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Debbie Rowe Interview Causes Trouble for TMZ
Marc Schaffel Productions against Fox News earlier this year for its broadcasting of the same interview.
Courtesy of BBC News
Celebrity gossip website TMZ is now facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for its posting of a 2003 video interview with Michael Jackson’s ex-wife and the mother of his two oldest children, Debbie Rowe. The complaint was filed Monday in the U.S.
JetLawBlog
- Thursday, February 25, 2010
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Why hasn't Fox sued makers of Duff Beer?
By Eriq Gardner If boxing announcer Michael Buffer can sue a Texas radio station for infringing his catch-phrase, "Let's get ready to rumble," surely 20th Century Fox can go after a Mexican individual who has come out with a new...
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Fox lawsuit wonders why studios ever buy insurance
By Eriq Gardner Fox Entertainment wants to know if there's really any point in taking out insurance on a movie. The company has filed a fascinating lawsuit against Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, saying the insurer sold Fox coverage that was...
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MOTHERFUCKER! Fox v. FCC Overturned; Clarence Thomas Captured by Space Aliens!
In an opinion written by Scalia, the Second Circuit’s speech-protective ruling in Fox v. by Marc J. Randazza and Jason Fischer
The The 5-4 decision came down yesterday. FCC was overturned. (Prior
The Legal Satyricon
- Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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WFLD v. Progress Illinois: Fox declines to sue in face of fair use claim; YouTube restores videos
In a victory for Progress Illinois , YouTube has restored the liberal web site's account , which had been disabled after Fox Television Stations, Inc. sent DMCA takedown notices on 3 videos that incorporated footage from WFLD , Fox' Chicago O&O. Fox never did sue, so today YouTube reposted the contested videos -- as well as all the others that had been disabled when the account was suspended. That third notice constituted a (temporarily) fatal third strike, causing YouTube to label Progress Illinois a " repeat infringer " under the DMCA and terminate its entire account, which now holds 132 videos.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Thursday, January 29, 2009
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Study: 50% of indecency complaints directed at Fox; CNN's 'Situation Room' tops cablers
By Eriq Gardner Members of the "tea party" don't like MSNBC's Rachel Maddow's use of the word "teabagging." According to FCC records obtained and analyzed by SNL Kagan, viewers have filed 1,239 indecency complaints connected to the phrase. The only...
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Hollywood Docket: Music price-fixing case returns; Fox vs. FCC (video); Coldplay song theft?
Entertainment law news this morning: A federal appeals court has reinstated an antitrust class action lawsuit against the major record labels over alleged price-fixing of online music. A district court had dismissed the case due to failure to state a...
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Fox Fires Friedman for Reviewing Pirated Wolverine?
What was Fox News 411 columnist Roger Friedman thinking? It's hard to fathom what was going on in his mind when he downloaded the pirated early edit of Fox's Wolverine and reviewed it. Well, not surprisingly, Fox has let the freelancer go, reports Nikki Finke. Tags: Summer Movies Fox piracy Wolverin He was out of line on several fronts, along with being just plain self-destructive. Yes, he was showing how easy it was to view a bootleg movie online.
Thompson On Hollywood
- Sunday, April 5, 2009
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Watchmen Fracas Resolved: Fox Gets Back End Share
The Watchmen Duel of the Titans between Fox and Warners has been resolved .
Fox is also a winner. Loser: Producer Larry Gordon, who lost face when the judge blamed him for not nailing down the rights; plus, he may have to give up some of his share of the gross, to make up for what Warner has to pay to Fox.
...Tags: Tags: Comics Courtroom Winners: Warners. They get to open the movie as planned on March 6.
Thompson On Hollywood
- Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Sundance Watch: Fox Searchlight Buys Adam
Late Monday night, word hit the Cinetic party at Zoom that soon after Adam's Sundance debut, Fox Searchlight had acquired worldwide rights to writer-director Max Mayer's romance Adam, starring Brits Rose Byrne (Damages) and Hugh Dancy (Savage Grace), who plays a man with Asberger Syndrome in love with his New York neighbor. Tags: Sundance Adam Fox Searchlight Hugh Dancy Rose Byrne Sundanc A release soon confirmed that the specialty unit will open the film later this year. "Adam
Thompson On Hollywood
- Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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Transformers' Megan Fox Shoots Esquire Video
Clever marketing: put Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen star Megan Fox on the cover of Esquire. BTW, in this silent video with music, Fox sexily writhes in bed in a black bra, provocatively adds a white shirt to her wardrobe, then poses pool side in a one piece which is NOT a bikini, eats a burger, and does not swim.
Tags: Transformers Esquire Greg Williams Megan Fox Transformers: Revenge of the Falle Shoot a Red One Camera video by Greg Williams to sell the cover story and photo spread. Let the video spread through the web like wildfire. (Which
Thompson On Hollywood
- Monday, May 4, 2009
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