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    Law and Video entertainment law Podcast for March 4, 2008

    Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

    The latest episode of The Law and Video Podcast is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com.
    This week we discussed:

    Smoking Bans vs. the First Amendment - Minnesota bars and restaurants casting themselves as theatres. Patrons as “performers”, with smoking as theatrical performance.
    Copyright Ownership of public access broadcasts of city council meetings
    Legality of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) style videos […]

    Supreme Court orders Arbitration of Manager/Artist dispute

    Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

    (Preston v. Ferrer) Congratulations to my friend and colleague Joe Schleimer, who successfully argued the case of Preston v. Ferrer before the United States Supreme Court. The Court ruled today in favor of Joe’s client Arnold Preston (also an entertainment attorney), holding that when parties agree to arbitrate all questions arising under a contract, […]

    Updated: Yes, it’s over! (formerly “Is It Over?”)

    Sunday, February 10th, 2008

    Within 48 hours striking screenwriters will vote on a tentative deal reached late last week between their union, Writer’s Guild of America, and TV and Film networks and producers.  If the rank-and-file vote in favor of the proposed deal, writers could be back to work as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.
    Details of the proposed agreement […]

    Randy Quaid Fined and Banned from Actor’s Equity

    Thursday, February 7th, 2008

    Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors’ union, Actor’s Equity Association for life, following the union’s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of “Lone Star Love”, a country musical based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives […]

    Copyrightability of Jokes

    Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

    William Patry is copyright counsel to Google, and a scholar of copyright law.  He has recently posted a piece on his blog about Copyright protection for jokes.    Very informative and interesting!

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