11 Articles match "2007","Rights","Strategy"

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• Non-Scripted Outlets Want A Bigger Piece Of The Hostess Pie
  
  brand recognition in their own right) or have pre-existing merchandising deals. The Food Network made Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray into television stars and household names. This is an important sea change in talent negotiations on non-scripted programming. revenues from branding the network as opposed to the talent).
  DealFatigue - Saturday, December 22, 2007
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• Videogame Producer Can Base Game Character on A Real Celebrity
  
  In the event of a dispute, learn what remedies are available to enforce your rights. Topics include creative accounting; customary terms of contracts; negotiating tactics and strategies; properly securing rights to your work; and how to avoid being sued for copyright infringement, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Kirby v.
  Entertainment Law Resources Blog - Sunday, March 4, 2007
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• Fans, Friends & Followers: Playbook for the Social Media Age
  
  So the author of 2007's The Future of Web Video and 2008's Inventing the Movies decided that he had to self-publish his newest book, Fans, Friends and Followers. Cinematech blogger Scott Kirsner drank the digital Kool-aid some time back. If I was writing that artists had to be their own entrepreneur," he says, "then I had to do it too.".
  Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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• IP 'Czar' nominee Espinel bows to boffo reviews
  
  million workers in 2007 and paid more than $41.1 Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center Last year, Congress passed the bipartisan PRO-IP Act to protect the ownership rights of inventors and creators while ensuring the products consumers use are authentic, safe and effective. The verdict? They like her! economy.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Friday, September 25, 2009
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• The Joel Tenenbaum case: Frequently Asked Questions
  
  Judge Gertner was appointed to the federal bench by President Clinton in 1993, after a career in private practice as a criminal defense and civil rights attorney. He is co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society , a research center that is often critical of copyright owners and their efforts to enforce their rights.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Sunday, July 26, 2009
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• The Jammie Thomas Re-trial: Frequently Asked Questions
  
  The record labels won the first round in October 2007 when the jury at Thomas' first trial found for the plaintiffs and awarded them $222,000 in statutory damages for infringing 24 songs. The plaintiffs allege that Thomas violated their exclusive right to "distribute" their works. What's the case in a nutshell? Who are the plaintiffs?
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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• House Foreign Affairs gathers in Van Nuys to bash pirates, foreign governments (except France)
  
  The French plan to fight Internet piracy by establishing a government-run "three strikes" graduated response program may be getting little love in the blogosphere , but it was held up by several participants as an example of a potentially effective strategy for the US. Yes, France! From Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) on the left to Rep.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Monday, April 6, 2009
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• Studios Release Final Offer to SAG
  
  didn’t expect a positive response, since offers are not generally released — an exception being the July 2007 AMPTP and Writers Guild proposals, which I analyzed in detail last year. That means that the two agreements expire almost simultaneously, allowing the two unions to coordinate strategy — and threaten a joint strike. Minimums.
  Digital Media Law - Thursday, December 4, 2008
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• Tenenbaum lawyer admits liability; damages now main issue
  
  Its been clear for some time that Joel Tenenbaum would face a steep uphill battle countering the record label plaintiffs' evidence that he infringed their rights in 30 sound recordings by downloading and distributing them over the KaZaA peer-to-peer network—but it was still jarring to hear one of his attorneys openly admit liability today in court.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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• Entertainment Law Update Podcast – Episode 9, Olympic trademarks, album integrity, and more.
  
  Chuck Yeager not so successful in another right of publicity lawsuit. Court dismissed Yeager’s right of privacy claims as time barred by the statute of limitations. Athletes’ Right of Publicity claims against NCAA: Edward O’Bannon v. NBC paid $820 million for the exclusive right to say “Olympic Coverage.&#
  Gordon P. Firemark - Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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