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Technology,
Litigation & Arbitration

Jul. 26, 2023

Activision seeks quick end to claim by YouTube music critic

In 2021, Fantano uploaded a video about pizza slices on TikTok, and the audio has been used in hundreds of thousands of videos since then, said attorney Marc E. Mayer.

The publishing division of video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc. is asking for a declaratory judgment that it did not violate a music critic’s publicity rights in a federal lawsuit filed Monday.

Activision Blizzard uploaded a TikTok video last month using an audio recording made by Anthony Fantano, who is asking for monetary damages, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP partner Marc E. Mayer wrote in the complaint.

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