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The Israelis are fighting back, saying that "Big Brother" borrowed its own format from "The Real World" and there's little originality in the reality TV genre. Eriq Gardner Endemol is suing an Israeli TV producer for infringing the format on "Big Brother." read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Business Big Brother International MORE
Eriq Gardner Fox, NBC, and various top reality show producers beat a man alleging that the ideas behind many TV shows were lifted from his plan. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Business MORE
The actor says he's owed $140,000 for his performance on 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' and a related comedy tour. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online MORE
An allegation of sexual misconduct could put producers on notice that they're responsible for contestant behavior on set, "even if it might make for great TV." read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Weekly Magazine Bachelor In Paradise MORE
Benjamin Shmueli, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, is publishing Children in Reality TV: A Comparative and International Perspective in volume 25 of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law (2015). Here is the abstract. The article addresses the proper MORE
From the New York Times, an article about the reality show husband who "wishes he had said no MORE
Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold aren't likely to succeed on a claim that they're entitled to copyright in the show. The judge won't interfere with a settlement agreement between Discovery and LMNO. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online MORE
By Eriq Gardner Last week, "Octo-Mom" Nadya Suleman signed a deal with Eyeworks, a British production company, to begin work on a TV show that will feature her 14 children. Because the children are minors, the parties took the contract. MORE
Candy Lab AR alleges a First Amendment violation in the way the city responded to "Pokemon Go" mania. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold, featured on TLC's "The Little Couple," seek a restraining order preventing producer LMNO from transferring intellectual property in the show. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online MORE
With models like these, what could possibly go wrong? Shortly before Google Glass launched, Jonathan Blum wrote a column on the product in his Digital Skeptic column on TheStreet.com–and he was the first columnist to predict the demise of Glass (“ The Digital Skeptic: Terms of Service Could Shatter Google Glass “). MORE
Jim Rutenberg discusses the immediate and overwhelming Twitter pushback against Kellyanne Conway's reference to the "Bowling Green Massacre," here, for the New York Times MORE
The production of a USA Network show was suspended due to Hamas rocket fire into Israel, and now comes a clash over the meaning of "war." read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online International MORE
By Eriq Gardner For one contestant on a reality show, the race to collect the grand prize hasn't stopped with the last episode. In a new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Charmel Brown says she was the winner. MORE
Hedda Muskat says her career was destroyed after a series she pitched failed to get off the ground, and has sufferred damages in excess of $2 million. read more. The Business Ashton Kutcher THR, Esq. Television Business CAA MORE
Dual Survival's' Joe Teti was alleged to be acting as an agent for the network when he wrote that a former friend was "mentally ill." read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online MORE
By Eriq Gardner Can a raunchy reality TV show tarnish the brand of a rock-n-roll themed restaurant chain? The Hard Rock Cafe owner is claiming in a new lawsuit that a TruTV series set at the Hard Rock Hotel &. MORE
The producers of 'Pawn Stars' say they had a deal for Fox Business's first reality TV series. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: Carnie Wilson wants some extra money for the hours spent toiling on her new reality show. The Wilson Phillips songstress today sued Game Show Network seeking $277,500 in additional pay for her services on the unfortunately. MORE
Cody Lundin, former co-host of 'Dual Survival,' alleges that producers edited footage to falsely portray him in the final episode as mentally unstable. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online MORE
By Eriq Gardner VH1 has announced it is postponing future airings of the reality show Megan Wants A Millionaire after contestant Ryan Jenkins was charged yesterday with murdering his ex-wife. Jenkins has not been located yet by police who suspect. MORE
Discovery wants a judge to order a hand-over of second season footage of '7 Little Johnstons.' read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
Matthew Belloni The fired "Two and a Half Men" actor has been sued by a man who claims Sheen and his family shot down a planned reality series starring estranged Sheen uncle Joe Estevez. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men MORE
"Pawn Star" producer says it had a deal for the cable news channel's first reality TV series. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
Court papers reveal why Fox Business backed away from a series about real estate. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
DeVoy After six years of teasing, ICANN finally delivers on a.xxx top-level domain for sites displaying adult content. The domains, which will be available by 2011, already have 110,000 pre-registrations through ICM Registry. Filed under: adult entertainment trademarks, domain names, internet law. MORE
I’m as big a Jon and Kate fan as the next reality television voyeur viewer, but watching this season is just painful. Unlike California, which treats reality television actors like traditional stage actors, Pennsylvania does not. Furthermore, Pennsylvania’s child labor laws have no provision for reality stars. Last week, the stars of a French reality television show won the right to overtime pay and holidays. MORE
Streaming is all the rage. But–it is cannibalizing higher margin goods, even digital goods. Because of the industry standard revenue share method of dividing up royalties, all artists essentially get a market share allocation of streaming service revenue based on the number of streams. Plus, with some exceptions, your royalty rate is dependent on factors you have no control over. MORE
By Eriq Gardner The United Nations is getting into reality television. The World Intellectual Property Organization, an agency of the U.N., is launching new alternative dispute resolution services for those who feel they've come up with the idea of a. MORE
Guidelines for reality tv and newsgathering folks. Bottom line: If you're in the Reality TV productoin biz, and a celebrity with kids arrives in your shot, you'd have to stop shooting, or risk being charged with violating the statute. Alert for Reality TV producers. Should celebrities' kids be off-limits for photographers and video crews? California's new law. MORE
By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: A man who says he pitched a reality show about collecting unpaid child support has sued Fox and production outfit 3Ball Prods for $1.19 million for going forward with the project without him. Jack Price, a. MORE
A lawsuit claims their "Wedding Rescue" idea -- registered with the WGA in 2007 -- was "uncannily similar" to the 2011 reality series. Television Dean McDermott Tori Spelling Reality TV read more. Oxygen THR, Esq. MORE
Tags: Labor Law child labor jon and kate plus 8 labor laws reality television reality tv MORE
Was the reason given to cancel a show really an attempt to save face with executives? read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
DeVoy AEBN will debut its RealTouch device to the general public in April, at Adultcon. Though simulating the sexual experience of adult actors is not a high-concept conquest, the technological barriers surrounding it are substantial. RealTouch sounds to be much more sophisticated than a mere oscillating vibrator. RealTouch simulates the authentic warmth moistness and relative [.]. MORE
Another cable reality show hit with a claim from an artist over alleged copyright infringement. Television Television Tech Business NBCUniversal SyFy Reality TVread more. THR, Esq. MORE
The website will "have no further contact whatsoever with any of the cast, crew or employees of 'The Bachelor,' " Warner Bros. tells THR. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. Television Television The Bachelor MORE
Chris Castle/MTP : I want to ask you about challenges in the streaming reality for an independent publisher. [Following is an interview with a reader who is an independent publisher about how they view the future for songwriters and independent publishers in the streaming upside down world to the right of the decimal place. The publisher requested to remain anonymous.]. MORE
"Bachelor" producers sue "Reality Steve" for a second time after he agreed last year to refrain from contacting personnel on the series. read more. The Bachelor THR, Esq. Television Tech MORE
The father of late cameraman Darren Rydstrom is the latest to file legal action related to the February 2013 accident. read more. The Business Discovery Communications THR Online THR, Esq. Business MORE
From the Hollywood Reporter: Talent agency Venture IAB is suing A&E as well as several individuals associated with the reality show Pawn Stars, alleging that they interfered with its contract with the show's stars, inducing them to cancel its agreement MORE
Television Reality TV Business CAA Hedda Muskat says her career in entertainment was destroyed, claiming Ashton Kutcher''s production company and CAA ruined her television project. read more. The Business Ashton Kutcher THR Online THR, Esq. MORE
Entertainment & Media Law Blog: has a great piece by Eriq Garder that surveys the Top 5 ways reality shows can get sued. Recommended reading for all up-and-coming producers of reality shows, documentary films, and other media featuring real-world situations. The Hollywood Reporter’s lawyer-oriented site, THR, Esq. MORE
Here it is: The MLC is about to hear those beautiful words. They will hear it in English. They will hear it in Spanish. They will hear it in Bantu, French, Portuguese, Pashto, Russian, Hausa, Berber and Czech. And songwriters will say it like they mean it. MORE
Reality Related Topics Music Technology Policy
MARCH 29, 2021
Here it is: The MLC is about to hear those beautiful words. They will hear it in English. They will hear it in Spanish. They will hear it in Bantu, French, Portuguese, Pashto, Russian, Hausa, Berber and Czech. And songwriters will say it like they mean it.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 5, 2014
Television Reality TV Business CAA Hedda Muskat says her career in entertainment was destroyed, claiming Ashton Kutcher''s production company and CAA ruined her television project. read more. The Business Ashton Kutcher THR Online THR, Esq.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 3, 2013
A lawsuit claims their "Wedding Rescue" idea -- registered with the WGA in 2007 -- was "uncannily similar" to the 2011 reality series. Television Dean McDermott Tori Spelling Reality TV read more. Oxygen THR, Esq.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 21, 2009
By Eriq Gardner VH1 has announced it is postponing future airings of the reality show Megan Wants A Millionaire after contestant Ryan Jenkins was charged yesterday with murdering his ex-wife. Jenkins has not been located yet by police who suspect.
Gordon P. Firemark
OCTOBER 14, 2013
Guidelines for reality tv and newsgathering folks. Bottom line: If you're in the Reality TV productoin biz, and a celebrity with kids arrives in your shot, you'd have to stop shooting, or risk being charged with violating the statute. Alert for Reality TV producers. Should celebrities' kids be off-limits for photographers and video crews? California's new law.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 21, 2017
Candy Lab AR alleges a First Amendment violation in the way the city responded to "Pokemon Go" mania. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Television Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 15, 2017
The actor says he's owed $140,000 for his performance on 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' and a related comedy tour. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online
Gordon P. Firemark
APRIL 12, 2009
Entertainment & Media Law Blog: has a great piece by Eriq Garder that surveys the Top 5 ways reality shows can get sued. Recommended reading for all up-and-coming producers of reality shows, documentary films, and other media featuring real-world situations. The Hollywood Reporter’s lawyer-oriented site, THR, Esq.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 19, 2015
With models like these, what could possibly go wrong? Shortly before Google Glass launched, Jonathan Blum wrote a column on the product in his Digital Skeptic column on TheStreet.com–and he was the first columnist to predict the demise of Glass (“ The Digital Skeptic: Terms of Service Could Shatter Google Glass “).
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 14, 2015
"Pawn Star" producer says it had a deal for the cable news channel's first reality TV series. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
Benjamin Shmueli, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, is publishing Children in Reality TV: A Comparative and International Perspective in volume 25 of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law (2015). Here is the abstract. The article addresses the proper
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
Chris Castle/MTP : I want to ask you about challenges in the streaming reality for an independent publisher. [Following is an interview with a reader who is an independent publisher about how they view the future for songwriters and independent publishers in the streaming upside down world to the right of the decimal place. The publisher requested to remain anonymous.].
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 14, 2012
The Israelis are fighting back, saying that "Big Brother" borrowed its own format from "The Real World" and there's little originality in the reality TV genre. Eriq Gardner Endemol is suing an Israeli TV producer for infringing the format on "Big Brother." read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Business Big Brother International
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 22, 2009
By Eriq Gardner For one contestant on a reality show, the race to collect the grand prize hasn't stopped with the last episode. In a new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Charmel Brown says she was the winner.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 27, 2014
The father of late cameraman Darren Rydstrom is the latest to file legal action related to the February 2013 accident. read more. The Business Discovery Communications THR Online THR, Esq. Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Discovery wants a judge to order a hand-over of second season footage of '7 Little Johnstons.' read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
Law of Hollywood Land
MAY 29, 2009
Tags: Labor Law child labor jon and kate plus 8 labor laws reality television reality tv
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Eriq Gardner Fox, NBC, and various top reality show producers beat a man alleging that the ideas behind many TV shows were lifted from his plan. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 11, 2018
Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold aren't likely to succeed on a claim that they're entitled to copyright in the show. The judge won't interfere with a settlement agreement between Discovery and LMNO. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 9, 2018
Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold, featured on TLC's "The Little Couple," seek a restraining order preventing producer LMNO from transferring intellectual property in the show. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2012
From the Hollywood Reporter: Talent agency Venture IAB is suing A&E as well as several individuals associated with the reality show Pawn Stars, alleging that they interfered with its contract with the show's stars, inducing them to cancel its agreement
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 3, 2013
"Bachelor" producers sue "Reality Steve" for a second time after he agreed last year to refrain from contacting personnel on the series. read more. The Bachelor THR, Esq. Television Tech
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Jim Rutenberg discusses the immediate and overwhelming Twitter pushback against Kellyanne Conway's reference to the "Bowling Green Massacre," here, for the New York Times
The Legal Satyricon
JUNE 25, 2010
DeVoy After six years of teasing, ICANN finally delivers on a.xxx top-level domain for sites displaying adult content. The domains, which will be available by 2011, already have 110,000 pre-registrations through ICM Registry. Filed under: adult entertainment trademarks, domain names, internet law.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 21, 2017
An allegation of sexual misconduct could put producers on notice that they're responsible for contestant behavior on set, "even if it might make for great TV." read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Weekly Magazine Bachelor In Paradise
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 25, 2017
The production of a USA Network show was suspended due to Hamas rocket fire into Israel, and now comes a clash over the meaning of "war." read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online International
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
By Eriq Gardner Can a raunchy reality TV show tarnish the brand of a rock-n-roll themed restaurant chain? The Hard Rock Cafe owner is claiming in a new lawsuit that a TruTV series set at the Hard Rock Hotel &.
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 28, 2010
From the New York Times, an article about the reality show husband who "wishes he had said no
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 29, 2010
By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: Carnie Wilson wants some extra money for the hours spent toiling on her new reality show. The Wilson Phillips songstress today sued Game Show Network seeking $277,500 in additional pay for her services on the unfortunately.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 30, 2011
Matthew Belloni The fired "Two and a Half Men" actor has been sued by a man who claims Sheen and his family shot down a planned reality series starring estranged Sheen uncle Joe Estevez. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 26, 2010
By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: A man who says he pitched a reality show about collecting unpaid child support has sued Fox and production outfit 3Ball Prods for $1.19 million for going forward with the project without him. Jack Price, a.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 15, 2010
By Eriq Gardner The United Nations is getting into reality television. The World Intellectual Property Organization, an agency of the U.N., is launching new alternative dispute resolution services for those who feel they've come up with the idea of a.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 9, 2018
Cody Lundin, former co-host of 'Dual Survival,' alleges that producers edited footage to falsely portray him in the final episode as mentally unstable. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 14, 2015
The producers of 'Pawn Stars' say they had a deal for Fox Business's first reality TV series. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 27, 2009
By Eriq Gardner Last week, "Octo-Mom" Nadya Suleman signed a deal with Eyeworks, a British production company, to begin work on a TV show that will feature her 14 children. Because the children are minors, the parties took the contract.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 31, 2015
Court papers reveal why Fox Business backed away from a series about real estate. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Was the reason given to cancel a show really an attempt to save face with executives? read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 4, 2012
The website will "have no further contact whatsoever with any of the cast, crew or employees of 'The Bachelor,' " Warner Bros. tells THR. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. Television Television The Bachelor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 12, 2017
Dual Survival's' Joe Teti was alleged to be acting as an agent for the network when he wrote that a former friend was "mentally ill." read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online
JetLawBlog
JUNE 9, 2009
I’m as big a Jon and Kate fan as the next reality television voyeur viewer, but watching this season is just painful. Unlike California, which treats reality television actors like traditional stage actors, Pennsylvania does not. Furthermore, Pennsylvania’s child labor laws have no provision for reality stars. Last week, the stars of a French reality television show won the right to overtime pay and holidays.
The Legal Satyricon
MARCH 31, 2010
DeVoy AEBN will debut its RealTouch device to the general public in April, at Adultcon. Though simulating the sexual experience of adult actors is not a high-concept conquest, the technological barriers surrounding it are substantial. RealTouch sounds to be much more sophisticated than a mere oscillating vibrator. RealTouch simulates the authentic warmth moistness and relative [.].
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Hedda Muskat says her career was destroyed after a series she pitched failed to get off the ground, and has sufferred damages in excess of $2 million. read more. The Business Ashton Kutcher THR, Esq. Television Business CAA
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 6, 2012
Another cable reality show hit with a claim from an artist over alleged copyright infringement. Television Television Tech Business NBCUniversal SyFy Reality TVread more. THR, Esq.
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