The 1970s were the heyday of the now-extinct television genre known as the variety show: a weekly extravaganza headlined by a well-known entertainer, generally accompanied by a supporting cast of singers, dancers and...more
6/6/2024
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Celebrities ,
Community Property ,
Copyright ,
Divorce ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Estate Planning ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Music ,
Music Industry ,
Royalties ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sound Recording Copyrights ,
The Copyright Act
As of today, there have been twelve (yes, twelve!) movies released as part of the Friday the 13th series of horror films, as well as a television series. For those of you who have not seen any of these films, they are not for...more
10/13/2021
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Contract Termination ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Derivative Works ,
Employment Contract ,
Film Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Screenplays ,
The Copyright Act
This morning, the Supreme Court resolved a longstanding circuit split about whether a copyright infringement plaintiff must first obtain a registration from the Copyright Office for the work upon which its claim is based...more
3/5/2019
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Copyright ,
Copyright Exhaustion ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Registration ,
Damages ,
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v Wall-Street.com LLC ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniformity
In a significant victory for the broadcast industry, the Supreme Court has held in a 6-3 decision that Aereo’s TV streaming service is a public performance within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Aereo operates massive...more