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Wednesday, District Judge Mark Norris (W.D. Tenn.) accepted the July 30 recommendations from Magistrate Judge Annie Christoff in Johnson v. Hall:

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Johnson [sued] …, alleging various claims arising from Defendants' television series "P-Valley," which Johnson claims "directly appropriated" her autobiography entitled "Pussy Valley." According to Johnson, her autobiography recounts "her life as an exotic dancer, including her upbringing in the Graves Manor Projects in Memphis, Tennessee, colloquially know as 'Pussy Valley.'" She allegedly "shared and discussed" her autobiography with Defendant Katori Hall, who, "in collaboration with Defendants Starz Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment, developed and produced the television series 'P-Valley.'" …

The magistrate judge recommended that Johnson's right of publicity and unjust enrichment claims be dismissed as preempted by the Copyright Act:

The autobiography … qualifies as a literary work that "falls within the range of materials protected by the Copyright Act." … The Sixth Circuit applies a "functional test" to determine equivalency, which "asks whether the state claim seeks to protect rights similarly protected by the Copyright Act." …

As Starz correctly asserts, [the right of publicity and unjust enrichment] claims are based on allegations that Starz "misappropriated [Johnson's] identity, life story, and creative expression for commercial gain without consent" and "profit[ed] from [her] life story without compensation." Based on these allegations, each cause of action depends on Starz's alleged use of Johnson's original autobiography without her permission or without compensation. "As unauthorized publication is a core and exclusive right safeguarded by the Copyright Act," the Court agrees that Johnson's statutory right-of-publicity and unjust-enrichment claims are preempted by the Copyright Act.

The judge also recommended that the court reject Johnson's invasion of privacy claim (to oversimplify slightly):

Johnson … does not allege that Defendants' conduct was offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities. In fact, she does not allege that Defendants' conduct was offensive at all. She merely accuses Defendants of appropriating her "autobiography and life story."

And the judge recommended the same as to Johnson's defamation and false light claims:

Johnson has also failed to state a claim of defamation. As Starz correctly notes, "she does not claim (or support with plausibly alleged facts) that the alleged depiction of her in P-Valley is provably false or how it is false; and she does not allege that (or how) the series damages her reputation."

Robb S. Harvey and Todd Ryan Hambidge (Holland & Knight LLP) and David Halberstadter and  Asena Baran (Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP) represent defendants.

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Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP) will hold Northern Rising on Oct. 3 at the venue historically known as Maple Leaf Gardens, now known as the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens.

There is high anticipation for the event. Not only is a Canadian professional wrestling company returning to a place where the National Wrestling Alliance held major matches in the past, but All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Adam Copeland will finally receive his own full-circle moment.

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For Copeland, Toronto is home. Going to Maple Leaf Gardens to watch pro wrestling as a kid was a seminal moment for a young Copeland. It allowed him to dream about getting into the squared circle himself.

"Maple Leaf Gardens was the very first time I saw wrestling live, and to see it live and for it to be this tangible thing and wait, these guys and women, they’re real," he told OutKick in a recent interview. "I can go see them and actually smack hands with them and that kind of thing? But just the feeling that it gave me as a release and as a place where I didn't have to worry about things as a kid and I didn't have to think about, you know, the stuff that goes on in life. We lost my uncle when I was very young and I was very close to him and I feel like that was a big hole that wrestling helped try and fill, it doesn't fill it, but you know what I mean.

"Man, the first time I saw it, I just went, I got to do this. But I'm 9, 10 saying that, right? But it was Maple Leaf Gardens and the fact that it was in that venue added more importance to it for me because all I ever did was watch stuff from Maple Leaf Gardens whether it was Maple Leaf wrestling or the Toronto Maple Leafs. My world kind of revolved around that arena and I never got down for a Leafs game, but we could afford wrestling tickets and so to get down there, experience so many shows over there over the years and just experience what it felt like because, I've said before, I feel at a certain point, if the arena’s been around long enough and had enough shows and experiences there, they almost start to soak in some of those experiences and some of that energy and some of those emotions so that when you walk in them, you feel like, oh, stuff has happened here."

Copeland said being able to actually compete at Maple Leaf Gardens had eluded him.

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By the time he was fully performing in the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), the company was doing shows in the SkyDome (now Rogers Center) and the Air Canada Centre (now Scotiabank Arena).

"But I just missed it and I just missed a lot of them. I just missed Boston Garden. I just missed the Spectrum. I just missed these ones," he said. "So, the fact that I can go back and have an opportunity and also do my first, ‘indie show’ in I don't even know how long and to do it in Canada, to do it in that arena, to do it with (MLP owner) Scott D’Amore, who, you know, we started in the industry at the same time and rode so many roads together and lived together and experienced so much together and remained in contact all these years and he had seen an interview I did where I said I think I might have to run a show at Maple Leaf Gardens in order to check that one off my list and here we are, four years later, maybe five, and get a chance to do it, I mean I was going to make sure it happened I just thought it might be on my own trying to figure it all out once I retire, but then when I retire, I just want to retire."

Copeland said he was thankful D’Amore was able to help put together Copeland’s appearance and was excited for the opportunity.

"And man, I just can't wait. I can't wait to feel it to just to experience that and have my own working experience there," he told OutKick. "I have my own personal experiences there that I know and I've kept and I always will keep close to heart. But to be able to create one of my own, that’s very special. And to do it off the back of Arena México, Wembley coming up, Maple Leaf Gardens, it's like, man, I'm checking them. I'm getting them. I'm getting them done. And it's fun at this stage of my career, this deep in to still have those things to chase. I think that's what's kept me kind of like, right, OK, and then the danger is there's always that thing to chase but I've come to terms with that."

Northern Rising is already sold out as MLP moves closer to the major event.

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