Entertainment Law

Simensky, 3rd Ed.

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Academy Chicago Publishers v. Cheever
144 Ill.2d 24, 161 Ill.Dec. 335, 578 N.E.2d 981 (1991)
A & M Records v. Abdallah
948 F. Supp. 1449 (1996)
A & M Records v. Napster, Inc.
239 F.3d 1004 (2001)
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
535 U.S. 234 (2002)

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Batfilm Productions, Inc. v. Warner Bros. Inc.
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. Mitchell
92 Cal. App. 3d 61, 155 Cal. Rptr. 29 (1979)
Bright Tunes Music Corp. v. Harrisongs Music
420 F. Supp. 177 (1976)
Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures, Corp.
13 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1497 (1990)
Byers v. Edmondson
712 So. 2d 681 (1998)

C

Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
510 U.S. 569, 114 S.Ct. 1164, 127 L.Ed.2d 500 (1994)
Cardtoons v. Major League Baseball Players Association
95 F.3d 959 (1996)
Chesler v. Avon Book Division
352 N.Y.S.2d 552, 76 Misc. 2d 1048 (1973)
Childress v. Taylor
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.
21 P.3d 797 (2001)
Comic Strip, Inc. v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
710 F. Supp. 976 (1989)
Community for Creative Non-violence v. Reid
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 Corporation
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. Wilder
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. Cohen
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 Foundation
438 U.S. 726, 98 S.Ct. 3026, 57 L.Ed.2d 1073 (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. Falwell
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. Wilson
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 Books
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 Indianapolis
192 F.3d 608 (1999)
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records
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.
900 F. Supp. 1287 (1995)
Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
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.
208 F.3d 368 (2000)
New Kids on the Block v. News America Publishing, Inc.
971 F.2d 302 (1992)
New York Times Company, Inc. v. Tasini
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.
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 LLC
150 F. Supp. 2d 613 (2001)
Redgrave v. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
855 F.2d 888 (1988)
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
521 U.S. 844 (1997)
Rey v. Lafferty
990 F.2d 1379 (1993)
Rice v. Paladin Enterprises, Inc.
128 F.3d 233 (1997)
Richcar Music Co. v. Towns
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)

S

Sanders v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al.
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.
18 Cal.4th 200 (1998)
Sigmon v. Goldstone
101 N.Y.S. 986, 116 A.D. 490 (1906)
Silverman v. CBS, Inc.
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. Davis
442 U.S. 397 (1979)
Stewart v. Abend
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.
268 F.3d 1257 (2001)

T

Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. v. Sanders
143 Cal. App. 3d 571 (1983)
Third Story Music, Inc. v. Waits
48 Cal. Rptr. 2d 747 (1995)
Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. v. Unger
14 F. Supp. 2d 339 (1998)
Turner Entertainment Co. v. Huston
Decision No. 68 Roll No. 615/92 December 19 1994, 16 Ent. L. Rptr. 10:3 (1995), Ent. L. Rep. Mar. 1995 (1994)

U

UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3.com, Inc.
92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (2000)

V

Vargas v. Esquire, Inc.
164 F.2d 522 (1947)

W

Warner Bros. Inc. v. Gay Toys, Inc.
724 F.2d 327 (1983)
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. v. Bumgarner
197 Cal. App. 2d 331, 17 Cal. Rptr. 171 (1961)
Wendt v. Host International, Inc.
125 F.3d 806 (1997)
White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
989 F.2d 1512 (1993)
Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
118 N.E. 214, 222 N.Y. 88 (1917)
Wrench, LLC v. Taco Bell Corp.
51 F.Supp.2d 840 (1999), 256 F.3d 446 (2001)

Y

Yocum v. Covington
216 U.S.P.Q. 210 (1982)

Z

Zilg v. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
717 F.2d 671 (1983)

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