Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries,9780275969837

Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries

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Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
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Summary

In response to the increasing convergence of technologies in the entertainment industries, this thoroughly updates and revised fourth edition is carefully reorganized and conveniently reformatted. Moreover, the new easy-to-read single-column format makes the volume a more accessible resource for lawyers, students, and industry professionals. The Fourth Edition is divided into two parts--one dealing with general principles and the other dealing with specific entertainment and related industries--and over 50 new cases have been added. The case material covers recent changes in the entertainment business--among them innovation, consolidation, copyright issues, and globalization--and each is analyzed in detail. As the internet grows and becomes a part of everyday life, the laws and legal decisions shaping it will continue to affect entertainment business. Therefore, special attention had been devoted to the Internet and other emerging technologies in this new edition. Supplements are also provided to readers to reflect recent changes and update the current material. This classic casebook is assigned to students at top law schools throughout the country and is utilized as a desk reference by industry professionals. FREE semi-annual supplements are available. FOR THE FIRST TIME THESE SUPPLEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE!!

Author Biography

Donald E. Biederman is Professor of Law and Director of the National Institute of Entertainment and Media Law at Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1(1)
Global Overview
1(5)
Standards Governing Preliminary Injunctions, Motions for Summary Judgment, and Attachments
6(7)
PART ONE
Representing Talent
13(54)
Introduction: A Business of Intermediaries
13(2)
Attorneys
15(16)
Ethical Considerations
16(1)
Percentage Fees
16(1)
Multiple Client Representation
17(1)
Participation in Business Deals with Clients
18(1)
Croce v. Kurnit
19(7)
McCauley Music Ltd. v. Solomon
26(3)
Additional Hazards for Counsel
29(2)
Agents and Managers
31(28)
Union Regulation of Agents
31(1)
State Regulation of Agents
32(1)
New York General Business Law
32(4)
Pine v. Laine
36(1)
Mandel v. Leibman
37(2)
California Labor Code
39(6)
Buchwald v. Superior Court of San Francisco
45(3)
Pryor v. Franklin
48(2)
Barr v. Rothberg
50(2)
Park v. Deftones
52(4)
Chinn v. Tobin
56(3)
Business Managers
59(8)
ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd.
59(8)
Talent Contracts
67(90)
Introduction
67(4)
Contracts with Minors
71(7)
California Provisions on Minors
72(1)
New York Provisions on Minors
72(1)
N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law §35.03
73(1)
Scott Eden Management V. Andrew Kavovit
74(4)
Contract Duration
78(23)
The California Seven-Year Statute
78(1)
Labor Code §2855
78(1)
De Haviland v. Warner Brothers Pictures
79(4)
Ketcham v. Hall Syndicate, Inc.
83(7)
Statutory Termination Rights in California
90(1)
Goudal v. Cecil B. De Mille Pictures Corp.
90(5)
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. v. Bumgarner
95(6)
Contract Formality: Availability of Injunctive Relief
101(11)
The New York Experience
102(1)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Scheider
102(2)
California Injunction Statutes
104(1)
Civil Code §3390
105(1)
Civil Code §3423
105(1)
The Newly Revised California Injunction Statute
106(2)
MCA Records, Inc. v. Newton-John
108(2)
Motown Record Corporation v. Brockert
110(2)
Credit Issues
112(45)
By Contract
112(1)
Cleary v. News Corp.
113(3)
Gold Leaf Group, Ltd. v. Stigwood Group, Ltd.
116(1)
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. v. Sanders
117(5)
By Statute/Common Law
122(1)
Right to Claim Credit
123(1)
Vargas v. Esquire, Inc.
123(5)
Smith v. Montoro
128(5)
Lamothe v. Atlantic Recording Corporation
133(2)
Cleary v. News Corp.
135(4)
Artists Visual Rights Act of 1990
139(1)
Right to Disclaim Credit
140(1)
Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
140(3)
Follett v. Arbor House Publishing Co., Inc.
143(6)
King v. Innovation Books
149(7)
Artists Visual Rights Act of 1990
156(1)
Acquisition of Rights: Rights of Personality and Identity
157(124)
Introduction
157(1)
Personal Rights: Defamation
157(23)
In General
157(1)
Fact versus Opinion
158(1)
Falsity
159(1)
Clark v. American Broadcasting Companies
159(5)
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
164(7)
Of and Concerning
171(1)
Springer v. Viking Press
171(3)
Bindrim v. Mitchell
174(3)
Damage to Reputation
177(1)
Defensive Aspects
178(1)
Prior Restraint
178(1)
Public Officials/Public Figures
178(2)
Burden of Proof
180(1)
Judicial Resistance Toward Alternative Remedies
180(1)
Personal Rights: Privacy
180(32)
Introduction: Common Law
180(2)
The First Cases: Roberson and Pavesich
182(1)
Pavesich v. New England Life Insurance Co.
182(4)
False Light
186(1)
Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts
186(1)
Diaz v. Oakland Tribune, Inc.
186(5)
Statutory Protection
191(1)
NY Civil Rights Law §50-51
192(1)
Spahn v. Julian Messner, Inc.
192(2)
Defensive Aspects
194(1)
Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co.
195(7)
Bernstein v. National Broadcasting Company
202(10)
Personal Rights: Publicity
212(44)
At Common Law
213(1)
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
214(3)
Statutory Recognition
217(1)
California Civil Code §3344
218(1)
Other Statutory Enactments on Right of Publicity
219(1)
Tenn. Code. Ann. Ch. 945, §47-25-1101 and 1108
219(2)
Ky. Rev. Stat., Ch. 391
221(1)
Fla. Stat. Ann. Sec. 540-08
221(2)
Indiana Statutes, Title 32, Art. 13, Ch. 1
223(3)
Additional Recognition of the Right at Common Law
226(1)
Motschenbacher v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
226(3)
Midler v. Ford Motor Company
229(2)
Waits v. Frito-Lay
231(6)
White v. Samsung Electronics America
237(6)
Post-Mortem Availability
243(1)
At Common Law
243(1)
Under Statute
244(1)
California Civil Code §3344.1
244(3)
Conflicts Problems
247(1)
Defensive Aspects
248(1)
Public Figures/Newsworthiness
248(1)
New Kids on the Block v. News America Publishing
248(2)
Advertising and Promotion
250(1)
Namath v. Sports Illustrated
251(1)
Montana v. San Jose Mercury News
252(4)
Personal Rights: The Lanham Act and Other Federal Legislation
256(25)
Introduction: A National Remedy
256(1)
15 U.S.C. St. 1125
256(2)
Use of Section 43(a) by Celebrities and Entities
258(1)
Allen v. National Video, Inc.
258(8)
Defensive Matters
266(1)
Rogers v. Grimaldi
266(9)
Pump, Inc. v. Collins Management
275(6)
Acquisition of Rights: Ideas and Other Property
281(72)
Ideas
281(41)
Copyright Law: Idea versus Expression
282(1)
Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp.
282(4)
Zambito v. Paramount Pictures
286(4)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Film Ventures International, Inc.
290(3)
Idea Submissions
293(1)
Implied Contract
294(1)
Desny v. Wilder
294(11)
Confidential Relationship
305(1)
Blaustein v. Burton
305(10)
Murray v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
315(7)
Negotiated Acquisitions
322(31)
The Scope of Acquired Rights: By Contract
322(1)
Landon v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
323(6)
Rey v. Lafferty
329(8)
The Scope of Acquired Rights: Legally Imposed Limitations
337(1)
Copyright Act of 1976, §115(a)(1)
337(1)
Recording Industry Ass'n of America v. Copyright Royalty Tribunal
338(1)
Copyright Act of 1976, §203
339(1)
Copyright Act of 1976, §304(c)
339(1)
Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.
340(2)
Stewart v. Abend
342(11)
Contract Performance, Exploitation Obligations, and Limitations on Exploitation
353(78)
Delivery Standards
353(16)
Random House, Inc. v. Gold
354(3)
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. v. Goldwater
357(6)
Doubleday & Company, Inc. v. Curtis
363(6)
Exploitation Obligations
369(20)
The Company as (Non) Fiduciary
369(1)
Rodgers v. Roulette Records, Inc.
369(4)
Mellencamp v. Riva Music Ltd.
373(5)
The Obligation to Exploit
378(1)
Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
378(1)
Zilg v. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
379(7)
Third Story Music v. Waits
386(3)
Limits on Exploitation
389(42)
Creative Control
389(1)
Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
390(2)
The Cimino and Beatty Arbitrations
392(4)
Mutilation
396(1)
Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies
396(4)
Chesler v. Avon Book Division
400(2)
Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. v. New American Library
402(2)
Censorship and Regulation of Content and Attendance
404(1)
Skyywalker Records Inc. v. Navarro
404(10)
Cinevision v. City of Burbank
414(5)
Private Actions Against Creators and Distributors
419(1)
Olivia N. v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
420(4)
Byers v. Edmondson
424(7)
Remedies
431(94)
Self-Help
431(4)
Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. v. Lilienthal
431(4)
Rescission
435(5)
Nolan v. Williamson Music, Inc.
435(3)
Nolan v. Sam Fox Publishing Company, Inc.
438(1)
Peterson v. Highland Music, Inc.
438(2)
Injunction
440(18)
Machen v. Johansson
442(5)
Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. v. Kweskin
447(3)
American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Wolf
450(8)
Damages
458(6)
Freund v. Washington Square Press, Inc.
458(6)
Contracts of Adhesion/Unconscionability: The Buchwald Case and After
464(20)
Art Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
465(14)
Batfilm Productions, Inc. v. Warner Bros. Inc.
479(5)
The U.K. ``Restraint of Trade'' Cases
484(15)
The Earlier Cases
484(1)
Schroeder Music Publishing Co. v. Macaulay
484(5)
Elton Hercules John v. Richard Leon James
489(7)
The George Michael Case
496(1)
Georgios Panayiotou v. Sony Music Entertainment (U.K.) Limited
496(3)
Bankruptcy
499(20)
The Availability of Bankruptcy Protection
500(1)
In the Matter of Noonan
500(5)
In re Carrere
505(3)
The Consequences of Bankruptcy
508(1)
Waldschmidt v. CBS, Inc.
508(5)
Protective Registration
513(1)
In re Peregrine Entertainment, Ltd.
513(6)
Arbitration
519(6)
PART TWO
Literary Publishing
525(24)
Introduction
525(1)
The Business of Literary Publishing
525(3)
The Scope of Literary Publishing Contracts
528(4)
Paperback Licensing
529(1)
Foreign Licensing
529(1)
Merchandise Licensing
530(1)
Motion Picture/Television Licensing
530(1)
Other Media Licensing
531(1)
Author-Literary Agent
531(1)
Publisher-Author Contract in Detail
532(5)
Rights Granted and Assigned
532(1)
Delivery of Satisfactory Manuscript
532(1)
Noncompete Clause
533(1)
Publication
534(1)
Copyright
534(1)
Royalties and Other Payments
535(1)
Warranties and Indemnities
535(1)
Future Revisions
536(1)
Option for Next Work
536(1)
Other Provisions
537(1)
The Impact of Custom and Usage
537(8)
Stein and Day, Incorporated v. Morgan
540(1)
Tasini v. The New York Times Company, Inc.
541(4)
The ``Next Book'' Option
545(4)
Pinnacle Books, Inc. v. Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.
545(4)
Music Publishing
549(32)
An Overview of the Music Publishing Industry
549(3)
Sources of Revenue
552(2)
Small Performance Fees
553(1)
Co-publishing Agreements
554(1)
Principal Types of Agreements
554(2)
Songwriter Agreement
554(1)
Administration Agreement
555(1)
Collection Agreement
555(1)
Foreign Subpublishing Agreement
555(1)
Negotiation of a Co-publishing Agreement
556(2)
Computation of Foreign Income (``Receipts'' versus ``At the Sources'')
558(1)
Typical Requirements and Controls
559(7)
Administrative and Creative Controls
559(1)
The Publisher's Obligations
560(1)
The Obligation to Exploit
560(1)
The Obligation to Account and Pay
561(1)
In re Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
561(5)
Performing Rights
566(12)
Blanket Licensing
566(1)
Buffalo Broadcasting Co. v. ASCAP
566(11)
Split Licensing
577(1)
U.S. v. ASCAP, In re Fox Broadcasting Co.
577(1)
Sampling
578(3)
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
578(3)
Sound Recordings
581(44)
Development of the Industry
581(4)
Contracts in the Record Industry
585(20)
Artist Recording Agreement
586(4)
Recording Artist Royalty Calculations: Why Gold Records Don't Always Yield Fortunes (Second Edition)
590(10)
Producer Agreement
600(1)
Mechanical License
601(1)
Film/TV Master Use License
602(1)
Master Purchase Agreement
602(1)
Custom Label Agreement: Pressing and Distribution Agreement
603(1)
Special Products Agreements
604(1)
Record Label Breach
605(2)
Phillips v. Playboy Music, Inc.
605(2)
Contract Term: The Label Option
607(2)
Using Option Clauses in Record Deals
607(2)
Signing Multiple Group Members to a Single Recording Contract
609(2)
Forrest R.B. Enterprises, Inc. V. Capricorn Records, Inc.
609(2)
Interference with Contract and Inducement to Breach
611(10)
Roulette Records, Inc. v. Princess Production Corp.
612(4)
Bonner v. Westbound Records
616(4)
Westbound Records, Inc. v. Phonogram, Inc.
620(1)
Ownership and Protection of Performers' Names
621(4)
Films
625(32)
The Changing Scene in the Motion Picture Industry
625(3)
Producing Films
628(13)
The Evolution of the Studio Model
628(1)
Producing Films: The Studio Model
629(1)
Acquisition of Underlying Rights
629(1)
The Production/Financing/Distribution Deal
630(2)
Dealing with Directors, Actors, and Writers
632(1)
Gross Receipts/ Net Profits
633(2)
Producing Films: The Independent Model
635(1)
Financing Independent Films
636(1)
Insurance
637(1)
Completion Guaranty Bonds
638(1)
The International Market
638(2)
Ancillary Markets
640(1)
Distribution
641(16)
Dealing with Theatres
641(1)
Antitrust Issues in Distribution: Studio Issues
642(1)
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
643(8)
Exhibitor Violations: Splitting Arrangements
651(1)
United States v. Capitol Service, Inc.
651(6)
Television
657(32)
The Television Business
657(5)
The Changing Face of the Television Industry
657(2)
Broadcast Television
659(1)
Cable and Satellite Television
660(2)
Creating and Acquiring Programming
662(2)
Dealmaking in the Television Industry
662(1)
The Development Deal
663(1)
Deficit Funding
664(1)
Syndication
664(2)
The Ratings Game
666(2)
International Markets
668(1)
Ancillary Markets
668(1)
Federal Communications Commission
669(2)
Licensing
669(1)
Control of Broadcast Television
670(1)
Controlling Cable Television
670(1)
Issues in Television Distribution
671(18)
Antitrust: Block Booking
671(1)
United States v. Loew's, Inc.
671(4)
Metromedia Broadcasting Corp. v. MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
675(5)
Antitrust: Geographical Restrictions
680(1)
Ralph C. Wilson Industries, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
680(4)
Piracy: Unlawful Interception and Retransmission of Signals
684(1)
Home Box Office, Inc. v. Pay TV of Greater New York, Inc.
684(5)
The Internet, Multimedia, and Emerging Technologies
689(84)
Introduction
689(3)
Personal Jurisdiction
692(10)
Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King
692(4)
Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.
696(6)
Regulating Content and Controlling Distribution of Information Online
702(5)
Censorship
702(1)
New Media, the Internet, and the Law
702(5)
Control of Access: Framing and Linking
707(1)
Liability of Internet Service Providers
707(8)
Defamation
707(1)
Zeran v. America Online, Inc.
708(5)
Privacy
713(1)
Consumer Profiles
713(1)
Spamming
714(1)
Copyright Infringement
715(22)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
715(1)
The Impact of Internet-Specific Technologies
716(1)
MP3
716(1)
UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3. Com, Inc.
717(3)
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
720(16)
DeCSS
736(1)
iCrave TV
736(1)
Trademark Infringement
737(28)
Internet Domain Names and Metatags
737(1)
Brookfield Communications, Inc. v. West Coast Entertainment Corp.
737(18)
Cybersquatting
755(2)
Other Internet and New Technology Litigation Involving Copyright, Trademark, and Unfair Competition
757(1)
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena
757(4)
Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
761(4)
Agreements Entered into over the Internet
765(8)
What Constitutes an Enforceable Agreement Entered into over the Internet?
765(8)
Theatre
773(30)
Theatre Business
773(7)
Broadway Producers, Investors, and Theatre Owners
777(1)
Alternatives to Broadway
778(1)
The Prospective Audience
779(1)
The Approved Production Contracts
780(5)
MBPC: Requiescat in Pace---APC: Quo Vadis?
781(4)
Business Structures of Theatrical Ventures
785(1)
Special Problems in Theatrical Agreements
785(18)
Gennaro v. Rosenfield
786(1)
Childress v. Taylor
787(6)
Wasserman v. Leigh
793(6)
Sacks v. Rubin 6/15/90
799(1)
Sacks v. Rubin 12/11/91
800(3)
Table of Cases 803(28)
Index 831

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