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19 Ent. L. Rep. 1 (1997-1998)

handle is hein.journals/enterml19 and id is 1 raw text is: INIIITAI'ii rtII Mo©vies Music Firodcastlnu Theater Iublishin@ Art M~ultimedia Sports In this Issue: Volume 19, Number 1, June 1997 International Cases 4 Band leader Artie Shaw loses lawsuit seeking share of profits from Academy Award winning documentary about his life; Canadian judge rules that Shaw's agree- ment with filmmaker Brigitte Berman did not provide for profit sharing, and Shaw did not have right under Cana- dian copyright law to be compensated for movie's use of recordings of performances he gave more than 50 years ago Recent Cases 5 NBA wins appeal of ruling that permitted superstation WGN to televise 30 Chicago Bulls games a year, and that substantially reduced tax Bulls must pay NBA for each such game; Court of Appeals decides that NBA rules concerning superstation telecasts may not violate antitrust laws, because NBA may be single entity for TV licensing purposes or because rules are reasonable 6 Claim by Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago that they co-authored song Why Do Fools Fall in Love? is barred by Copyright Act's three-year statute of limita- tions, federal appellate court rules 7 Subscription background music license does not authorize live or disc jockey performances 7 Parody baseball cards do not violate Lanham Act rights of Major League Baseball Players Association because they do create likelihood of confusion, and parody cards are protected by First Amendment against right of publicity claims 8 County law prohibiting sale to minors of heinous crime trading cards is unconstitutional 8 Court of Appeals affirms $1.35 million attorneys fee award to John Fogerty in connection with his success- ful defense of copyright infringement suit filed against him by Fantasy; plaintiffs blameworthiness is not a prerequisite to awarding fees to a prevailing defendant, appellate court rules 9 Federal District Court rules that First Amendment bars wrongful death suit filed by relatives of murder victims against publisher of books on how to commit murders read by victims' killer; case now pending before Court of Appeal 9 Appellate court affirms dismissal of libel suit against Sheridan Square Press filed by Robert McFarlane, Na- tional Security Advisor during Reagan-Bush Admini- stration, on account of book entitled Profits of War that asserted that McFarlane conspired to delay re- lease of American hostages in Iran and was an Israeli spy; though Congress later discredited these asser- tions, evidence did not show Sheridan Square had pub- lished book with actual malice 10 California court has personal jurisdiction over New York newspaper and columnist to hear defamation suit filed by Berry Gordy, federal Court of Appeals holds 11 Appellate courts affirm dismissal of RICO and defama- tion lawsuits against ABC, Diane Sawyer and others brought by Reverend Robert Tilton and Word of Faith Church, arising out of PrimeTime Live broadcasts; Su- preme Court denies cert in Tilton's case 11 NFL Players Association retaliated against one em- ployee, though not against two others, by terminating her in violation of Title VII 12 Court dismisses suit alleging NFL Players Association breached duty of fair representation brought by former Green Bay Packer player, because arbitrator had not yet ruled on underlying grievance 12 College athlete wins injunction requiring Northwestern University to permit him to play basketball, despite risk of heart attack, under federal Rehabilitation Act 12 NCAA wins reversal of injunctions that had barred it from enforcing its five-year rule in cases filed by ineli- gible college football players (Continued on page 3)

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