the
2nd
film’s
opener
about
how
the
entire
movie
was
in
a
fact
a
“family
movie.”

The
point
here
is
that
cultural
references
that
would
normally
have
no
place
in
a
superhero
movie
abound.
Some
of
those
references
even
revolve
around
lead
actor
Ryan
Reynold’s
personal
life.
For
instance,
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine
,
a
multiverse
version
of
Deadpool
that
is
female,
Ladypool,
was
played
by
Reynolds’
wife,
Blake
Lively. Lively
recently
sued
 a
director
and
co-star
of
a
film
she
was
in,
Justin
Baldoni,
and
while
Baldoni
had
threatened
to
sue
her
back,
instead
he… sued
the
NY
Times
 for reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
.
Lively
sued
over
accusations
of
some
very
gross
workplace
behavior,
among
other
things,
whereas
Baldoni
is
arguing,
um,
that
the
NY
Times
reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
is
defamation
and…
fraud?

Those
accusations
included,
for
instance,
Baldoni
attempting
to
pressure
Lively
over
her
physique
in
the
movie
shortly
after
she
had
a
child,
sharing
inappropriate
content
with
castmembers,
and
talking
openly
about
sexual
topics.
Baldoni,
meanwhile,
has
been
quite
famous
for
portraying
himself
as
a
really
nice
guy
and
talking
openly
about
how
he’s
a
“feminist.”

What
does
any
of
this
have
to
do
with Deadpool?
Well,
another
multiverse
character
that
shows
up
is
Nicepool,
an
unmasked,
long-haired
version
of
the
titular
character.
And
fans
noticed
some
similarities
to
the
details
surrounding the
accusations
Lively
has
made
against
Baldoni
.


The
particular
moments
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine that
echo
Lively’s
claims
against
Baldoni
include
Nicepool’s
lines
about
Ladypool
“snapping
back”
into
shape
after
having
a
baby
and
following
that
up
with
“It’s
okay,
I
identify
as
a
feminist”—since
Baldoni
touts
his
status
as
a
feminist
in
his
podcast.
A
deleted
scene
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine also
saw
Nicepool
making
reference
to
a
feminist
podcast;
that
latter
scene
in
particular
helped
the
“Baldoni
is
Nicepool?”
theory
go
viral.

And
viral
it
went,
indeed.
Major
entertainment
media
sources
even
picked
this
up
and
ran
with
it.

I
will
make
no
claims
as
to
the
veracity
of
Lively’s
claims
for
the
purposes
of
this
post.
I
will
say
that
every
action
Baldoni
has
taken
since
appears
to
be
designed
to
keep
those
claims
in
the
headlines
for
as
long
and
as
loud
as
possible.
And
the
fact
that,
despite
suggesting
he
would
sue
Lively
directly,
he
hasn’t…
seems
telling.
Also,
suing
the
New
York
Times
for
reporting
on
all
of
this?
That
is
a
very
silly
gambit
unlikely
to
end
in
any
kind
of
victory
for
Baldoni
and
most
certainly
Streisanding
the
attention
on
the
accusations
against
him
through
the
proverbial
roof.

But
Baldoni
wasn’t
done
there.
Once
the
speculation
about
Nicepool
started,
he
fired
off
a
litigation
hold
to
Disney
and
Marvel,
once
again
propelling
all
of
this
back
into
the
news.


According
to Variety,
Baldoni’s
lawyers
are
using
the
accusation
as
grounds
for
issuing
a
litigation
hold
letter
which
calls
on
Disney
and
Marvel
Studios
to
retain
“documents
and
data”
in
regards
to
Baldoni
and
“Nicepool.”


The
litigation
letter
presented
by
Baldoni’s
team
asks
Marvel
and
Disney
to
preserve
“any
and
all
documents
relating
to
the
development
of
the
‘Nicepool’
character”
in
addition
to
“communications
relating
to
the
development,
writing,
and
filming
of
storylines
and
scenes
featuring
‘Nicepool’”
and
“all
documents
relating
to
or
reflecting
a
deliberate
attempt
to
mock,
harass,
ridicule,
intimidate,
or
bully
Baldoni
through
the
character
of
‘Nicepool.’”

It’s
hard
to
see
the
strategy
here.
I
suppose
that
perhaps
there
might
be
some
utility
in
building
towards
a
defamation
and/or
harassment
case
using
whatever
can
be
dug
up
from
Disney
and
Marvel.
But,
frankly,
I
doubt
it
will
be
much.
And
the
content
that
appears
in
the
movie
is
very
much
going
to
be
protected
speech
on
First
Amendment
grounds,
given
its
parody
nature
and
the
extremely
veiled
references
it
makes
(if
it’s
even
making
those
references
at
all).

Using
myself
as
a
convenient
test
case,
I
had
zero
idea
who
Baldoni
was
until
I
caught
wind
of
this
whole
mess
with
Lively,
his
suit
against
the
New
York
Times,
and
most
recently
this
legal
notice
sent
to
Disney
and
Marvel.
Now
I
don’t
know
that
I
could
forget
his
name,
his
image,
nor
the
accusations
leveled
against
him
even
if
I
tried.

So
if
the
impetus
for
all
this
action
by
Baldoni
was
over
anger
at
the
public
nature
of
these
accusations,
well,
it
seems
he
is
working
against
that
purpose
at
the
moment.


Justin
Baldoni
Streisand’s
Accusations
Against
Him
By
Sending
Legal
Threat
Over
‘Deadpool
&
Wolverine’


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Reverses
Course,
Says
Oregon’s
Surreptitious
Recording
Law
Is
Constitutional,
Actually


Colorado
Dept.
Of
Corrections
Spends
$500k
On
Body
Cams
Before
Deciding
No
Officers
Need
To
Wear
Them

Justin Baldoni Streisand’s Accusations Against Him By Sending Legal Threat Over ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – Above the Law

20th
Century
Fox

There
have
been
very
few
times
I’ve
encountered
something
in
life
that
feels
like
it
was
absolutely
made
specifically
for
me.
The Deadpool movie
series
is
one
of
those
few
things.
For
my
sensibilities,
they’re
just
about
perfect.
And
one
of
my
favorite
aspects
of
the
films
is
the
fourth-wall-breaking
nature
of
the
main
character.
Deadpool
will
often
look
into
the
camera
and
talk
to
the
audience
in
a
way
that
acknowledges
that
he’s
in
a
movie.
Examples
of
this
are
legion:
Deadpool
referring
to
the
X-Men
house
smelling
like
Patrick
Stewart,
complaints
in
movie
about
licensing
restrictions
preventing
cool
cameos
by
other
Marvel
characters,
or
the
narration
in
the
2nd
film’s
opener
about
how
the
entire
movie
was
in
a
fact
a
“family
movie.”

The
point
here
is
that
cultural
references
that
would
normally
have
no
place
in
a
superhero
movie
abound.
Some
of
those
references
even
revolve
around
lead
actor
Ryan
Reynold’s
personal
life.
For
instance,
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine
,
a
multiverse
version
of
Deadpool
that
is
female,
Ladypool,
was
played
by
Reynolds’
wife,
Blake
Lively. Lively
recently
sued
 a
director
and
co-star
of
a
film
she
was
in,
Justin
Baldoni,
and
while
Baldoni
had
threatened
to
sue
her
back,
instead
he… sued
the
NY
Times
 for reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
.
Lively
sued
over
accusations
of
some
very
gross
workplace
behavior,
among
other
things,
whereas
Baldoni
is
arguing,
um,
that
the
NY
Times
reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
is
defamation
and…
fraud?

Those
accusations
included,
for
instance,
Baldoni
attempting
to
pressure
Lively
over
her
physique
in
the
movie
shortly
after
she
had
a
child,
sharing
inappropriate
content
with
castmembers,
and
talking
openly
about
sexual
topics.
Baldoni,
meanwhile,
has
been
quite
famous
for
portraying
himself
as
a
really
nice
guy
and
talking
openly
about
how
he’s
a
“feminist.”

What
does
any
of
this
have
to
do
with Deadpool?
Well,
another
multiverse
character
that
shows
up
is
Nicepool,
an
unmasked,
long-haired
version
of
the
titular
character.
And
fans
noticed
some
similarities
to
the
details
surrounding the
accusations
Lively
has
made
against
Baldoni
.


The
particular
moments
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine that
echo
Lively’s
claims
against
Baldoni
include
Nicepool’s
lines
about
Ladypool
“snapping
back”
into
shape
after
having
a
baby
and
following
that
up
with
“It’s
okay,
I
identify
as
a
feminist”—since
Baldoni
touts
his
status
as
a
feminist
in
his
podcast.
A
deleted
scene
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine also
saw
Nicepool
making
reference
to
a
feminist
podcast;
that
latter
scene
in
particular
helped
the
“Baldoni
is
Nicepool?”
theory
go
viral.

And
viral
it
went,
indeed.
Major
entertainment
media
sources
even
picked
this
up
and
ran
with
it.

I
will
make
no
claims
as
to
the
veracity
of
Lively’s
claims
for
the
purposes
of
this
post.
I
will
say
that
every
action
Baldoni
has
taken
since
appears
to
be
designed
to
keep
those
claims
in
the
headlines
for
as
long
and
as
loud
as
possible.
And
the
fact
that,
despite
suggesting
he
would
sue
Lively
directly,
he
hasn’t…
seems
telling.
Also,
suing
the
New
York
Times
for
reporting
on
all
of
this?
That
is
a
very
silly
gambit
unlikely
to
end
in
any
kind
of
victory
for
Baldoni
and
most
certainly
Streisanding
the
attention
on
the
accusations
against
him
through
the
proverbial
roof.

But
Baldoni
wasn’t
done
there.
Once
the
speculation
about
Nicepool
started,
he
fired
off
a
litigation
hold
to
Disney
and
Marvel,
once
again
propelling
all
of
this
back
into
the
news.


According
to Variety,
Baldoni’s
lawyers
are
using
the
accusation
as
grounds
for
issuing
a
litigation
hold
letter
which
calls
on
Disney
and
Marvel
Studios
to
retain
“documents
and
data”
in
regards
to
Baldoni
and
“Nicepool.”


The
litigation
letter
presented
by
Baldoni’s
team
asks
Marvel
and
Disney
to
preserve
“any
and
all
documents
relating
to
the
development
of
the
‘Nicepool’
character”
in
addition
to
“communications
relating
to
the
development,
writing,
and
filming
of
storylines
and
scenes
featuring
‘Nicepool’”
and
“all
documents
relating
to
or
reflecting
a
deliberate
attempt
to
mock,
harass,
ridicule,
intimidate,
or
bully
Baldoni
through
the
character
of
‘Nicepool.’”

It’s
hard
to
see
the
strategy
here.
I
suppose
that
perhaps
there
might
be
some
utility
in
building
towards
a
defamation
and/or
harassment
case
using
whatever
can
be
dug
up
from
Disney
and
Marvel.
But,
frankly,
I
doubt
it
will
be
much.
And
the
content
that
appears
in
the
movie
is
very
much
going
to
be
protected
speech
on
First
Amendment
grounds,
given
its
parody
nature
and
the
extremely
veiled
references
it
makes
(if
it’s
even
making
those
references
at
all).

Using
myself
as
a
convenient
test
case,
I
had
zero
idea
who
Baldoni
was
until
I
caught
wind
of
this
whole
mess
with
Lively,
his
suit
against
the
New
York
Times,
and
most
recently
this
legal
notice
sent
to
Disney
and
Marvel.
Now
I
don’t
know
that
I
could
forget
his
name,
his
image,
nor
the
accusations
leveled
against
him
even
if
I
tried.

So
if
the
impetus
for
all
this
action
by
Baldoni
was
over
anger
at
the
public
nature
of
these
accusations,
well,
it
seems
he
is
working
against
that
purpose
at
the
moment.


Justin
Baldoni
Streisand’s
Accusations
Against
Him
By
Sending
Legal
Threat
Over
‘Deadpool
&
Wolverine’


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Law-Related
Stories
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Techdirt:


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‘Right
To
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Ninth
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Course,
Says
Oregon’s
Surreptitious
Recording
Law
Is
Constitutional,
Actually


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Dept.
Of
Corrections
Spends
$500k
On
Body
Cams
Before
Deciding
No
Officers
Need
To
Wear
Them

Justin Baldoni Streisand’s Accusations Against Him By Sending Legal Threat Over ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – Above the Law

20th
Century
Fox

There
have
been
very
few
times
I’ve
encountered
something
in
life
that
feels
like
it
was
absolutely
made
specifically
for
me.
The Deadpool movie
series
is
one
of
those
few
things.
For
my
sensibilities,
they’re
just
about
perfect.
And
one
of
my
favorite
aspects
of
the
films
is
the
fourth-wall-breaking
nature
of
the
main
character.
Deadpool
will
often
look
into
the
camera
and
talk
to
the
audience
in
a
way
that
acknowledges
that
he’s
in
a
movie.
Examples
of
this
are
legion:
Deadpool
referring
to
the
X-Men
house
smelling
like
Patrick
Stewart,
complaints
in
movie
about
licensing
restrictions
preventing
cool
cameos
by
other
Marvel
characters,
or
the
narration
in
the
2nd
film’s
opener
about
how
the
entire
movie
was
in
a
fact
a
“family
movie.”

The
point
here
is
that
cultural
references
that
would
normally
have
no
place
in
a
superhero
movie
abound.
Some
of
those
references
even
revolve
around
lead
actor
Ryan
Reynold’s
personal
life.
For
instance,
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine
,
a
multiverse
version
of
Deadpool
that
is
female,
Ladypool,
was
played
by
Reynolds’
wife,
Blake
Lively. Lively
recently
sued
 a
director
and
co-star
of
a
film
she
was
in,
Justin
Baldoni,
and
while
Baldoni
had
threatened
to
sue
her
back,
instead
he… sued
the
NY
Times
 for reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
.
Lively
sued
over
accusations
of
some
very
gross
workplace
behavior,
among
other
things,
whereas
Baldoni
is
arguing,
um,
that
the
NY
Times
reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
is
defamation
and…
fraud?

Those
accusations
included,
for
instance,
Baldoni
attempting
to
pressure
Lively
over
her
physique
in
the
movie
shortly
after
she
had
a
child,
sharing
inappropriate
content
with
castmembers,
and
talking
openly
about
sexual
topics.
Baldoni,
meanwhile,
has
been
quite
famous
for
portraying
himself
as
a
really
nice
guy
and
talking
openly
about
how
he’s
a
“feminist.”

What
does
any
of
this
have
to
do
with Deadpool?
Well,
another
multiverse
character
that
shows
up
is
Nicepool,
an
unmasked,
long-haired
version
of
the
titular
character.
And
fans
noticed
some
similarities
to
the
details
surrounding the
accusations
Lively
has
made
against
Baldoni
.


The
particular
moments
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine that
echo
Lively’s
claims
against
Baldoni
include
Nicepool’s
lines
about
Ladypool
“snapping
back”
into
shape
after
having
a
baby
and
following
that
up
with
“It’s
okay,
I
identify
as
a
feminist”—since
Baldoni
touts
his
status
as
a
feminist
in
his
podcast.
A
deleted
scene
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine also
saw
Nicepool
making
reference
to
a
feminist
podcast;
that
latter
scene
in
particular
helped
the
“Baldoni
is
Nicepool?”
theory
go
viral.

And
viral
it
went,
indeed.
Major
entertainment
media
sources
even
picked
this
up
and
ran
with
it.

I
will
make
no
claims
as
to
the
veracity
of
Lively’s
claims
for
the
purposes
of
this
post.
I
will
say
that
every
action
Baldoni
has
taken
since
appears
to
be
designed
to
keep
those
claims
in
the
headlines
for
as
long
and
as
loud
as
possible.
And
the
fact
that,
despite
suggesting
he
would
sue
Lively
directly,
he
hasn’t…
seems
telling.
Also,
suing
the
New
York
Times
for
reporting
on
all
of
this?
That
is
a
very
silly
gambit
unlikely
to
end
in
any
kind
of
victory
for
Baldoni
and
most
certainly
Streisanding
the
attention
on
the
accusations
against
him
through
the
proverbial
roof.

But
Baldoni
wasn’t
done
there.
Once
the
speculation
about
Nicepool
started,
he
fired
off
a
litigation
hold
to
Disney
and
Marvel,
once
again
propelling
all
of
this
back
into
the
news.


According
to Variety,
Baldoni’s
lawyers
are
using
the
accusation
as
grounds
for
issuing
a
litigation
hold
letter
which
calls
on
Disney
and
Marvel
Studios
to
retain
“documents
and
data”
in
regards
to
Baldoni
and
“Nicepool.”


The
litigation
letter
presented
by
Baldoni’s
team
asks
Marvel
and
Disney
to
preserve
“any
and
all
documents
relating
to
the
development
of
the
‘Nicepool’
character”
in
addition
to
“communications
relating
to
the
development,
writing,
and
filming
of
storylines
and
scenes
featuring
‘Nicepool’”
and
“all
documents
relating
to
or
reflecting
a
deliberate
attempt
to
mock,
harass,
ridicule,
intimidate,
or
bully
Baldoni
through
the
character
of
‘Nicepool.’”

It’s
hard
to
see
the
strategy
here.
I
suppose
that
perhaps
there
might
be
some
utility
in
building
towards
a
defamation
and/or
harassment
case
using
whatever
can
be
dug
up
from
Disney
and
Marvel.
But,
frankly,
I
doubt
it
will
be
much.
And
the
content
that
appears
in
the
movie
is
very
much
going
to
be
protected
speech
on
First
Amendment
grounds,
given
its
parody
nature
and
the
extremely
veiled
references
it
makes
(if
it’s
even
making
those
references
at
all).

Using
myself
as
a
convenient
test
case,
I
had
zero
idea
who
Baldoni
was
until
I
caught
wind
of
this
whole
mess
with
Lively,
his
suit
against
the
New
York
Times,
and
most
recently
this
legal
notice
sent
to
Disney
and
Marvel.
Now
I
don’t
know
that
I
could
forget
his
name,
his
image,
nor
the
accusations
leveled
against
him
even
if
I
tried.

So
if
the
impetus
for
all
this
action
by
Baldoni
was
over
anger
at
the
public
nature
of
these
accusations,
well,
it
seems
he
is
working
against
that
purpose
at
the
moment.


Justin
Baldoni
Streisand’s
Accusations
Against
Him
By
Sending
Legal
Threat
Over
‘Deadpool
&
Wolverine’


More
Law-Related
Stories
From
Techdirt:


FTC
Finally
Sues
John
Deere
Over
Years
Of
‘Right
To
Repair’
Abuses


Ninth
Circuit
Reverses
Course,
Says
Oregon’s
Surreptitious
Recording
Law
Is
Constitutional,
Actually


Colorado
Dept.
Of
Corrections
Spends
$500k
On
Body
Cams
Before
Deciding
No
Officers
Need
To
Wear
Them

Justin Baldoni Streisand’s Accusations Against Him By Sending Legal Threat Over ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – Above the Law

20th
Century
Fox

There
have
been
very
few
times
I’ve
encountered
something
in
life
that
feels
like
it
was
absolutely
made
specifically
for
me.
The Deadpool movie
series
is
one
of
those
few
things.
For
my
sensibilities,
they’re
just
about
perfect.
And
one
of
my
favorite
aspects
of
the
films
is
the
fourth-wall-breaking
nature
of
the
main
character.
Deadpool
will
often
look
into
the
camera
and
talk
to
the
audience
in
a
way
that
acknowledges
that
he’s
in
a
movie.
Examples
of
this
are
legion:
Deadpool
referring
to
the
X-Men
house
smelling
like
Patrick
Stewart,
complaints
in
movie
about
licensing
restrictions
preventing
cool
cameos
by
other
Marvel
characters,
or
the
narration
in
the
2nd
film’s
opener
about
how
the
entire
movie
was
in
a
fact
a
“family
movie.”

The
point
here
is
that
cultural
references
that
would
normally
have
no
place
in
a
superhero
movie
abound.
Some
of
those
references
even
revolve
around
lead
actor
Ryan
Reynold’s
personal
life.
For
instance,
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine
,
a
multiverse
version
of
Deadpool
that
is
female,
Ladypool,
was
played
by
Reynolds’
wife,
Blake
Lively. Lively
recently
sued
 a
director
and
co-star
of
a
film
she
was
in,
Justin
Baldoni,
and
while
Baldoni
had
threatened
to
sue
her
back,
instead
he… sued
the
NY
Times
 for reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
.
Lively
sued
over
accusations
of
some
very
gross
workplace
behavior,
among
other
things,
whereas
Baldoni
is
arguing,
um,
that
the
NY
Times
reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
is
defamation
and…
fraud?

Those
accusations
included,
for
instance,
Baldoni
attempting
to
pressure
Lively
over
her
physique
in
the
movie
shortly
after
she
had
a
child,
sharing
inappropriate
content
with
castmembers,
and
talking
openly
about
sexual
topics.
Baldoni,
meanwhile,
has
been
quite
famous
for
portraying
himself
as
a
really
nice
guy
and
talking
openly
about
how
he’s
a
“feminist.”

What
does
any
of
this
have
to
do
with Deadpool?
Well,
another
multiverse
character
that
shows
up
is
Nicepool,
an
unmasked,
long-haired
version
of
the
titular
character.
And
fans
noticed
some
similarities
to
the
details
surrounding the
accusations
Lively
has
made
against
Baldoni
.


The
particular
moments
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine that
echo
Lively’s
claims
against
Baldoni
include
Nicepool’s
lines
about
Ladypool
“snapping
back”
into
shape
after
having
a
baby
and
following
that
up
with
“It’s
okay,
I
identify
as
a
feminist”—since
Baldoni
touts
his
status
as
a
feminist
in
his
podcast.
A
deleted
scene
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine also
saw
Nicepool
making
reference
to
a
feminist
podcast;
that
latter
scene
in
particular
helped
the
“Baldoni
is
Nicepool?”
theory
go
viral.

And
viral
it
went,
indeed.
Major
entertainment
media
sources
even
picked
this
up
and
ran
with
it.

I
will
make
no
claims
as
to
the
veracity
of
Lively’s
claims
for
the
purposes
of
this
post.
I
will
say
that
every
action
Baldoni
has
taken
since
appears
to
be
designed
to
keep
those
claims
in
the
headlines
for
as
long
and
as
loud
as
possible.
And
the
fact
that,
despite
suggesting
he
would
sue
Lively
directly,
he
hasn’t…
seems
telling.
Also,
suing
the
New
York
Times
for
reporting
on
all
of
this?
That
is
a
very
silly
gambit
unlikely
to
end
in
any
kind
of
victory
for
Baldoni
and
most
certainly
Streisanding
the
attention
on
the
accusations
against
him
through
the
proverbial
roof.

But
Baldoni
wasn’t
done
there.
Once
the
speculation
about
Nicepool
started,
he
fired
off
a
litigation
hold
to
Disney
and
Marvel,
once
again
propelling
all
of
this
back
into
the
news.


According
to Variety,
Baldoni’s
lawyers
are
using
the
accusation
as
grounds
for
issuing
a
litigation
hold
letter
which
calls
on
Disney
and
Marvel
Studios
to
retain
“documents
and
data”
in
regards
to
Baldoni
and
“Nicepool.”


The
litigation
letter
presented
by
Baldoni’s
team
asks
Marvel
and
Disney
to
preserve
“any
and
all
documents
relating
to
the
development
of
the
‘Nicepool’
character”
in
addition
to
“communications
relating
to
the
development,
writing,
and
filming
of
storylines
and
scenes
featuring
‘Nicepool’”
and
“all
documents
relating
to
or
reflecting
a
deliberate
attempt
to
mock,
harass,
ridicule,
intimidate,
or
bully
Baldoni
through
the
character
of
‘Nicepool.’”

It’s
hard
to
see
the
strategy
here.
I
suppose
that
perhaps
there
might
be
some
utility
in
building
towards
a
defamation
and/or
harassment
case
using
whatever
can
be
dug
up
from
Disney
and
Marvel.
But,
frankly,
I
doubt
it
will
be
much.
And
the
content
that
appears
in
the
movie
is
very
much
going
to
be
protected
speech
on
First
Amendment
grounds,
given
its
parody
nature
and
the
extremely
veiled
references
it
makes
(if
it’s
even
making
those
references
at
all).

Using
myself
as
a
convenient
test
case,
I
had
zero
idea
who
Baldoni
was
until
I
caught
wind
of
this
whole
mess
with
Lively,
his
suit
against
the
New
York
Times,
and
most
recently
this
legal
notice
sent
to
Disney
and
Marvel.
Now
I
don’t
know
that
I
could
forget
his
name,
his
image,
nor
the
accusations
leveled
against
him
even
if
I
tried.

So
if
the
impetus
for
all
this
action
by
Baldoni
was
over
anger
at
the
public
nature
of
these
accusations,
well,
it
seems
he
is
working
against
that
purpose
at
the
moment.


Justin
Baldoni
Streisand’s
Accusations
Against
Him
By
Sending
Legal
Threat
Over
‘Deadpool
&
Wolverine’


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Them

Justin Baldoni Streisand’s Accusations Against Him By Sending Legal Threat Over ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – Above the Law

20th
Century
Fox

There
have
been
very
few
times
I’ve
encountered
something
in
life
that
feels
like
it
was
absolutely
made
specifically
for
me.
The Deadpool movie
series
is
one
of
those
few
things.
For
my
sensibilities,
they’re
just
about
perfect.
And
one
of
my
favorite
aspects
of
the
films
is
the
fourth-wall-breaking
nature
of
the
main
character.
Deadpool
will
often
look
into
the
camera
and
talk
to
the
audience
in
a
way
that
acknowledges
that
he’s
in
a
movie.
Examples
of
this
are
legion:
Deadpool
referring
to
the
X-Men
house
smelling
like
Patrick
Stewart,
complaints
in
movie
about
licensing
restrictions
preventing
cool
cameos
by
other
Marvel
characters,
or
the
narration
in
the
2nd
film’s
opener
about
how
the
entire
movie
was
in
a
fact
a
“family
movie.”

The
point
here
is
that
cultural
references
that
would
normally
have
no
place
in
a
superhero
movie
abound.
Some
of
those
references
even
revolve
around
lead
actor
Ryan
Reynold’s
personal
life.
For
instance,
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine
,
a
multiverse
version
of
Deadpool
that
is
female,
Ladypool,
was
played
by
Reynolds’
wife,
Blake
Lively. Lively
recently
sued
 a
director
and
co-star
of
a
film
she
was
in,
Justin
Baldoni,
and
while
Baldoni
had
threatened
to
sue
her
back,
instead
he… sued
the
NY
Times
 for reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
.
Lively
sued
over
accusations
of
some
very
gross
workplace
behavior,
among
other
things,
whereas
Baldoni
is
arguing,
um,
that
the
NY
Times
reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
is
defamation
and…
fraud?

Those
accusations
included,
for
instance,
Baldoni
attempting
to
pressure
Lively
over
her
physique
in
the
movie
shortly
after
she
had
a
child,
sharing
inappropriate
content
with
castmembers,
and
talking
openly
about
sexual
topics.
Baldoni,
meanwhile,
has
been
quite
famous
for
portraying
himself
as
a
really
nice
guy
and
talking
openly
about
how
he’s
a
“feminist.”

What
does
any
of
this
have
to
do
with Deadpool?
Well,
another
multiverse
character
that
shows
up
is
Nicepool,
an
unmasked,
long-haired
version
of
the
titular
character.
And
fans
noticed
some
similarities
to
the
details
surrounding the
accusations
Lively
has
made
against
Baldoni
.


The
particular
moments
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine that
echo
Lively’s
claims
against
Baldoni
include
Nicepool’s
lines
about
Ladypool
“snapping
back”
into
shape
after
having
a
baby
and
following
that
up
with
“It’s
okay,
I
identify
as
a
feminist”—since
Baldoni
touts
his
status
as
a
feminist
in
his
podcast.
A
deleted
scene
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine also
saw
Nicepool
making
reference
to
a
feminist
podcast;
that
latter
scene
in
particular
helped
the
“Baldoni
is
Nicepool?”
theory
go
viral.

And
viral
it
went,
indeed.
Major
entertainment
media
sources
even
picked
this
up
and
ran
with
it.

I
will
make
no
claims
as
to
the
veracity
of
Lively’s
claims
for
the
purposes
of
this
post.
I
will
say
that
every
action
Baldoni
has
taken
since
appears
to
be
designed
to
keep
those
claims
in
the
headlines
for
as
long
and
as
loud
as
possible.
And
the
fact
that,
despite
suggesting
he
would
sue
Lively
directly,
he
hasn’t…
seems
telling.
Also,
suing
the
New
York
Times
for
reporting
on
all
of
this?
That
is
a
very
silly
gambit
unlikely
to
end
in
any
kind
of
victory
for
Baldoni
and
most
certainly
Streisanding
the
attention
on
the
accusations
against
him
through
the
proverbial
roof.

But
Baldoni
wasn’t
done
there.
Once
the
speculation
about
Nicepool
started,
he
fired
off
a
litigation
hold
to
Disney
and
Marvel,
once
again
propelling
all
of
this
back
into
the
news.


According
to Variety,
Baldoni’s
lawyers
are
using
the
accusation
as
grounds
for
issuing
a
litigation
hold
letter
which
calls
on
Disney
and
Marvel
Studios
to
retain
“documents
and
data”
in
regards
to
Baldoni
and
“Nicepool.”


The
litigation
letter
presented
by
Baldoni’s
team
asks
Marvel
and
Disney
to
preserve
“any
and
all
documents
relating
to
the
development
of
the
‘Nicepool’
character”
in
addition
to
“communications
relating
to
the
development,
writing,
and
filming
of
storylines
and
scenes
featuring
‘Nicepool’”
and
“all
documents
relating
to
or
reflecting
a
deliberate
attempt
to
mock,
harass,
ridicule,
intimidate,
or
bully
Baldoni
through
the
character
of
‘Nicepool.’”

It’s
hard
to
see
the
strategy
here.
I
suppose
that
perhaps
there
might
be
some
utility
in
building
towards
a
defamation
and/or
harassment
case
using
whatever
can
be
dug
up
from
Disney
and
Marvel.
But,
frankly,
I
doubt
it
will
be
much.
And
the
content
that
appears
in
the
movie
is
very
much
going
to
be
protected
speech
on
First
Amendment
grounds,
given
its
parody
nature
and
the
extremely
veiled
references
it
makes
(if
it’s
even
making
those
references
at
all).

Using
myself
as
a
convenient
test
case,
I
had
zero
idea
who
Baldoni
was
until
I
caught
wind
of
this
whole
mess
with
Lively,
his
suit
against
the
New
York
Times,
and
most
recently
this
legal
notice
sent
to
Disney
and
Marvel.
Now
I
don’t
know
that
I
could
forget
his
name,
his
image,
nor
the
accusations
leveled
against
him
even
if
I
tried.

So
if
the
impetus
for
all
this
action
by
Baldoni
was
over
anger
at
the
public
nature
of
these
accusations,
well,
it
seems
he
is
working
against
that
purpose
at
the
moment.


Justin
Baldoni
Streisand’s
Accusations
Against
Him
By
Sending
Legal
Threat
Over
‘Deadpool
&
Wolverine’


More
Law-Related
Stories
From
Techdirt:


FTC
Finally
Sues
John
Deere
Over
Years
Of
‘Right
To
Repair’
Abuses


Ninth
Circuit
Reverses
Course,
Says
Oregon’s
Surreptitious
Recording
Law
Is
Constitutional,
Actually


Colorado
Dept.
Of
Corrections
Spends
$500k
On
Body
Cams
Before
Deciding
No
Officers
Need
To
Wear
Them

Justin Baldoni Streisand’s Accusations Against Him By Sending Legal Threat Over ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – Above the Law

20th
Century
Fox

There
have
been
very
few
times
I’ve
encountered
something
in
life
that
feels
like
it
was
absolutely
made
specifically
for
me.
The Deadpool movie
series
is
one
of
those
few
things.
For
my
sensibilities,
they’re
just
about
perfect.
And
one
of
my
favorite
aspects
of
the
films
is
the
fourth-wall-breaking
nature
of
the
main
character.
Deadpool
will
often
look
into
the
camera
and
talk
to
the
audience
in
a
way
that
acknowledges
that
he’s
in
a
movie.
Examples
of
this
are
legion:
Deadpool
referring
to
the
X-Men
house
smelling
like
Patrick
Stewart,
complaints
in
movie
about
licensing
restrictions
preventing
cool
cameos
by
other
Marvel
characters,
or
the
narration
in
the
2nd
film’s
opener
about
how
the
entire
movie
was
in
a
fact
a
“family
movie.”

The
point
here
is
that
cultural
references
that
would
normally
have
no
place
in
a
superhero
movie
abound.
Some
of
those
references
even
revolve
around
lead
actor
Ryan
Reynold’s
personal
life.
For
instance,
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine
,
a
multiverse
version
of
Deadpool
that
is
female,
Ladypool,
was
played
by
Reynolds’
wife,
Blake
Lively. Lively
recently
sued
 a
director
and
co-star
of
a
film
she
was
in,
Justin
Baldoni,
and
while
Baldoni
had
threatened
to
sue
her
back,
instead
he… sued
the
NY
Times
 for reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
.
Lively
sued
over
accusations
of
some
very
gross
workplace
behavior,
among
other
things,
whereas
Baldoni
is
arguing,
um,
that
the
NY
Times
reporting
on
Lively’s
accusations
is
defamation
and…
fraud?

Those
accusations
included,
for
instance,
Baldoni
attempting
to
pressure
Lively
over
her
physique
in
the
movie
shortly
after
she
had
a
child,
sharing
inappropriate
content
with
castmembers,
and
talking
openly
about
sexual
topics.
Baldoni,
meanwhile,
has
been
quite
famous
for
portraying
himself
as
a
really
nice
guy
and
talking
openly
about
how
he’s
a
“feminist.”

What
does
any
of
this
have
to
do
with Deadpool?
Well,
another
multiverse
character
that
shows
up
is
Nicepool,
an
unmasked,
long-haired
version
of
the
titular
character.
And
fans
noticed
some
similarities
to
the
details
surrounding the
accusations
Lively
has
made
against
Baldoni
.


The
particular
moments
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine that
echo
Lively’s
claims
against
Baldoni
include
Nicepool’s
lines
about
Ladypool
“snapping
back”
into
shape
after
having
a
baby
and
following
that
up
with
“It’s
okay,
I
identify
as
a
feminist”—since
Baldoni
touts
his
status
as
a
feminist
in
his
podcast.
A
deleted
scene
in Deadpool
&
Wolverine also
saw
Nicepool
making
reference
to
a
feminist
podcast;
that
latter
scene
in
particular
helped
the
“Baldoni
is
Nicepool?”
theory
go
viral.

And
viral
it
went,
indeed.
Major
entertainment
media
sources
even
picked
this
up
and
ran
with
it.

I
will
make
no
claims
as
to
the
veracity
of
Lively’s
claims
for
the
purposes
of
this
post.
I
will
say
that
every
action
Baldoni
has
taken
since
appears
to
be
designed
to
keep
those
claims
in
the
headlines
for
as
long
and
as
loud
as
possible.
And
the
fact
that,
despite
suggesting
he
would
sue
Lively
directly,
he
hasn’t…
seems
telling.
Also,
suing
the
New
York
Times
for
reporting
on
all
of
this?
That
is
a
very
silly
gambit
unlikely
to
end
in
any
kind
of
victory
for
Baldoni
and
most
certainly
Streisanding
the
attention
on
the
accusations
against
him
through
the
proverbial
roof.

But
Baldoni
wasn’t
done
there.
Once
the
speculation
about
Nicepool
started,
he
fired
off
a
litigation
hold
to
Disney
and
Marvel,
once
again
propelling
all
of
this
back
into
the
news.


According
to Variety,
Baldoni’s
lawyers
are
using
the
accusation
as
grounds
for
issuing
a
litigation
hold
letter
which
calls
on
Disney
and
Marvel
Studios
to
retain
“documents
and
data”
in
regards
to
Baldoni
and
“Nicepool.”


The
litigation
letter
presented
by
Baldoni’s
team
asks
Marvel
and
Disney
to
preserve
“any
and
all
documents
relating
to
the
development
of
the
‘Nicepool’
character”
in
addition
to
“communications
relating
to
the
development,
writing,
and
filming
of
storylines
and
scenes
featuring
‘Nicepool’”
and
“all
documents
relating
to
or
reflecting
a
deliberate
attempt
to
mock,
harass,
ridicule,
intimidate,
or
bully
Baldoni
through
the
character
of
‘Nicepool.’”

It’s
hard
to
see
the
strategy
here.
I
suppose
that
perhaps
there
might
be
some
utility
in
building
towards
a
defamation
and/or
harassment
case
using
whatever
can
be
dug
up
from
Disney
and
Marvel.
But,
frankly,
I
doubt
it
will
be
much.
And
the
content
that
appears
in
the
movie
is
very
much
going
to
be
protected
speech
on
First
Amendment
grounds,
given
its
parody
nature
and
the
extremely
veiled
references
it
makes
(if
it’s
even
making
those
references
at
all).

Using
myself
as
a
convenient
test
case,
I
had
zero
idea
who
Baldoni
was
until
I
caught
wind
of
this
whole
mess
with
Lively,
his
suit
against
the
New
York
Times,
and
most
recently
this
legal
notice
sent
to
Disney
and
Marvel.
Now
I
don’t
know
that
I
could
forget
his
name,
his
image,
nor
the
accusations
leveled
against
him
even
if
I
tried.

So
if
the
impetus
for
all
this
action
by
Baldoni
was
over
anger
at
the
public
nature
of
these
accusations,
well,
it
seems
he
is
working
against
that
purpose
at
the
moment.


Justin
Baldoni
Streisand’s
Accusations
Against
Him
By
Sending
Legal
Threat
Over
‘Deadpool
&
Wolverine’


More
Law-Related
Stories
From
Techdirt:


FTC
Finally
Sues
John
Deere
Over
Years
Of
‘Right
To
Repair’
Abuses


Ninth
Circuit
Reverses
Course,
Says
Oregon’s
Surreptitious
Recording
Law
Is
Constitutional,
Actually


Colorado
Dept.
Of
Corrections
Spends
$500k
On
Body
Cams
Before
Deciding
No
Officers
Need
To
Wear
Them