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23 Ent. L. Rep. 1 (2001-2002)

handle is hein.journals/enterml23 and id is 1 raw text is: INU1ITAII NMINT lAW 12111cVTII Avvies usi c I1roadcastino Theater In this Issue: IPublishinu Art Multimedia Sports Volume 23, Number 1, June 2001 In the News 4 Court of Appeals vacates preliminary injunction barring publication of The Wind Done Gone in infringement action by owner of copyright to Gone with the Wind 4 Writers Guild of America ratifies Minimum Basic Agreement with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and television networks 5 NFL and NFL Players Association agree to extend Collective Bargaining Agreement Washington Monitor 6 FTC follow-up report on violent entertainment notes that movie and electronic game industries have improved advertising practices, but says that music industry has not responded to earlier FTC report or implemented reforms announced by RIAA 7 Immigration and Naturalization Service offers faster processing of visa applications for entertainers and athletes 7 Digital Audio Recording royalty proceeding was much ado about very little... measured in dollars International Developments 9 British Court of Appeal affirms Bruce Springsteen victory in copyright infringement suit against British record company that sold unlicensed CDs of early Springsteen recordings; court rejects argument that Springsteen failed to prove his ownership of copyrights in manner required by British law Recent Cases 11 Payments made in 1994 by Cleveland Indians to former players, in settlement of Player Association collusion claims, were wages for which Social Security and Federal Unemployment taxes were payable at 1994 rates, even though payments were backpay awards for 1986 and 1987 when collusion occurred and taxes were lower, United States Supreme Court holds 12 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is constitutional, federal Appeals Court affirms 13 Steppenwolf's original bass player Nick St. Nicholas is not barred by contract or Lanham Act from truthfully referring to himself as formerly of Steppenwolf in promotional materials for new band, appellate court rules 13 Federal court dismisses defamation and tortious interference claims by children's book author Nancy Stouffer against Harry Potter books' author, publisher and movie producer, but court declines to dismiss false designation, unfair competition and dilution claims 14 Animation producer DIC Entertainment committed unfair labor practice by refusing to bargain with IATSE, federal appellate court affirms 15 Creator of She's Josie comic strip and characters loses ownership claim against Archie Comics; federal District Court holds that claim arises under Copyright Act and is barred by three-year statute of limitations and equitable estoppel 15 Illinois Appellate Court vacates judgment enforcing arbitration won by concert promoter against rap group Mobb Deep, because arbitration took place in Illinois though parties' agreement provided for arbitration in New York City 16 FCC's revised Equal Employment Opportunity rule is still unconstitutional, federal appellate court rules 17 Possession of Howdy Doody puppet is awarded to Detroit Institute of Arts, rather than to puppeteer's executor who wanted to sell it, because Institute was third-party beneficiary of agreement between NBC and puppeteer 17 Court refuses to dismiss securities law and other claims alleged by NFL's Ike Hilliard and Fred Taylor against their former sports agents (Continued on page 3)

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