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Clause & Effect <b>Contestant Releases/Physical Injury Claims
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decided that a contestant on the TV game show "Wheel of Fortune" was barred by a release he signed from pursuing a negligent conduct claim against the show's producer over alleged injuries he sustained during taping. But the court also ruled that the contestant could proceed with his claims of reckless or intentional conduct.
Decision of Note: <b>Legends President Owes SC Corp. No Fiduciary Duty</b>
The Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that the president of the Nevada-based Legends In Concert owed no fiduciary duty to a corporation formed by an entrepreneur to raise the capital needed to produce a Legends musical in Myrtle Beach.
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This occasional column will cover court rulings on sports-related issues of interest to the entertainment industry.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Offer Mixed Views During Arguments in Landmark 'Grokster' Case
WASHINGTON, DC ' The controversy over whether developers and distributors of peer-to-peer file-sharing software should be found liable for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement has been described as the most important copyright case for the entertainment industry in two decades ' or as an issue that Congress ultimately will decide. (That the underlying unlicensed downloading and uploading of entertainment content by consumers is direct infringement has already been made clear by courts.) To this observer in the court's press section, questioning by the U.S. Supreme Court justices during the recent oral arguments in what is known as the <i>Grokster</i> case demonstrated no clear consensus among the justices.
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