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Wrigley, GM Abandon "Skins"

Posted on January 24, 2011
Advertisers Wrigley and GM have left MTV's "Skins," Wrigley saying it does not want to "offend" consumers. More here from The Hollywood Reporter.

A Blogger Acts, and a Community Reacts

Posted on January 24, 2011
When blogger Daniel Cavanagh started writing, and posting photos, about what happens in his community, Gerristsen Beach, New York, he didn't expect the explosion that has followed. But his posts revealed the activities of a local non-profit, which found itself...

Why Keith O Left

Posted on January 24, 2011
In the New York Times: explaining the Olbermann exit.

Images of Politicians in the Egyptian Media

Posted on January 24, 2011
Sherif Elgebeily, University of Westminster School of Law, has published David and Goliath: The Polarised Media Portrayal of the Politicians in Egypt. Here is the abstract. President Hosni Mubarak is currently the 5th longest living African head of State, having...

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French Court Finds Bronfman, Messier Guilty in Vivendi Case

Posted on January 21, 2011
Both Edgar Bronfman, Jr., chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, and Jean-Marie Messier, formerly head of Vivendi, were convicted on various charges related to their activities at Vivendi during the late 1990s and early 2000s by a French court....

No Quieren "Skins"

Posted on January 21, 2011
Taco Bell has abandoned the MTV series "Skins," citing a lack of "fit" for its image, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, the Parents Television Council continues its offensive against the daring new show, which features teen actors and a...

Louisiana Supreme Court: Investor Gets Only Forty Percent Tax Credit On Film Project After January 1, 2010

Posted on January 21, 2011
The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that the Louisiana tax credit regime applies only to monies spent before January 1, 2010, not to money invested in the entire project, reversing a lower court decision. In a unanimous opinion in Red...

UK Culture Secretary Hints At More Regulation For Online TV Content

Posted on January 20, 2011
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says online tv may need more regulation, even if "blanket regulation" is not an option. In a speech at the Oxford Media Convention, Mr. Hunt noted that a new Communications Act may be necessary and...

ISP Liability In the Spanish Legal Regime

Posted on January 20, 2011
Miquel Peguera, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, has published Internet Service Providers? Liability in Spain: Recent Case Law and Future Perspectives, at 1 Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology, and E-Commerce Law 151 (2010). Here is the abstract...

"Up In Smoke" Eavesdropping Lawsuit Reaches Michigan Supreme Court Today

Posted on January 19, 2011
The Michigan Supreme Court is hearing appellate arguments today in a case that arose out of events back in 2000 at Detroits's Joe Louis Arena. During a backstage consultation with organizers of the Dr. Dre "Up in Smoke" tour, several...

Julian Assange and Australian Criminal Law

Posted on January 19, 2011
Donald K. Anton and Gregor Urbas, Australian National University College of Law, have published Why Julian Assange May Have a Case to Answer in Australia, Despite What the AFP Says (or, Why Julia Gillard Might Be Right). Here is the...

Creative Commons Problems in Lithuania

Posted on January 19, 2011
Mindaugas Kiskis has published Creative Commons Problems in Lithuania as part of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Technologies, 2010. Here is the abstract. The article investigates problems facing current copyright and related rights regime, as well as...

Fair Use Doctrine in the EC Legal Regime

Posted on January 19, 2011
Martin Senftleben, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, has published Bridging the Differences between Copyright's Legal Traditions ? The Emerging EC Fair Use Doctrine at 57 Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 521 (Spring 2010). Here is the...

FCC Assents To Comcast/NBC Uni Merger

Posted on January 18, 2011
The FCC has given its okay to the Comcast/NBC Universal merger by a vote of 4 to 1. Commissioner Michael Copps voted against the merger. Now the Department of Justice must give its assent to the deal. More here from...

Mirror Group Wins ECHR Ruling On Fees Against UK

Posted on January 18, 2011
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the "no win-no fee" system of payments for lawyers currently in use in the UK is so flawed that it violates the European Convention on Human Rights. In an appeal filed...

Letters and Privacy In Ian McEwan's "Atonement"

Posted on January 18, 2011
Jeffrey Lynch Harrison, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, has published Privacy, Copyright, and Letters. Here is the abstract. The focus of this Essay is the privacy of letters ? the written manifestations of thoughts, intents, and...

Scientific and Critical Editions of Public Domain Works In the European Legal Regime

Posted on January 18, 2011
Thomas Margoni, University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, has published Scientific and Critical Editions of Public Domain Works: Another Example of European Copyright Law (Dis)Harmonization. Here is the abstract. The paper analyses the current European regulatory framework on the...

Ricky Gervais Ruffles Feathers At the Golden Globes

Posted on January 17, 2011
Ricky Gervais' pointed comments at last night Golden Globes ceremonies are getting a sharp reaction from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's President Philip Beck. The HFPA puts on the Golden Globes every year, and Mr. Beck thinks some of Mr....

Conference At Suffolk University Law School

Posted on January 17, 2011
Reminder: The Suffolk University Law School IP Concentration presents: Title: The Latest Developments in IP Law When: Friday, February 4, 2011 from 9AM until 5PM Where: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The conference...

Internet Speech and Advocacy

Posted on January 17, 2011
Juan Carlos Upegui Mejia, Universidad Externado de Colombia, has published Freedom of Expression, Social Networks and Criminal Law - The Case Study of Nicol�s Castro (Libertad De Expresi�n, Redes Sociales Y Derecho Penal - Estudio Del Caso Nicol�s Castro) in...

Mark Levin Objects

Posted on January 14, 2011
According to The Hollywood Reporter, talk show host Mark Levin is angry about MSNBC's Chris Matthews' remarks concerning whether Mr. Levin might have influenced the tragedy in Tucson last week. Mr. Levin says he plans to "wait" for an allegation...

Libel Tourism

Posted on January 14, 2011
Andrew R. Klein, Indiana University School of Law, has published Some Thoughts on Libel Tourism at 38 Pepperdine Law Review 101 (2010). Here is the abstract. This paper addresses the topic of ?libel tourism,? a phrase used to describe cases...

Guardian Wins Defamation Appeal In Iraqi Court

Posted on January 13, 2011
The Guardian newspaper has won its appeal against an Iraqi lower court's decision that it defamed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Iraqi National Intelligence Serice in a 2009 article. The lower court had ruled the article libelous and...

AP and Shepard Fairey Settle Lawsuit Over Use of Image

Posted on January 12, 2011
The Associated Press and Shepard Fairey have come to an agreement concerning Mr. Fairey's use of an AP copyrighted image in his HOPE poster. In an announcement, the parties noted: In settling the lawsuit, the AP and Mr. Fairey have...

Former BBC On-Air Host Wins Age Discrimination Suit Against Network

Posted on January 12, 2011
Former British presenter (on air host) Miriam O'Reilly has won her age discrimination case against the BBC for axing her from the show Countryfile in 2009. The network, which terminated Ms. O'Reilly along with three other women journalists, was accused...

Posted on January 11, 2011
Stephen M. McJohn, Suffolk University Law School, is publishing Top Tens in 2010: Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Cases in the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property (January 2011). Here is the abstract. This piece discusses notable intellectual...

"The Kennedys" Still Looking For a Network

Posted on January 11, 2011
Both Starz and FX have refused to consider running the "Kennedys" miniseries, now that The History Channel has passed on the series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. THR also ran an article in Sunday's issue reporting that members of the...

Freedom of Speech and Support for Terrorism

Posted on January 10, 2011
Daphne Barak-Erz, Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law, and David Scharia, Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, UN Security Council, have published Freedom of Speech, Support for Terrorism, and the Challenge of Global Constitutional Law in volume 2 of the...

Fed Seizure of Domain Names

Posted on January 10, 2011
Entertainment Law Reporter Blog points to an interesting post from Terry Hart's Copyhype Blog discussing the feds' seizure of domain names owned by folks alleged to be engaged in counterfeiting and copyright infringement.

FCC Releases First Report On Wireless Trends

Posted on January 10, 2011
From the FCC The Federal Communications Commission today released the first in a series of reports by the Office of Engineering & Technology Laboratory which looked at trends in cutting-edge wireless devices. The report showed the following: � The number...

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