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Arbitration Update
January 28, 2005
Recent rulings affecting arbitration provisions and hearings in the entertainment industry.
Courthouse Steps
January 28, 2005
Recently filed cases in entertainment law, straight from the steps of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Fifth Circuit Rules in Battle Over Rap Phrase
January 28, 2005
As often happens in the hip-hop world, two rappers became embroiled in a dispute over who owned the rights to a song that utilized a popular phrase. And it took the musical ear of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to settle the matter.
<b>Counsel Concerns</b>Music Publisher's Defense Counsel To Stay in Case
January 28, 2005
The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Four acknowledged that an entire firm can be disqualified when one of its attorneys formerly represented and may possess confidential information harmful to a former client who is now an adverse party in litigation. But the court of appeal emphasized that this wasn't so if "there was no opportunity for confidential information to be divulged."
Clause & Effect
January 28, 2005
TV Program Hosts/Sales And Assignment Clauses <br>Film Option Agreements/Profit Participation Rights
Decision of Note: <b>Copyright Law Preempts Claims Against Kid Rock</b>
January 28, 2005
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the majority of state law claims against Kid Rock over music contracts the artist signed early in his career were preempted by federal copyright law.
Raising the Stakes in Copyright Litigation: The Availability of Punitive Damages
January 28, 2005
Many practitioners likely assume that the sole monetary remedies under the Copyright Act are those specified in Sec, 504 of the statute, namely the copyright owner's provable losses and/or the infringer's profits, or, alternatively, statutory damages (which, by statutory formula, include possible stepped-up awards in cases of willful infringement). It was thus with some significance, and perhaps surprise, that in <i>Blanch v. Koons</i>, a slender decision of only seven paragraphs, a federal district judge in New York rendered a decision that granted a motion to amend the complaint in a copyright case to allow the plaintiff to seek punitive damages (not simply enhanced statutory damages).
<i>Perfect 10 v. Google</i>: Adult Web Site Challenges Search Engine On Image Hits
January 28, 2005
Could the right to search copyrighted images on the Internet be in jeopardy? That would be outcome if Perfect 10, Inc. (P10), a purveyor of adult entertainment, has its way.
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