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25 Ent. & Sports Law. 1 (2007-2008)

handle is hein.journals/entspl25 and id is 1 raw text is: Funding for B~lancing the Eradication F,~T Michigan High Schools~ BOOK REVIEW BOO REVIEW Non-Profit Arts of Doping from Now in Sync ArtArtifact & Law and Business of the International Sport Architecture Law Entertainment Industries A PUBLICATION OF THEABA FORUM ON THE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS INDUSTRIES VOLUME 25, NUMBER I SPRING 2007 A Slice of Pie Productions v. Wayans Bros. Entertainment Expression Misappropriation and Screenwriting BY JAMES J. LAROCCA [Writers are the most important part of the making of a motion picture and we must do everything in our power to prevent them from finding out.' -Irving Thalberg, MGM Studios s an aspiring screenwriter,2 expression misappropriation in the screenwriting field strikes a particular chord with me. If any aspect of entertainment is unglamorous, it is the life of a screenwriter3- particularly the unknown screenwriter. Unknown screenwriters rarely have the resources (or the talent) to turn their manuscripts into motion pic- tures.4 Accordingly, after spending countless years working on a project, they may submit their scripts to those that have the resources, only to experience continual rejection.5 CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 Legal Aspects of Big Sports Event Management Part II. Sponsorships BY VERED YAKOVEE ponsors are essential to the commercial success of large-scale sports events. Conversely, such events provide a forum for sponsors to obtain benefits including increased brand recognition and affiliation with an event's goodwill. While the mutual benefits of sponsorship are contemplated, unforeseen disputes inevitably arise. Part II of this series describes some of those issues and explains how to plan for additional insured coverage by virtue of a sponsorship agreement. Part II's separate, spotlight feature, Swimming with Sharks and Protecting a Good Name (see page 28), draws on the trials and tribulations of the Father of Surfing, Duke Kahanamoku, to illustrate the issues faced by an individual CONTINUED ON PAGE 25 Slugging Through Boxing's Contractual and Legal Minefields Practical Solutions to Restore a Great Sport BYARNOLD C.JOSEPH he May 5 world championship fight in the Super Welterweight division between World Boxing Council title holder Oscar De La Hoya and his challenger, Floyd Mayweath- er, was billed as the Fight to Save Boxing. Because there are countless weight divisions and almost as many sanctioning organizations, a World Championship Fight takes place just about every weekend in some corner of the world. But this fight was differ- ent because it can be used as a case study in the proper way to arrange a mega-fight and to help ensure the future of boxing. To be sure, there are some obvious reasons for the success of the fight. There have not been many marquee fights in the past few years and box- ing's premier division-heavyweight- has become irrelevant over time. It has presented average fighters with less- than-average Q ratings and the lower CONTINUED ON PAGE 34

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