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KABEHIE v. ZOLAND

California Court of Appeal
Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
State law causes of action, arising out of contracts for the purchase of exclusive rights to music compositions, are preempted by federal copyright...
09/26/2002 B148827

WINTER v. DC COMICS

California Court of Appeal
Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In recording artists' claims arising from depictions of them in a comic book series, defamation claims fail where no reasonable reader would believe...
06/19/2002 B121021

GRAMMER v. THE ARTISTS AGENCY

United States Ninth Circuit
Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
Labor arbitration panel acted reasonably in concluding that: 1) the Screen Actors' Guild waived certain violations of collective bargaining agreement...
04/29/2002 00-56994, 00-57061, 01-55114, 01-55124

SEELIG v. INFINITY BROAD. CORP.

California Court of Appeal
Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation suit by participant in reality television contest after perceived insults by talk-radio hosts fell within purview of California...
04/16/2002 A094062

GREEN v. CBS INC.

United States Fifth Circuit
Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
Because television broadcast did not create a false impression of plaintiff's actions, and the statements reported revealed only the opinion of the...
04/03/2002 01-10151

COLES v. WONDER

United States Sixth Circuit
Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In the case of an unpublished work, any copy deposited as part of an application for a certificate of copyright registration pursuant to The Copyright...
03/20/2002 00-3933, 00-3962, 01-3345

CHAMBERS v. TIME WARNER, INC.

United States Second Circuit
Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In deciding the motion to dismiss plaintiff-musicians' copyright claims, it was improper for the district court to consider defendants' affidavits and...
02/22/2002 01-7010

KEENAN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (SINATRA)

Supreme Court of California
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law
The storytelling provision of California's "Son of Sam law," Civil Code section 2225(b)(1), which appropriates, as compensation for crime victims, all...
02/21/2002 S080284

FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

United States DC Circuit
Communications Law, Entertainment Law
F.C.C.'s decision not to repeal or to modify the National Television Station Ownership rule was arbitrary, where it could not show why the rule is...
02/19/2002 00-1222

FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

United States DC Circuit
Communications Law, Entertainment Law
F.C.C.'s decision not to repeal or to modify the National Television Station Ownership rule was arbitrary, where it could not show why the rule is...
02/19/2002 00-1222

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