Entertainment Law
Simensky, 3rd Ed.
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Academy Chicago Publishers v. CheeverThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
578 N.E.2d 981 (1991)A & M Records v. Abdallah
948 F. Supp. 1449 (1996)A&M Records v. Napster, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
239 F.3d 1004 (2001)Ashcroft v. Free Speech CoalitionThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
535 U.S. 234, 122 S.Ct. 1389, 152 L.Ed.2d 403 (2002)
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Batfilm Productions, Inc. v. Warner Bros. Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
Nos. BC 051653 and BC 051654, No. BC 051653 and No. BC 051654, Consolidated Cases No. BC 051653 and No. BC 051654, 1994 Cal. Appl. LEXIS 1333 (1994)Beal v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
20 F.3d 454 (1994)Bell v. Streetwise Records, Ltd.
640 F. Supp. 575 (1986)Bindrim v. MitchellThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
92 Cal. App. 3d 61, 155 Cal. Rptr. 29 (1979)Bright Tunes Music Corp. v. Harrisongs MusicThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
420 F. Supp. 177 (1976)Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures, Corp.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
13 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1497 (1990)Byers v. Edmondson
712 So. 2d 681 (1998)
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Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
510 U.S. 569 (1994)Cardtoons v. Major League Baseball Players AssociationThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
95 F.3d 959 (1996)Chesler v. Avon Book Division
352 N.Y.S.2d 552, 76 Misc. 2d 1048 (1973)Childress v. TaylorThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
945 F.2d 500 (1991)Clark v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
684 F.2d 1208 (1982)Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc.
866 F.2d 278 (1989)Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. Gary Saderup, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
21 P.3d 797 (2001)Comic Strip, Inc. v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
710 F. Supp. 976 (1989)Community for Creative Non-violence v. ReidThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
846 F.2d 1485 Aff'd, 490 U.S. 730, 109 S.Ct. 2166 (1989)Cream Records Inc. v. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.
754 F.2d 826 (1985)
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Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
539 U.S. 23 (2003)Day v. Rosenthal
170 Cal. App. 3d 1125, 217 Cal. Rptr. 89 (1985)DC Comics, Inc. v. Filmation Associates
486 F. Supp. 1273 (1980)De Haviland v. Warner Brothers Pictures
67 Cal. App. 2d 225, 153 P.2d 983 (1944)Desny v. WilderThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
46 Cal. 2d 715, 299 P.2d 257 (1956)Donahue v. Artisan Entertainment, Inc.
2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5930 (2002)Dora v. Frontline Video, Inc.
15 Cal. App. 4th 536, 18 Cal. Rptr. 2d 790 (1993)Dreamwerks Production, Inc. v. SKG Studio
142 F.3d 1127 (1998)
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
205 Cal. App. 2d 441 (1962)Effects Associates v. CohenThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
908 F.2d 555 (1990)Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. v. Capece
141 F.3d 188 (1998)
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Faris v. Enberg
97 Cal. App. 3d 309 (1979)Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica FoundationThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
438 U.S. 726 (1978)Follett v. New American Library, Inc.
497 F. Supp. 304 (1980)Fred Ahlert Music Corp. v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
155 F.3d 17 (1998)
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GAF Broadcasting Co. v. Caswell-Massey Co.
215 U.S.P.Q. 654 (1982)Glovaroma, Inc. v. Maljack Productions, Inc.
71 F. Supp. 2d 846 (1999)Goudal v. Cecil B. DeMille Pictures Corp.
118 Cal. App. 407, 5 P.2d 432 (1931)Grammer v. The Artists Agency
287 F.3d 886 (2002)Granz v. Harris
198 F.2d 585 (1952)Guglielmi v. Spelling-Goldberg Productions
25 Cal. 3d 860, 603 P.2d 454, 160 Cal. Rptr. 352 (1979)
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H.A. Artists & Associates, Inc. v. Actors' Equity Association
451 U.S. 704 (1981)Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. v. Barry Goldwater
532 F. Supp. 619 (1982)Hasbro, Inc. v. Clue Computing, Inc.
66 F. Supp. 2d 117, 232 F.3d 1 (2000)Heirs of the Estate of Jenkins v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
90 F. Supp. 2d 706 (2000)Home Box Office v. Showtime
832 F.2d 1311 (1987)Hormel Foods Corp. v. Jim Henson Productions, Inc.
73 F.3d 497 (1996)Hustler Magazine v. FalwellThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
485 U.S. 46, 108 S. Ct. 876, 99 L. Ed. 2D 41 (1988)
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In re Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.
50 U.S.P.Q.2d 1632 (1999)In re Paramount Pictures Corporation
213 U.S.P.Q. 1111 (1982)
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James v. Meow Media, Inc.
300 F.3d 683 (2002)Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
343 U.S. 495 (1952)
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Kelly v. William Morrow & Co.
186 Cal. App. 3d 1625, 231 Cal. Rptr. 497 (1986)King v. Innovation BooksThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
976 F.2d 824 (1992)
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Land v. Jerry Lewis Productions, Inc.
140 U.S.P.Q. 351 (1964)Loew's, Inc. v. Wolff
101 F. Supp. 981 (1951)Lone Wolf McQuade Associates v. CBS, Inc.
961 F. Supp. 587 (1997)Luke Records, Inc., a Florida Corporation Formerly Known as Skyywalker Records, Inc., et al. v. Navarro
960 F.2d 134 (1992)Lulirama Ltd., Inc. v. Axcess Broadcast Services, Inc.
128 F.3d 872 (1997)
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Main Line Pictures v. Basinger
No. B077509, 1994 WL 814244 (1994)Maljack Productions, Inc. v. UAV Corp.
964 F. Supp. 1416 (1997)Marcy Playground, Inc. v. Capitol Records, Inc.
6 F. Supp. 2d 277 (1998)Marino v. Writers Guild of America
992 F.2d 1480 (1993)Martin v. City of IndianapolisThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
192 F.3d 608 (1999)Mattel, Inc. v. MCA RecordsThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
296 F.3d 894 (2002)McCollum v. CBS, Inc.
202 Cal. App. 3d 989, 249 Cal. Rptr. 187 (1988)McGinniss v. Employers Reinsurance Corporation
648 F. Supp. 1263 (1986)Mellencamp v. Riva Music Ltd.
698 F. Supp. 1154 (1988)Mendler v. Winterland Productions, Ltd.
207 F.3d 1119 (2000)Messenger v. Gruner + Jahr Printing and Publishing
208 F.3d 122 (2000)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
900 F. Supp. 1287 (1995)Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
650 F.2d 1365 (1981)Morgan Creek Productions, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
1991 WL 352619 (1991)Motola v. EMI America Records
No. 82-6308-PAR (April 23, 1984)Motown Record Corp. v. Tina Marie Brockert
160 Cal. App. 3d 123, 207 Cal. Rptr. 574 (1984)Muller v. The Walt Disney Productions
876 F. Supp. 502 (1994)Murray v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
844 F.2d 988 (1988)
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Nadel v. Play-by-Play Toys & Novelties, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
208 F.3d 368 (2000)New Kids on the Block v. News America Publishing, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
971 F.2d 302 (1992)New York Times Company, Inc. v. TasiniThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
533 U.S. 483 (2001)
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Oliveira v. Frito-Lay, Inc.
251 F.3d 56 (2001)
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Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
3 Cal.3d 176, 474 P.2d 689, 89 Cal.Rptr. 737 (1970)Park v. Deftones
71 Cal. App. 4th 1465, 84 Cal. Rptr. 2D 616 (1999)Pinnacle Books, Inc. v. Harlequin Enterprises Limited
519 F. Supp. 118 (1981)Polydoros v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
67 Cal. App. 4th 318 (1997)Preminger v. Columbia Pictures Corp.
267 N.Y.S.2d 594 (1966), aff'd, 269 N.Y.S.2d 913, aff'd, 18 N.Y.2d 659 (1966)
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Raden v. Laurie
120 Cal. App. 2d 778, 262 P.2d 61 (1953)Radioactive, J.V. v. Manson
153 F. Supp. 2d 462 (2001)Random House, Inc. v. Rosetta Books LLCThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
150 F. Supp. 2d 613 (2001)Redgrave v. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
855 F.2d 888 (1988)Reno v. American Civil Liberties UnionThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
521 U.S. 844 (1997)Rey v. Lafferty
990 F.2d 1379 (1993)Rice v. Paladin Enterprises, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
128 F.3d 233 (1997)Richcar Music Co. v. TownsThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
53 A.D.2d 501, 385 N.Y.S.2d 778 (1976)Ring v. Spina
148 F.2d 647 (1945)Robi v. Reed
173 F.3d 736 (1999)
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Sanders v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
978 P.2d 67, 20 Cal.4th 907, 85 Cal.Rptr.2d 909 (1999)Scott Eden Management v. Kavovit
563 N.Y.S.2d 1001 (1990)Selby v. New Line Cinema Corp.
96 F. Supp. 2d 1053 (2000)Seroff v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
162 N.Y.S.2d 770 (1957)Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
18 Cal. 4th 200, 955 P.2d 469, 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 843 (1998)Sigmon v. Goldstone
101 N.Y.S. 986, 116 A.D. 490 (1906)Silverman v. CBS, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
870 F.2d 40 (1989)Smithers v. MGM Studios
139 Cal. App. 3d 643, 189 Cal. Rptr. 20 (1983)Sophia Loren v. Samuel Bronston Productions
32 Misc. 2d 602, 224 N.Y.S.2d 959 (1962)Southeastern Community College v. DavisThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
442 U.S. 397 (1979)Stewart v. AbendThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
495 U.S. 207, 110 S.Ct. 1750, 109 L.Ed.2d 184 (1990)Styne v. Stevens
26 Cal. 4th 42, 26 P.3d 343, 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 14 (2001)SunTrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Co.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
268 F.3d 1257 (2001)
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Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. v. Sanders
143 Cal. App. 3d 571 (1983)Third Story Music, Inc. v. WaitsThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
48 Cal. Rptr. 2D 747 (1995)Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. v. Unger
14 F. Supp. 2d 339 (1998)Turner Entertainment Co. v. HustonThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
Decision No. 68 Roll No. 615/92 December 19 1994, 16 Ent. L. Rptr. 10:3 (1995), Ent. L. Rep. Mar. 1995 (1994)
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UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3.com, Inc.
92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (2000)
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Vargas v. Esquire, Inc.
164 F.2d 522 (1947)
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Warner Bros. Inc. v. Gay Toys, Inc.
724 F.2d 327 (1983)Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. v. BumgarnerThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
197 Cal. App. 2d 331, 17 Cal. Rptr. 171 (1961)Wendt v. Host International, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
125 F.3d 806 (1997)White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
989 F.2d 1512 (1993)Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-GordonThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
118 N.E. 214, 222 N.Y. 88 (1917)Wrench, LLC v. Taco Bell Corp.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
51 F.Supp.2d 840 (1999), 256 F.3d 446 (2001)
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Yocum v. Covington
216 U.S.P.Q. 210 (1982)
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Zilg v. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
717 F.2d 671 (1983)
