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Net News
January 03, 2006
Recent news of interest to the Internet law community.
Internet Mom Strikes Back
January 03, 2006
Patricia Santangelo, a 43-year old divorced mother of five says she has never downloaded a single song on her computer, but the recording industry didn't see it that way. Santangelo, from Wappingers Falls, NY, was surprised to find out that she was the Defendant in a suit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ' one of those now about 16,000 that we keep noting as the RIAA sues a new batch of alleged file sharers each month.
Applying Anti-Scalping Laws To Internet Ticket Providers
January 03, 2006
E-businesses, by forming networks of season ticket holders and contracting with entertainment venues, provide Internet customers with entry passes for concerts, sports and other spectator events. Generally, Internet ticket providers are in the business of buying and selling tickets to such events above face value. Some parties have equated such Internet ticket providers with ticket scalpers and claim they are acting unlawfully. In particular, some state anti-scalping laws have been applied to Internet ticketing transactions, resulting in both criminal and civil sanctions. However, the application of proper Internet notices and appropriate Web site access limitations may render such state anti-scalping laws moot.
Video-Game Laws In Three States Are Ruled Unconstitutional
January 03, 2006
The trend in judicial resistance to statutes that regulate video-game content recently became clearer when federal district courts in Michigan, Illinois and California enjoined state statutes that deemed certain video-game content harmful to minors.
Cameo Clips
January 03, 2006
Recent cases in entertainment law.
Courthouse Steps
January 03, 2006
Recently filed cases in entertainment law, straight from the steps of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Bit Parts
January 03, 2006
Internet/Unauthorized Movie DistributionThe U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied summary judgment to both Paramount Pictures…
<b>Decision of Note:</b> No Infringement In Broadcasting Commercials
January 03, 2006
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that radio stations weren't liable for airing commercials made by third parties that failed to obtain licenses to use the plaintiff's songs and sound recordings in the commercials.
Digital Issues For Distributors And Indie Labels
January 03, 2006
The advent of digital-music delivery has brought about significant changes in both the format and distribution channels by which consumers receive music. Nonetheless, the fundamental role of distribution remains the same: to put product into the hands ' and today the computers and portable media devices ' of consumers. <br>Now, traditional offline distributors and a number of independent record labels have decided that digital distribution is an important component of their respective business models. <br>This article examines some of the interplay between the provisions of digital-distribution contracts and provisions contained in pre-existing contracts between offline distributors and independent record labels, and between independent record labels and artists.
'Save As Privileged' ' The Next e-Discovery Answer?
January 03, 2006
In general, the proposed rules will increase awareness of the discovery issues that are unique to electronic discovery and will require that the lawyers, the parties and the court focus early on the format in which electronic data will be produced in federal actions. Also, absent unusual circumstances, the new rules will protect parties from sanctions for failure to produce electronic data lost by routine, good faith loss of data and will protect parties from the need to produce inaccessible data under some circumstances.

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