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31 Ent. & Sports Law. 1 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/entspl31 and id is 1 raw text is: Risk Management for Performance Venues Battle over Marvin Gaye's Songs BOOK REVIEW:- Legal Guide to Fashion Design A PUBLICATION OF THE ABA FORUM ON THE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS INDUSTRIES VOLUME 31, NUMBER 1 MAY 2014 Forum on the Entertainment & AMEICAN B ARA I Sports Industries You're Terminated! Termination and Reversion of Copyright Grants and the Termination Gap Dilemma BY PIERRE B. PINE T he 1976 Copyright Act went into effect on January 1, 1978. The Act provided authors (and some heirs, beneficiaries, and representatives) with the right to JT terminate prior grants of their copyrights under certain conditions and within specific timeframes' Beginning on January 1, 2013, many artists and musicians who transferred their copyright rights after the Act was enacted 35 years ago finally gained the opportunity to terminate those transfers. The purpose and rationale of the termination provisions was clearly equitable in nature, to allow authors or their heirs a second opportunity to share in the economic success of their works. The House report accompanying the Act explained that the provisions were needed because of the unequal bargaining position of authors, result- ing in part from the impossibility of determining a work's value until it has been exploited.2 Further, the Congress that enacted the Act specifically recognized the necessity of safeguarding authors against unremunerative transfers' as justification for its providing authors with the opportunity to subsequently terminate prior transfers. The termination provisions involve very specific and formulaic timeframes and CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 Refrain from Crude Behavior The Need for Journalism Standards in Documentary Filmmaking BY STEPHEN DALY W hen acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlingerl released his award- winning documentary Crude: The Real Price of Oil,2 he hoped the film would shine a light on the plight of a group of Ecuadorians who had been sys- tematically poisoned by oil production.3 The film told the story of a group of Ecuadorians who filed a class-action law- suit against the oil company Chevron for contaminating the rainforest.4 Berlinger spent three years working on the proj- ect, living and filming among the peoples of the Amazon.5 He thought his proj- ect might inspire the public to pressure Chevron to settle the case.6 But shortly after Berlinger released his film, Chevron filed an application to subpoena Berlinger for the raw footage of his film. To protect his footage and to avoid betraying the subjects of his film, Berlinger claimed he was entitled to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 31 Reality Show Contestants: United States vs. France Secondary Market Ticketing Wars Statute of Limitations in Nazi Art Claims I I I I I I I

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