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The Ncaa And The Irs: Life At The Intersection Of College Sports And The Federal Income Tax, Richard L. Schmalbeck, Lawrence A. Zelenak

Faculty Scholarship

Few organizational acronyms are more familiar to Americans than those of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Although neither organization is particularly popular, both loom large in American life and popular culture. Because there is a tax aspect to just about everything, it should come as no surprise that the domains of the NCAA and the IRS overlap in a number of ways. For many decades, the strong tendency in those areas has been for college athletics to enjoy unreasonably generous tax treatment-sometimes because of the failure of the IRS to enforce the tax ...

Intellectual Property In Experience, Madhavi Sunder

Michigan Law Review

In today’s economy, consumers demand experiences. From Star Wars to Harry Potter, fans do not just want to watch or read about their favorite characters— they want to be them. They don the robes of Gryffindor, flick their wands, and drink the butterbeer. The owners of fantasy properties understand this, expanding their offerings from light sabers to the Galaxy’s Edge®, the new Disney Star Wars immersive theme park opening in 2019.

Since Star Wars, Congress and the courts have abetted what is now a $262 billion-a-year industry in merchandising, fashioning “merchandising rights” appurtenant to copyrights and trademarks that ...

When Sports Stand Against Human Rights: Regulating Restrictions On Athlete Speech In The Global Sports Arena, Faraz Shahlaei

Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

Even after the International Olympic Committee’s quick and harsh response to the “black power salute” in the 1968 Olympic Games— positing that the apolitical Olympic Games were not a suitable venue for domestic political statements—athletes continued using their platform to protest human rights violations. Should such conduct be allowed? Are athletes entitled to display their political opinions on the field? Or should athletic organizations be allowed to regulate their athletes’ protests and political speech in the arena? On the one hand, freedom of speech is a fundamental human right. On the other, sports have a long history of ...

The Law Of Advertising Outrage, Mark Bartholomew

Journal Articles

This article examines the stimulation of audience outrage, both as a marketing strategy and as a subject of legal regulation. A brief history of advertising in the United States reveals repeated yet relatively infrequent attempts to attract consumer attention through overt transgressions of social norms relating to sex, violence, race, and religion. Natural concerns over audience reaction limited use of this particular advertising tactic as businesses needed to be careful not to alienate prospective purchasers. But now companies can engage in “algorithmic outrage”—social media advertising meant to stimulate individual feelings of anger and upset—with less concern for a ...

Preventing Drug-Related Deaths At Music Festivals: Why The "Rave" Act Should Be Amended To Provide An Exception For Harm Reduction Services, Robin Mohr

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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"Distinctive Sounds": A Critique Of The Transformative Fair Use Test In Practice And The Need For A New Music Fair Use Exception, Kristin Bateman

Seattle University Law Review

The Constitution gives Congress the power “[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,” resulting in our modern regime of patent, trademark, and copyright law. Over time, however, this artistic tradition of copying has collided with more modern concepts of intellectual property rights, especially copyright protections. The advent of the internet as well as state-of-the-art recording and mixing software has vastly increased opportunities to copy, remix, sample, parody, and otherwise alter the work of other artists, particularly musicians. More than twenty years after Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, transformative fair use has become the predominant test courts have used ...

Indigenous Appropriation And Protections Provided By Intellectual Property Law, Kadeidra Baker

North Carolina Central University Science & Intellectual Property Law Review

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Applying The Statutory Cover License To Mashup Covers And Medleys, Paulina Lopez

North Carolina Central University Science & Intellectual Property Law Review

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How Dangerous Are Youth Sports For The Brain? A Review Of The Evidence, Carly Rasmussen, Sydney Diekmann, Christine Egan, Tyler Johnson, Francis X. Shen

Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law

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2001 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2002 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2000 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2009 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2008 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2005 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2004 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2006 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2003 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2007 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2015 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2017 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2012 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2011 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2010 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2018 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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Fair Use Avoidance In Music Cases, Edward Lee

Boston College Law Review

This Article provides the first empirical study of fair use in cases involving musical works. The major finding of the study is surprising: despite the relatively high number of music cases decided under the 1976 Copyright Act, no decisions have recognized non-parody fair use of a musical work to create another musical work, except for a 2017 decision involving the copying of a narration that itself contained no music (and therefore might not even constitute a musical work). Thus far, no decision has held that copying musical notes or elements is fair use. Moreover, very few music cases have even ...

2018 Masthead

Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law

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Lessons From Hollywood Cybercrimes: Combating Online Predators, Robert Kang

Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law

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Little Bits Can’T Be Wrong: The De Minimis Doctrine In The Context Of Sampling Copyright-Protected Sound Recordings In New Music, Christopher J. Norton

Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law

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How To Protect Orphan Film, Yinghua Li

Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law

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