Media & Entertainment Law Blog Posts from November 19, 2009
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Asked and Answered: My script is based on real people. What rights do I need?
Q: I’m writing a modern spec screenplay based on a true story I discovered through Internet research, and based on interviews with two participants int eh events depicted in the story. The interviewees both eagerly agreed to participate, and have not asked for anything in exchange. However, it’s been emphatically recommended to me thaPosted on Entertainment Law Update on November 19, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Reebok files its Brief in American Needle v. NFL
This past Tuesday was the deadline for the respondents in American Needle v. NFL to file their briefs with the United States Supreme Court. Although the NFL's brief is not yet publicly available, the brief submitted by Reebok, the NFL's co-defendant in the case, is now available to be downloaded. Meanwhile, for those interested in getting a preview ofPosted on Sports Law Blog on November 19, 2009 at 6:15 PM
An Excess of Caution at the BBC?
Mark Lawson evaluates what may be a much more timid BBC after outrageous episodes such as the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross mess. Artists are now complaining that the venerable network is now too cautious, "dumbing down" offerings because of fears over...Posted on Media Law Prof Blog on November 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Regulation Of UK Bloggers? Not So Fast
The Media Guardian's Roy Greenslade discusses the flap over possible regulation of UK bloggers. The Press Complaints Commission's Chair Peta Buscombe now says she only proposes to regulate those bloggers who volunteer to be regulated by the PCC. Read more...Posted on Media Law Prof Blog on November 19, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Jon Gosselin May Face Yet Another Lawsuit
According to MSNBC.com, Jon Gosselin's former PA may be set to sue him over a contract they may (or may not) have entered into last summer. Here's the language. ?I, Jon Gosselin, will employ Kate Major as a personal assistant...Posted on Media Law Prof Blog on November 19, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Bayern Munich Lands Highly Lucrative Jersey Deal
In the high stakes world of European club soccer, nowhere does the battle takes place for higher stakes than for the name on the front of the jersey. Leading the pack is Real Madrid, the Nuevo Galacticos ribery.jpgrecently renewed its deal with online gaming site Bwin, extending it for three years. Following Real Madrid's summer shoppiPosted on Sports Biz on November 19, 2009 at 11:13 AM
No More Sounds of Silence on the Music Composition Front?
Everyone knows that composers and lyricists makes scales ... now they want to make scale as well. Union scale, that is (or, even better, above scale). One of the few non-unionized sectors of Hollywood, composers and lyricists - the people who write music (as opposed to musicians, the people who perform it) - are now in talks with the Teamsters for reprPosted on Digital Media Law on November 19, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Judging the Judges
Margaret Tarkington, Brigham Young University Law School, has published "A Free Speech Right to Impugn Judicial Integrity in Court Proceedings," forthcoming in Boston College Law Review. Here is the abstract. Throughout the United States, state and federal courts discipline and...Posted on Media Law Prof Blog on November 18, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Podcast: The Right to Counsel in Civil Cases
The Supreme Court's 1963 decision, Gideon v. Wainwright, guaranteed that criminal defendants unable to afford their own lawyer would have one appointed at the public's expense. Should there be a corollary right in certain types of civil cases that involve basic human needs, such as when a person faces eviction from a home or the loss of parental rightsPosted on Media Law on November 18, 2009 at 9:07 AM
The 25 Highest Paid Coaches in the World
What do you think it would take to be among the highest paid coaches in the world? Wouldn't you imagine that you should be at the very pinnacle of your game, having won mutliple championships either for one team. or perhaps, if you're a bit peripatetic, for multiple clubs? As this list makes clear, the expectation of winning is often sufficPosted on Sports Biz on November 18, 2009 at 1:20 AM
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