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73 Articles match "2006","Film"
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Viacom v. YouTube: A disappointing decision, but how important?
March 2006 memo from YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim: "As of today episodes and clips of the following well-known shows can still be found: Family Guy, South Park, MTV Cribs, Daily Show, Reno 911, Dave Chapelle. I've now had a chance to re-read and digest last week's summary judgment ruling in Viacom v. YouTube. See Viacom Motion at 25 n.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Sunday, June 27, 2010
Google Defeats Viacom’s Copyright Case with DMCA Safe Harbor
Of course, Google’s image does not come up clean after this nearly three-year long battle.Emails surfaced that seem to imply that Google not only knew of the large amount of illegal content on YouTube prior to purchasing it in 2006, but that it valued the illegal content. Is this where the responsibility should lie? Image Source.
JetLawBlog
- Friday, June 25, 2010
Entertainment Law Update Podcast, Episode 10
court in 2006 against British prop designer, Andrew Ainsworth, for copyright and trademark infringement of the Star Wars’ “Storm Trooper” design. bits and pieces of ideas in other films? Sarver has filed suit in New Jersey against “The Hurt Locker, LLC&# claiming that the film exploits his personal life story. link].
Gordon P. Firemark
- Thursday, April 1, 2010
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Kaiser Wahab to Speak on PPM's in Film on an Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) Panel
One bright spot, I will be giving a lecture on how Private Placement Memoranda work in the film industry. Info for the Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) event is below. This "grassroots" community event features a powerful roster of highly topical speakers from the worlds of film and finance. Past meetings (e.g.:
BizMediaLaw
- Tuesday, December 19, 2006
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United Press International - Security & Terrorism - Film warns of military-industrial complex
The movie, the Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, focuses on the topics of preemption, the industry of war and global economic colonialism by the United States. The film opens with President Dwight D. An especially powerful segment of the film shows a world map that is then chronologically peppered with U.S.
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KIRBY v. SEGA (2006)
4th 47 , 2006 Cal. 2006) Entertainment Software Association v. Mark will be speaking at a film finance seminar titled “ Getting Films Funded ” held at the WGA theater on March 29, 2008. Sega of America, Inc. Kirby conceded she has no singular identity; her appearance and visual style are “continually moving.” Kirby v.
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PRODUCER OF "A FOREIGN AFFAIR" SUES MYRIAD PICTURES FOR FRAUD AND BREACH OF CONTRACT
We have filed suit on behalf of our client Black and White Films, Inc., According to the suit, Myriad also failed to pay $25,000 for a Hi-Def to film transfer, and breached the agreement by failing to provide the producer with quarterly accounting statements. The film was released theatrically in the United States in May 2004.
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MARK LITWAK’S UPCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Management, Reg# S2964U This comprehensive seminar explores how independent films are financed and distributed. More info: [link] [link] Film Business & Law Seminar, California Lawyers for the Arts at Loyola Law School. September 30, 2006. Mark will give the keynote address on finding distribution for independent films.
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Screenwriter loses implied contract suit against Miramax
Miramax Film Corp., 2006) (read case at www.EntertainmentLawReporter.com/decisions/Grosso_v_Miramax.pdf) ROMEO AND JULIET THEATRICAL RELEASE Congratulations to our client Phil Nibbelink whose animated family film, Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss opens on October 27, 2006 on numerous screens. Grosso v. Case No. Super.
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Congress passes the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005
109-235 (2006), available at [link] Video-gamer Blizzard Entertainment and Blizzard Records do not infringe one another’s trademarks. 2006 WL 1644693, 2006 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 39054 (W.D.N.Y. 2006) The Path To 9/11 Premieres On ABC September 10 & 11. It was filmed in Toronto, Morocco, New York, Washington D.C., Mele v.
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District Court Does Not Allow Punitive Damages for Copyright Infringement
Congratulations to our clients: Producer Hal Schwartz whose film Crazy Love received nationwide distribution on the Lifetime Network on Valentine's day. Filmmaker Sherman Lau whose feature Zooey will appear in Cinequest Film Festival on March 9 and 10. Calio v. Sofa Express, Inc. 368 F.Supp.2d 1290 (M.D.Fla., 2005).
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Protecting Your Pitches
Protecting Your Pitches The Director's Chair , May 16, 2006 When a writer or filmmaker conceives a great idea for a film and wants to pitch it, he or she is sometimes fearful that it can be stolen and made into a film. few easy ways to protect your idea includes: Writing it down (i.e. Rajwans Business & Entertainment Law: [lin
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Stanley Crouch: Parks' self-respect - The Sacramento Bee
Stanley Crouch: Parks' self-respect - The Sacramento Bee Stanley Crouch: Parks' self-respect By Stanley Crouch Published 2:15 am PST Saturday, March 11, 2006 Within three days after a minstrel show interrupted the Oscars ceremony but wasn't noticed, Gordon Parks died. Parks was also one of the founders of Essence.
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