Entertainment Law on a Global Stage

LaFrance, 1st Ed.

ISBN-13: 9780314266842

ISBN-10: 0314266844

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A

ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd.
722 F.2d 988 (1983)
AFL Philadelphia LLC, and Jon Bongiovi, Jr. v. Joseph E. Krause, Jr.
639 F. Supp. 2d 512 (2009)
Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc.
578 F.3d 148 (2009)

B

Bell v. Streetwise Records, Ltd.
640 F. Supp. 575 (1986)
Bi-Rite Enterprises, Inc. v. Bruce Miner Co.
757 F.2d 440 (1985)
Bob Dylan
18 IIC 418 (German Federal Supreme Court 1985)
Bong v. Alfred S. Campbell Art Company
214 U.S. 236 (1909)
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publisher, Ltd. v. The Walt Disney Company
145 F.3d 481 (1998)
Boulez v. Commissioner
83 T.C. No. 31, 83 T.C. 584 (U.S.Tax Ct.1984)
Bridgeman Art Library, Ltd. v. Corel Corp.
36 F.Supp.2d 191 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films
410 F.3d 792 (2005)
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
564 U.S. 786, 131 S. Ct. 2729 (2011)
Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures, Corp.
13 U.S.P.Q.2d 1497, 17 Media L. Rep. 1257 (Cal. Sup. Ct. 1990)
Buffalo Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
744 F.2d 917 (2d Cir. 1984)

C

Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
292 F.3d 1139 (2002)
Campbell Connelly & Co. v. Noble
[1963] 1 All E.R. 237 (U.K. Chancery Div.)
Campbell v. Mirror Group Newspaper Ltd.
[2004] UKHL 22; [2004] 2 A.C. 457. [2002] 2 W.L.R. 1232, [2004] 2 All E.R. 995, 2004 WL 852411 (2004)
Cardtoons v. Major League Baseball Players Association
95 F.3d 959 (10th Cir. 1996)
Caterpillar, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co.
287 F.Supp.2d 913 (C.D. Ill. 2003)
Cheek and Her Majesty the Queen
Case No. 1999-1113(IT)G (2002)
Christina McCabe v. The Village Voice, Inc.
550 F. Supp. 525, 8 Media L. Rep. 2580 (1982)
Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. Gary Saderup, Inc.
25 Cal.4th 387, 21 P.3d 797, 106 Cal. Rptr. 2d 126 (2001)
Community for Creative Non-violence v. Reid
846 F.2d 1485 Aff'd, 490 U.S. 730, 109 S.Ct. 2166 (1989)
Corcovado Music Corp. v. Hollis Music, Inc.
981 F.2d 679 (2d Cir. 1993)
Croce v. Kurnit
565 F. Supp. 884 (1982)
Cuccioli v. Jekyll & Hyde Neue Metropol Bremen Theater Produktion GMBH & Co.
150 F. Supp. 2d 566 (2001)
Curb v. MCA Records, Inc.
898 F. Supp. 586 (1995)
Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
388 U.S. 130 (1967)

D

Danjaq LLC v. Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
Case T-435/05 (2009)
Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
539 U.S. 23 (2003)
DC Comics v. Kryptonite Corporation
336 F.Supp.2d 324 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
Deangelo Bailey v. Marshall Bruce Mathers, III A/K/A Eminem Slim Shady
2003 Wl 22410088, 31 Media L. Rep. 2575 (2003)
DeBardossy v. Puski
763 F.Supp. 1239 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)
Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft GMBH v. Metro-SB-GrossMarkte GMBH & Co. Ltd.
[1971] ECR 487, [1971] CMLR 631, 2 IIC 429 (1971)
Douglas v. Hello! Ltd
EWCA Civ 595, QB 125 (United Kingdom Court of Appeal (Civil Division)) (2000)

E

Ehrlich v. Diggs
169 F. Supp. 2d 124, 98 CV 7497 ((RJD) D.C. N.Y. 2001)
EMI Latin, A Division of Capitol Records, Inc. v. Francisco Bautista
2003 WL 470333 (Dist. Ct. S.D.N.Y. 2003)
Estate of Presley v. Russen
513 F. Supp. 1339 (1981)
Experience Hendrix LLC and Times Newspapers Ltd.
[2010] EWHC 1986 (UK Chancery Division) (2010)

F

Faris v. Enberg
97 Cal. App. 3d 309, 158 Cal. Rptr. 704 (1979)
Fernando Torres-Negron v. J & N Records
504 F.3d 151 (2007)
Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd. v. UMG Recordings, inc.
2010 WL 3564258 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
Filmvideo Releasing Corp. v. Hastings
668 F.2d 91 (2d Cir. 1981)
Football Association Premier League LTD. v. QC Leisure
Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08 (2011)
Foxworthy v. Custom Tees, Inc.
879 F.Supp. 1200 (N.D. Ga. 1995)

G

Galella v. Onassis
353 F. Supp. 196 (1972)
Gaste v. Kaiserman
863 F.2d 1061 (1988)
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
418 U.S. 323, 94 S.Ct. 2997, 41 L.Ed.2d 789 (1974)
Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Cos., Inc.
538 F.2d 14 (1976)
Golan v. Holder
565 U.S. 302 (2012)
Goosen v. Commissioner
136 T.C. 547 (2011)
Grimson v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
934 F.Supp. 965 (N.D. Ill. 1996)

H

Home Box Office, Inc. v. Directors Guild of America, Inc.
531 F. Supp. 578 (1982)

I

In re AEG Acquisition Corp.
127 Bankr. 34 (C.D. Cal. Bankr.Ct. 1991), aff'd, 161 Bankr. 50 (BAP 9th Cir. 1993)
In re California Music Theater Inc. and American Federation of Musicians Local 47
94 Lab. Arb. (BNA) 92 (June 14, 1989)
In re: Carl T. Mitchell, P/K/A Twista Creator's Way Associated Labels, Inc. v. and LB Entertainment v. Carl T. Mitchell, P/K/A Twista
249 B.R. 55, Bankr. L. Rep. (CCH) P78, 193; 44 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d (MB) 421; 36 Bankr. Ct. Dec. 53 (Bank. S.D.N.Y. 2000)
In re J.Ned, Inc. and American Federation of Musicians Local 47
105 Lab. Arb. Rep. (BNA) 631 (1995)
In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name and Likeness Licensing Litigation (Keller v. Electronic Arts Inc.)
724 F.3d 1268 (2013)
In re Peregrine Entertainment, Ltd.
116 B.R. 194 (1990)
In re World Auxiliary Power Co.
303 F.3d 1120 (2002)
International Film Exchange v. Corinth Films
621 F.Supp 631 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)
In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Directors Guild of America, inc. and Columbia Pictures Industries, inc. - relating to "Deceptions"
Case No. 01799 (1986)
In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Directors Guild of America, inc. and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., Relating to "Bad Medicine" Directors Guild of America - Producers Arbitration Tribunal
Case No. 01776 (1986)
In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Directors Guild of America, inc. and Warner Bros., Inc., Relating to "Club America" Directors Guild of America - Producers Arbitration Tribunal
Case No. 01882 (1986)
In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Writers Guild of America West, inc. and Universal City Studios, inc. - relating to "Kentucky Derby"
Case No. 87-CO-264 (1988)
Irvine and Another v. Talksport, Ltd.
[2002] EWHC 367 (2002)
Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc.
153 F.3d 82 (1998)

J

Jambetta Music, Inc. v. Wayne Nugent, D/B/A Dangerous Music, Midmafia, Thief in Da Night, Bruce Wayne, and P.Dubbs
2008 NY Slip Op 30363U; 2008 WL 412618 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. 2008)
John v. MGN Ltd.
[1997] Q.B. 586 (1997)
Jones v. Tsige
2012 CarswellOnt 274, 2012 ONCA 32, 108 O.R. (3d) 241 (Ontario Ct. App. 2012)

K

Kalantari v. NITV, Inc.
352 F.3d 1202 (2003)
King v. Innovation Books
976 F.2d 824 (1992)
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
568 U.S. 519 (2013)

L

Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and the Greater Lancaster Federation of Musicians, Local 294, AFM, AFL-CIO, Petitioner
357 NLRB No. 152 (Dec. 27, 2011)
Lark v. Post-Newsweek Stations
1994 Conn. Super. LEXIS 3055 (1994)
Leadsinger, Inc. v. BMG Music Publishing
512 F.3d 522 (9th Cir. 2008)
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Inc. v. Trevino
945 F.Supp. 563 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)
Liu Xiang v. LifeStyle
Beijing No. 1. Intermediate People’s Court (2005)
London Film Productions Limited v. Intercontinental Communications, Inc.
580 F. Supp. 47, 223 U.S.P.Q. 381 (1984)
Lucasfilm Limited v. Ainsworth
[2011] UKSC 39 (2011)
Lutz v. De Laurentiis
211 Cal.App.3d 1317, 260 Cal.Rptr. 106 (Cal.App. 2 Dist., 1989)

M

Madame Valerie Trierweiler v. VSD Company
Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris (September 4th, 2012)
Main Line Pictures v. Basinger
1994 WL 814244 (1994)
Mardas v. New York TImes Co.
[2008] EWHC 3135 (QB) [2009] E.M.L.R. 8 (2009)
Marinos v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 1989-492 (1989)
Marino v. Writers Guild of America
992 F.2d 1480 (1993)
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records
296 F.3d 894 (9th Cir. 2002)
MCA Records, Inc. v. Newton-John
90 Cal. App. 3d 18 (1979)
McBee v. Delica Co.
417 F.3d 107 (2005)
Memphis Development Foundation v. Factors Etc., Inc.
616 F.2d 956 (1980)
Morrill v. Smashing Pumpkins
157 F.Supp.2d 1120 (C.D. Cal. 2001)
Muni v. INS
891 F.Supp. 440 (N.D. Ill. 1995)
Murray v. Big Pictures (UK) Limited
[2008] EWCA Civ 446 (2008)
Musik-Vertrieb Membran GMBH v. Gema
[1981] ECR 147, [1981] 2 CMLR 44, [1981] FSR 433, 12 IIC 526 (1981)
Mzamane v. Winfrey
693 F. Supp. 2d 442 (2010)

N

Nadel v. Play-by-Play Toys & Novelties, Inc.
208 F.3d 368 (2d Cir. 2000)
Nail v. Jones
(2004) EWHC 647 (Q.B.) (2004)
National Labor Relations Board v. Actors' Equity Association
644 F.2d 939 (2d Cir. 1981)
Newton-John v. Scholl-Plough (Australia) Ltd.
11 FCR 233, [1986] ATPR 47,631 (P40-697), 1986 WL 590370 (1986)
Newton v. Diamond
388 F.3d 1189 (2004)

O

Olson v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
855 F.2d 1446 (9th Cir. 1988)
Orion Pictures Co., Inc. v. Dell Pub. Co., Inc.
471 F.Supp. 392 (S.D.N.Y. 1979)

P

Pacific Dunlop Ltd. v. Hogan
[1989] FCA 185, 23 F.C.R. 553, 87 A.L.R. 14 (1989)
P&D International v. Halsey Publishing Co.
672 F.Supp. 1429 (S.D. Fla. 1987)
Phil Collins v. Imtrat Handelsgesellschaft GmbH
[1993] ECR I-5145, C-92/92 (Oct. 20, 1993)
Pingley v. Brunson
272 S.C. 421, 252 S.E.2d 560 (1979)
Project Blue Sky v. Australian Broadcasting Authority High Court of Australia
[1998] HCA 28 (1998)

R

Rano v. Sipa Press
987 F.2d 580 (9th Cir. 1993)
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commn.
395 U.S. 367 (1969)
Regina (on the Application of British Board of Film Classification) v. Video Appeals Committee
Case No. Co/11296/2007 (2008)
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
521 U.S. 844 (1997)
Reynolds v. Times Newspaper Ltd. and Others
[2001] 2 AC 127, [1999] 4 All ER 609, [1999] 3 WLR 1010 (1999)
Richard Warren et al. v. Fox Family Worldwide, Inc. et al.
328 F.3d 1136, 66 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1682; Copy L. Rep. (CCH) P28,618, 2003 Daily Journal DAR 5093 (Ct. App. 9th Cir. 2003)
Right to Use a Photograph or Image
Case Number 2003 (Ju) No. 281, Reporter Minshu Vol. 59 No. 9 (2005)
Ringgold v. Black Entertainment Television, Inc.
126 F.3d 70 (1997)
Robi v. Reed
173 F.3d 736 (1999)
Robyn Rihanna Fenty v. Arcadia Group Brands, Ltd. (T/A Topshop)
[2013] EWHC 2310, 2013 WL 387813 (2013)
Roth v. Garcia Marquez
942 F.2d 617 (9th Cir. 1991)
Roth v. United States
354 U.S. 476 (1957)

S

S.A. Compagnie Generale Pour La Diffusion de la Television, Coditel v. S.A. Cine Vog Films
Case 62/79, [1980] ECR 881 (1980)
Sarl Louis Feraud International v. Viewfinder, Inc.
489 F.3d 474 (2007)
Simenon v. Commissioner
44 T.C. 820 (Tax Ct.1965)
Solano v. Playgirl, Inc.
292 F.3d 1078 (2002)
Stemowski v. Commissioner
690 F.2d 40 (2nd Cir. 1982)
Storey v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo. 2012-115 (2012)

T

The Pink Lady Case
2009 (Ju) No. 2056, Minshu Vol. 66 No. 2 (2012)
Tristar Pictures v. Directors Guild of America
160 F.3d 537 (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)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. The South Australian Bewery Co. Ltd.
[1996] FCA 1484, 1996 WL 1745933 (1996)

U

Union Royale Belge des Societies de Football Association ASBL . Jean-Marc Bosman
Case C-415/93, 1995 ECJ CELEX LEXIS 220, [1995] ECR I-4921 (1995)
United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (In re Fox Broadcasting)
870 F.Supp. 1211 (S.D.N.Y. 1995)
Universal-MCA Music Publishing v. Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
2003 WL 21497318 (2003)

V

Von Hannover v. Germany (no. 3)
[2013] ECHR 835 (2013)

W

Walz v. Commissioner
T.C. Summary Opinion 2005-1 (2005)
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. v. Brodel
31 Cal. 2d 766, 192 P.2d 949 (1948)
Warner Bros v. Christiansen
Case 158/86, 1988 ECJ CELEX LEXIS 146, [1988] ECR 2605 (1988)
Welch v. Carson Productions Group, Ltd.
791 F.2d 13 (1986)
Welles v. Turner Entertainment Co.
503 F.3d 728 (9th Cir. 2007)
White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
971 F.2d 1395 (1992)
White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
989 F.2d 1512 (9th Cir. 1993)
William M. Joel, Professionally Known as Billy Joel v. Francis X. Weber (Action No. 1) Frank Management, Inc. v. Christie B. Joel (Action No. 2)
153 Misc. 2d 549, 581 N.Y.S.2d 579 (1992)
Williams v. UMG Recordings, Inc.
281 F. Supp. 2d 1177 (2003)

Y

Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme
433 F.3d 1199 (2006)
Yessup Touring II, LLC F/S/O Van halen v. Baltimore Orioles, Inc.
2005 WL 6124309 (DC CA. 2005)

Z

Zomba Recording LLC v. Williams
15 Misc. 3d 1118A, 839 N.Y.S.2d 438, 2007 NY Slip Op 50752U (Sup C. N.Y. Cty 2007)

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