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33 Ent. & Sports Law. 1 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/entspl33 and id is 1 raw text is: Keeping the Internet of Methods for The Day the Music Q&A with Keith Things Monster at Bay: Metng for Died: How the Kupferschmid Protecting the Patient Domain Characters Department of Justice of Copyright Privacy of Sports and ainC er Unraveled Music Alliance Entertainment Clients after Klinger v. Licensing to Create a in the Age of the Selfie Doyle Estate, Ltd. New Ball of Confusion A PUBLICATION OF THE ABA FORUM ON THE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS INDUSTRIES VOLUME 33, NUMBER 1 FALL 2016 /p Entnnmctea Stadium Financing: American Taxpayers should throw the Red Flag BY JEREMY M. EVANS NATIONAL ANTHEM n this article, we are going to explore sports stadium financing. We will look at specific examples of taxpayer dollars proposed or spent on private stadiums and whether taxpayers have or will actually benefit. In the end, we can determine whether American taxpayers should throw the proverbial red challenge flag, ask the umpires to put on the headset, you get the picture. Specifically, whether Americans should start voting with their minds instead of their hearts. THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH Americans love sports. We love watching our favorite sports, betting on our favorite teams and individual athletes, while our legislators and governors pass and sign into law gambling regulations, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regulates student-athletes. Professional sports franchises and the leagues they play in have strict rules on buying and selling teams. The players' unions have collectively bargained agreements that limit where, when, and how free agency occurs. These same leagues have various salary caps, luxury taxes, and relocation fees. How about us though? How about us, the American taxpayers, what do we have when it comes to saying yes and no to other folks spending our hard earned money through taxes to build grandiose stadiums? Specifically, what protections do we have and why have we not exercised our rights to those protections? CONTINUED ON PAGE 65 VR/AR in a Real World BY DAVID E. FINKAND JAMIE N. ZAGORIA n case you have been living under a rock, virtual reality (VR) and its first cousin, augmented reality (AR), have arrived. The highly publicized and long-awaited head-mounted displays (HMDs), the headsets through which the world of virtual reality can be accessed, have been or will be made available for sale to the public this year, such as Facebook-owned Oculus VR's Oculus Rift, Samsung's Gear VR, Sony's PlayStation VR, HTC's Vive, etc. In other words, VR/AR is going mainstream. Nearly all of the top 10 tech companies, including Apple, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft, have jumped on the VR bandwagon, investing significantly in the space. Countless players across many different industries, including Marriott, Netflix, Hulu, Birchbox, and Ford, have developed VR experiences, seeking to capitalize on the hype. Indeed, 75% CONTINUED ON PAGE 75 Published in Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Volume 33, Number 1, Fall 2016. © 2016 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association.

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