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18 Ent. L. Rep. 1 (1996-1997)

handle is hein.journals/enterml18 and id is 1 raw text is: At@ves Music PIroadcasflng Theater IPubllshlnu Art Multimedlia Spcrts Volume 18, Number 1, June 1996 Recent Cases 3 Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by music publh Bourne Co. from lower court ruling that synchronization agree- ments for use of music in 'motion pictures gave Disney the right to sell homevideos of Snow White and Pinocchio 4 Florida appellate court reinstates suit against Major League Base- ball brought by group seeking franchise for Tampa Bay team; trial court's dismissal of tortious Interference and state antitrust claims is reversed 5 Amtrak did not violate First Amendment rights of artist Michael Lebron when it refused to permit him to display a political photo- montage on Penn Station's Spectacular billboard, because Am- trak's refusal to permit political displays on the Spectacular is reasonable and viewpoint neutral, federal Court of Appeals rules; Supreme Court denies cart 6 Federal court rules that master recordings by The Judds are owned by a joint venture between MCA Records and Mike Curb (rather than by Curb alone), and that MCA.is entitled to a trial on its claim that Curb Infringed copyrights to masters by Bing Crosby (and others) when he sub-licensed record companies outside the U.S. in alleged violation of an agreement requiring him to obtain permission before doing so 8 Musicians may take tax deductions for depreciation of musical in- struments, even though Instruments do not have determinable useful lives and may have increased In actual value, federal ap- pellate courts rule In two cases 9 Registration of copyright to a collecton of songs protects copy- right to each individual song in the collection, even If tleas of Indi- vidual songs were not listed on registration certificate, federal appellate court rules 9 Preliminary Injunctions denied In copyright and trade secret cases brought against Internet providers and Washington Post by licensee of Sclentology literary works written by L. Ron Hub- bard; courts rule that defendants are likely to prevail on fair use grounds and because literary works at issue are not secret 10 Constitutionality of federal statute prohibiting radio and TV adver- tising for casino gambling is upheld by federal appellate court, in case brought by New Orleans broadcasters; contrary ruling by federal trial Court In Nevada is disregarded 11 California law requiring specified overtime pay for broadcast in- dustry employees, unless they are covered by a collective bar- gaining agreement providing for different overtime benefits, is not preempted by federal labor law, appellate court rules in case that arose because of a gap between NBC and NABET colective bar- gaining agreements 11 Appellate court affirms dismissal of defamation case that arose from showing a videotape of a Sixty Minutes Australia broadcast about the Australian Mr. Bubbles case at a seminar in Califor- nia; plaintiff did not have personal jurisdiction over two defen- dants who appeared on tape, and comments made by third defendant at the seminar were opinion or not made with malice 12 Dismissal of apple growers' product disparagement suit against CBS, arising from 60 Minutes report on effects of Alar pesti- cide, is affwmed by Court of Appeals 13 Briefly Noted: Forum selection clause In licensing contract; Inter- national contract venue; International copyright venue; Trademark infringement; Book promotion damages; Unauthorized reception of Showtime signals in Canada; Criminal penalties for unauthor- ized pay-TV signal decrypton; Cable TV rate regulation; ASCAP Consent Decree International Cases 16 British court rules that Robert Godfrey was joint author of six songs recorded by band Barclay James Harvest; but Godfrey was estopped from revoking implied license granted to band be- cause he delayed too long in asserting his rights Washington Monitor 18 United States and China avoid threatened trade war, U.S. Trade Rep finds that China is now enforcing 1995 intellectual property agreement by cracking down on movie, music and software pirates Departments In the Law Reviews Educational Programs Calendar In this Issue:

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