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27 Ent. L. Rep. 1 (2005-2006)

handle is hein.journals/enterml27 and id is 1 raw text is: Aevies Music l1roadcasting Theater Publishing Art Aultimedia Sports Volume 27, Number 1, June 2005 Legal Affairs 4 The Demo Memo: How a Superstar's Early Recordings Can Lead to a Gold Mine or a Land Mine, by William Hochberg International Developments 8 Boxing promoter Don King may proceed with libel lawsuit against Lennox Lewis' lawyer Judd Berstein in British court, even though King and Berstein both are U.S. citizens and residents, and even though offending statements were posted on U.S.-based websites, UK Court of Appeal affirms Recent Cases 9 Dismissal of lawsuit against Random House and Joe Klein, filed by library worker who alleged she was defamed by scene in novel Primary Colors, is affirmed 9 Dismissal of false-light invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against Eminem by childhood classmate, complaining of lyrics of song Brain Damage in Slim Shady LP album, is affirmed by Michigan appellate court, because lyrics were substantially true 10 Elizabeth Taylor wins dismissal of case seeking possession of Van Gogh painting she bought in 1963 Sotheby's auction, filed by heirs of painting's former owner from whom it was stolen by Nazis 11 Appeals court affirms dismissal submission lawsuit filed against FremantleMedia by producer who developed American Idol of idea Fox and claims he 11 Artemis Records did not breach distribution agreement with 24/7 Records when it stopped distributing recording of The Ketchup Song, nor did Sony Music interfere with that agreement, because 24/7 did not have mechanical license for song, so Artemis' distribution of recording would have been copyright infringement 12 USA Network defeats copyright infringement claim asserted by Pannonia Farms as purported owner of rights to writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; federal judge finds that transaction by which Pannonia acquired rights was nullified by state court order confirming 14-year-old settlement of prior litigation; federal judge also awards USA its fees because even if Pannonia owned copyrights, it failed to show that USA's movie Case of Evil used anything more than public domain characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 13 New York trial court refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Clear Channel Broadcasting filed by estate of woman who died while running around radio station's building to see Britney Spears impersonator 13 Video-game company Blizzard Entertainment owns registered Blizzard trademark only for use with games, so its use of Blizzard in connection with music CDs and downloads may infringe trademark rights of Blizzard Records which first used Blizzard for music, federal court rules 14 March Madness is protectable trademark that was infringed by operator of website whose domain name marchmadness.com was registered in bad faith, federal appeals court affirms 15 Multimedia's victory in contract lawsuit filed by talk-show host Phil Donahue, objecting to assignment of old show tapes to Universal, is affirmed by South Carolina appeals court (Continued on page 3) In this Issue:

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