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Advertiser Protection under CDA Section 230 for User-Generated Online Contest Submissions Will Go to Jury
Subway brought an action against Quiznos and iFilm, which partnered with Quiznos on the video contest, under the Lanham Act for false and deceptive advertising and various related state law claims, alleging that, in brief summary, the tv ads, the sample videos and the user-submitted videos unfairly compared its products with Quiznos products. A hard-fought battle between two sandwich franchises has yielded an opinion dealing with the application of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to videos submitted as part of an online contest. The result is an unusual ruling that sends to
New Media and Technology Law
- Friday, March 5, 2010
FCC Clarifies Application of the Multiple Ownership Rules After the Digital Transition Makes the Grade A Contour Disappear
However, the new ownership position of its creditors, where their interests became attributable for the first time, required multiple ownership reviews in several markets, as these same investors were owners, or holders of significant debt (triggering an EDP issue ) in other companies holding radio or TV licenses in nearby markets. The FCC's rules limiting the common ownership of radio and television stations, and of television stations and daily newspapers , are triggered by the Grade A contours of the television station encompassing the city of license of the radio station, or the city in which the newspaper is published.
Broadcast Law Blog
- Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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'Heroes' is most-pirated TV show of 2009
evil, making NBC's "Heroes" the most-pirated TV show of the year. By Eriq Gardner RELATED: And the most-pirated film of 2009 is.... In 2008, pirates were obsessed with good vs. This year, the buzz is that the show may be...
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Top 5 ways film/TV product placement causes lawsuits
By Eriq Gardner Hollywood has increasingly turned to brand integration as a way to recover revenue lost to piracy and technologies that let users zap commercials. Naturally, the rise of product placement means more lawsuits when things don't go as...
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Producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show Sued For Copyright Infringement
Several licenses and royalty streams are involved when music is played (live or recorded) on a TV show. The broadcasters/TV networks typically hold a blanket public performance license to pay the songwriters and publishers for the performance of the music. Tags: Blogroll Copyright Copyright Litigation Entertainment lawsuit Film/TV Music Business sound recordin By Tamera Bennett
If you have ever watched The Ellen DeGeneres Show you know how integral music is to her programming.
Current Trends
- Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Oprah, Oz Fight Acai Berry False Endorsements
Tags: Blogroll Branding Dallas/Fort Worth Texas Entertainment lawsuit Film/TV Right of Publicity trademark litigatio Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Memhet Oz do not endorse all those açaí berry products on the market that include their name and/or likeness.
Winfrey and Oz, through their business entities, filed a lawsuit against 40 companies for false association and misrepresentation.
Current Trends
- Thursday, August 20, 2009
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FCC Delays Filing Opportunity for New Low Power Television Stations
Tags: LPTV Low Power Television/Class A TV TV Television low powe This afternoon the FCC announced that it would postpone the opportunity to apply for new digital low power television stations until July 26, 2010 . The Commission had begun accepting applications for new digital LPTV stations in so-called rural areas beginning in late August, and had previously announced that it intended to expand the first-come, first-served filing opportunity to the rest of the country starting January 25, 2010.
Broadcast Law Blog
- Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Woody Allen v. American Apparel Heats Up
Tags: Blogroll Branding Entertainment lawsuit Film/TV trademark litigatio By Tamera H. Bennett
posted posted May 13, 2009
The lawsuit filed by actor/director Woody Allen over the unauthorized use of his image by American Apparel, Inc. on the billboard
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- Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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Don Henley Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit For Political Videos
Tags: Blogroll Copyright Copyright Litigation Entertainment lawsuit Film/TV Music music publishing sound recordin by Tamera H. Bennett
Songwriters Don Henley and Mike Campbell sued California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine for copyright infringement for the alleged unauthorized use of the song “The Boys of Summer.”
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- Monday, April 20, 2009
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Rejected Super Bowl ads: What's too racy for TV? (videos)
By Eriq Gardner What's a better value: spending $3 million plus production costs to air a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl or saving that $3 million when standards and practice lawyers at CBS reject the ad and everyone talks...
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Ad agency claims it invented TV product integration
By Eriq Gardner No advertising agency would have the brass to claim to have invented the concept of integrating a product into a television show, right? Guess again. Delaware-based ad agency Denizen is suing media agency Mindshare for stealing an...
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Hollywood Docket: Warners sued for TV profits; Steinbeck SJ; Philip K. Dick v. Google
has been sued for $6 million in unpaid profits in connection with a joint venture set up in 1984 to make and distribute 10 TV shows, including "Dukes of Hazzard" and "Night Court."...
...Tags: Entertainment law news this morning: Warner Bros. Tags: Hollywood Docke
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