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FreeI AM MOON MAN
Author: John TaddeoNova Southeastern University
The Beat Built An Empire.The Law May Destroy It.
I AM MOON MAN® turns entertainment law into a full-scale brand war involving copyrights, trademarks, contracts, talent agency law, nightlife culture, social media empires, merchandising, comic books, anonymous performers, and millions of dollars in disputed intellectual property. The mysterious DJ MOON MAN is selling out shows and festivals world-wide. No one has ever seen his, or her, true face...but if someone did, would it even be the correct face? Inspired by real world entertainment industry dynamics and played in the style of a "Live" client file, I AM MOON MAN forces students to think like real-world entertainment lawyers - balancing legal doctrine, business leverage, human emotion, branding strategy, and litigation risk. Players can't merely identify issues! Players must use their legal and life skills to determine WHAT IS MOON MAN? With so much input from so many individual, WHO IS MOON MAN? Two very different people with different skill sets both claim, "I AM MOON MAN." Is either correct? Are both? Who truly owns the MOON MAN identity and business? Can MOON MAN survive without its true creator? PROJECT: I AM MOON MAN forces players into a game of...what happens when a fictional character becomes more valuable than the person behind, or inside, a story.
$49.99NIKE, INC. v. STREET ARTIST KOOL KIY
Author: John TaddeoNova Southeastern University
Sneaker Culture Collides With Billion-Dollar Branding.
Drop your students into the middle of a complete mess! A billion-dollar war between sneaker culture, street art, trademark law, trade dress, and corporate power. Based on a REAL federal lawsuit, students become outside counsel to street artist Kool Kiy, as they are forced to navigate infringement claims, consumer confusion, parody, trade dress, litigation strategy, Kiy's (awful) former law firm, and the dangerous gap between "inspired by" and unlawful copying. This is not abstract IP theory. This is modern brand warfare. Students must advise the client whether to fight Nike, settle, redesign, pivot, license, collaborate — or risk financial annihilation. Along the way, they confront one of the most uncomfortable realities in entertainment and branding law: sometimes the line between "artist" and "infringer" is worth millions of dollars.
$49.99THAT'S EATER-TAINMENT: FRANK & DINO's ITALIAN RESTAURANT
Author: John TaddeoNova Southeastern University
Dead Celebrities. Live Lawsuits. Huge Profits.
THAT'S EAT-ERTAINMENT transforms a glamorous Boca Raton Rat Pack restaurant into a legal minefield involving Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., publicity rights, trademark law, copyright licensing, music usage, memorabilia, branding, and the economics of nostalgia. Students are hired as entertainment counsel to a booming restaurant chain accused of cashing in on dead celebrity identities without permission. The deeper they dig, the uglier—and more fascinating—the business realities become. This project forces students to confront one of entertainment law's hardest truths: sometimes the entire business model is built on borrowed fame. Behind the velvet ropes, candlelight, and martinis sits a brutal legal question: where does homage end and infringement begin?
$49.99OH! WHAT A FIGHT…
Author: John TaddeoNova Southeastern University
…One Way or Another, Everybody Wants a Piece
OH WHAT A FIGHT transforms copyright law, music licensing, sampling, and derivative works into a globe-spanning entertainment industry war involving Flo Rida, The Four Seasons, French pop icon Claude François, viral EDM remixes, and a mysterious masked DJ known as MOON MAN. Built like a real client emergency, the project forces students to untangle overlapping ownership claims, international licensing disputes, mechanical licenses, sound recording rights, and modern remix culture while advising a celebrity client facing multiple lawsuits. This is not abstract copyright theory hidden inside appellate opinions. It is the modern music business operating exactly where law, money, fame, streaming culture, and commercial exploitation violently collide.
$99.99NERF NATION ARENA INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
Author: John TaddeoNova Southeastern University
HEROES WANTED.
NERF NATION ARENA turns a fast-growing foam-blaster entertainment league into a high-stakes securities and business-law crisis where the real danger is not the game — it is raising money illegally. Built around the explosive growth of a fictional competitive entertainment startup, the project forces students to navigate private placements, investor solicitation rules, securities exemptions, sponsorship deals, liability exposure, corporate structure, influencer marketing, and the razor-thin line between aggressive fundraising and securities fraud. Students must advise founders desperate to scale quickly without triggering catastrophic SEC attention. This project transforms startup hype, entertainment culture, and entrepreneurial ambition into a brutally realistic exercise in modern capital investment law and securities.