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The Freedom Of Influencing, Hannibal Travis
The Freedom Of Influencing, Hannibal Travis
University of Miami Law Review
Social media stars and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Act are clashing. Influencer marketing is a preferred way for entertainers, pundits, and everyday people to monetize their audiences and popularity. Manufacturers, service providers, retailers, and advertising agencies leverage influencers to reach into millions or even billions of consumer devices, capturing minutes or seconds of the market’s fleeting attention. FTC enforcement actions and private lawsuits have targeted influencers for failing to disclose the nature of a sponsorship relationship with a manufacturer, marketer, or service provider. Such a failure to disclose payments prominently is very common in Hollywood films and on radio …
The Vampire That Refused To Die: Dracula And Nosferatu, Louis J. D'Alton
The Vampire That Refused To Die: Dracula And Nosferatu, Louis J. D'Alton
Proceedings from the Document Academy
This paper considers the efforts of the Stoker estate to stop an infringing work, Nosferatu, in a new medium while simultaneously attempting to create new vehicles to exploit the legacy of Dracula. Focusing on the works as they pass and transform through overlapping and related frames allows the consideration of both the private and public lives of the document. It also highlights the limitations of policy frames and the continuing relevance of these historical processes in discussions of the document.
Pirate Tales From The Deep [Web]: An Exploration Of Online Copyright Infringement In The Digital Age, Nicholas C. Butland, Justin J. Sullivan
Pirate Tales From The Deep [Web]: An Exploration Of Online Copyright Infringement In The Digital Age, Nicholas C. Butland, Justin J. Sullivan
University of Massachusetts Law Review
Technology has seen a boom over the last few decades, making innovative leaps that border on science fiction. With the most recent technological leap came a new frontier of intellectual property and birthed a new class of criminal: the cyber-pirate. This Article discusses cyber-piracy and its interactions and implications for modern United States copyright law. The Article explains how copyright law, unprepared for the boom, struggled to adapt as courts reconciled the widely physical perceptions of copyright with the digital information being transferred between billions of users instantaneously. The Article also explores how cyber-piracy has made, and continues to make, …
Famous On The Internet: The Spectrum Of Internet Memes And The Legal Challenge Of Evolving Methods Of Communication, Stacey M. Lantagne
Famous On The Internet: The Spectrum Of Internet Memes And The Legal Challenge Of Evolving Methods Of Communication, Stacey M. Lantagne
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
“Going Viral” By Stealing Content: Can The Law Cure The Problem Of Viral Content Farming?, Sara Gates
“Going Viral” By Stealing Content: Can The Law Cure The Problem Of Viral Content Farming?, Sara Gates
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Part I introduces the concept of viral content farming, examines its origins, points out how it differs from aggregation, and consid-ers the purpose behind the practice. The Part looks at how compa-nies such as Google and Facebook have responded, and examines the overall impact on journalism and the Internet. Part II presents a possible ethical solution within the journalism industry and consid-ers resolutions in the law by describing the “hot news” misappro-priation doctrine and copyright law. Part III scrutinizes three pro-posals and discusses why copyright law is the most appropriate solution to the problem, then analyzes content farming within the …
Sensationalism Falling Through The Cracks: Why The Legal Profession Must Broaden Ethical Standards For Legal Commentators, A. Augustus Lasala
Sensationalism Falling Through The Cracks: Why The Legal Profession Must Broaden Ethical Standards For Legal Commentators, A. Augustus Lasala
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
INTRODUCTION Whether it was O.J. Simpson, Casey Anthony, or Scott Peterson, history has shown that Americans love an exciting criminal trial. As a result, in the United States, the coverage and analysis of high-publicity criminal cases is ever-growing, creating many opportunities for attorneys to work in media as legal commentators. The term “legal commentator” has no precise definition, but generally entails attorneys making statements in the media that contain legal analysis. When attorneys speak in the media they simultaneously act in two roles: as a licensed attorney who has professional responsibilities and as a journalist who must meet viewership requirements. …
Restoring The Seven Year Rule In The Music Industry, Kathryn Rosenberg
Restoring The Seven Year Rule In The Music Industry, Kathryn Rosenberg
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
INTRODUCTION The United States boasts a bigger entertainment industry than any other country, with Los Angeles regarded as the entertainment capital of the world. Accounts differ as to the explanation for California’s rise to entertainment prominence. One version attributes the flocking to the west coast as a product of Cecil B. DeMille’s last-minute location change for The Squaw Man in 1914 to Los Angeles; but, by 1910, movies had already been filmed in the area. Another explanation focuses on Thomas Edison, who operated in New York and New Jersey, and exerted a significant amount of control over the industry in …
Danger In The Dmca Safe Harbors: The Need To Narrow What Constitutes Red Flag Knowledge, Hank Fisher
Danger In The Dmca Safe Harbors: The Need To Narrow What Constitutes Red Flag Knowledge, Hank Fisher
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Copyright And Free Expression In China’S Film Industry, Eric Priest
Copyright And Free Expression In China’S Film Industry, Eric Priest
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
This Article analyzes whether copyright, which creates private rights in original expression and is therefore a legal tool for restricting the dissemination of information, exacerbates or undercuts state censorship in China’s film industry. Recent scholarship suggests that copyright law reinforces China’s oppressive censorship regime because both copyright and state censorship erect legal barriers around expressive works. The theory that copyright enhances censorship in China, however, overlooks the immense tension between state attempts at information control and market-supported information production made possible by copyright. This Article demonstrates that the Chinese government does not wield unchecked, top-down control over China’s film industry …
In Tort Pursuit Of Mass Media: Big Tobacco, Big Banks, And Their Big Secrets, Richard J. Peltz-Steele, Eric J. Booth
In Tort Pursuit Of Mass Media: Big Tobacco, Big Banks, And Their Big Secrets, Richard J. Peltz-Steele, Eric J. Booth
Faculty Publications
This article examines potential civil liability under the multistate norms of tort and closely related areas in the common law of the United States for the mass media re-publisher of leaked corporate secrets. The examination employs two fact patterns derived from real cases: one, contemporary, an international bank's grievance, never resolved on the merits in court, against the online publisher WikiLeaks; and second, conventional, a tobacco manufacturer's grievance, feared but never filed, against the television newsmagazine 60 Minutes. The study assumes jurisdiction arguendo and examines liability theories in tortious interference; unfair-competition law; and conversion, trade-secret appropriation, and related theories of …
How Media Got The Biggest Bite Of (The) Apple: A Look At The Media Misperception In The Apple-Samsung Case, Neha Pathak
How Media Got The Biggest Bite Of (The) Apple: A Look At The Media Misperception In The Apple-Samsung Case, Neha Pathak
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
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Shutting Down The Turbine: How The News Industry And News Aggregators Can Coexist In A Post-Barclays V. Theflyonthewall.Com World, Nicole Marimon
Shutting Down The Turbine: How The News Industry And News Aggregators Can Coexist In A Post-Barclays V. Theflyonthewall.Com World, Nicole Marimon
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Regulating From Typewriters In An Internet Age: The Development & Regulation Of Mass Media Usage In Presidential Campaigns, Anthony J. King
Regulating From Typewriters In An Internet Age: The Development & Regulation Of Mass Media Usage In Presidential Campaigns, Anthony J. King
Anthony J. King
The American election process has become a misleading process of campaign promises and self-promotion, thus diluting its primary and most fundamental purpose. This discrepancy can be traced to three primary groups; (1) the candidates, who supplied the motive; (2) the mass media, who supplied the means; and (3) the electorate, who so far have allowed it to happen. Seeking to remedy the situation lawmakers have turned to regulations of the media in attempt to assure fairness and nurture the marketplace of ideas. These numerous attempts at fairness have been met with a mixed reception and mixed results leading to questions …
Copyright Basics, B. Douglas Robbins
Copyright Basics, B. Douglas Robbins
B. Douglas Robbins
In this paper we discuss the fundamentals of copyright law: what sort of works are protected by copyright, what sort of works are not protected, how copyright protection operates, the term of copyright protection, and what the consequences are for copyright infringement.
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
This article examines the deleterious impact of copyright law on music creation. It highlights hip hop music as an example of a genre significantly and negatively impacted by 1) the per se infringement rule applied in some instances to cases involving unauthorized sampling of sound recordings; and 2) traditional (and arguably erroneous) assumptions in copyright law and policy of independent creation and Romantic authorship. For decades hip hop producers have relied on the innovative use of existing recordings (most of which are protected by copyright), to create completely new works. Specifically, cuttin’ and scratchin’, digital sampling, looping and (most recently) …
The Judith Miller Case And The Relationship Between Reporter And Source: Competing Visions Of The Media's Role And Function, Daniel Joyce
The Judith Miller Case And The Relationship Between Reporter And Source: Competing Visions Of The Media's Role And Function, Daniel Joyce
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Digital Wars -- Legal Battles And Economic Bottlenecks In The Digital Information Industries, Curt A. Hessler
Digital Wars -- Legal Battles And Economic Bottlenecks In The Digital Information Industries, Curt A. Hessler
ExpressO
The Digital Age has spawned major legal battles over the fundamental principles of intellectual property law and antitrust law. These diverse struggles can best be analyzed using the basic norm of "value added" from neo-classical normative economics. This analysis suggests that current intellectual property doctirnes provide excessive protection and current antitrust doctrines remain awkward in dealing with the cross-market leveraging of monopoly power in the presence of "natural monopolies" created by network effects.
Doing Their Jobs: An Argument For Greater Media Access To Settlement Agreements, Suzanna M. Meyers
Doing Their Jobs: An Argument For Greater Media Access To Settlement Agreements, Suzanna M. Meyers
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
How Do You Say “Big Media” In Spanish? Spanish-Language Media Regulation And The Implications Of The Univision-Hispanic Broadcasting Merger On The Public Interest, Nicole Serratore
How Do You Say “Big Media” In Spanish? Spanish-Language Media Regulation And The Implications Of The Univision-Hispanic Broadcasting Merger On The Public Interest, Nicole Serratore
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Panel Iii: The Current State Of Sports And The Media, Mark Conrad, Laurie Basch, David S. Denenberg, Jim Durham, Jerome S. Ebenstein, Brett Goodman, Nicole Coward
Panel Iii: The Current State Of Sports And The Media, Mark Conrad, Laurie Basch, David S. Denenberg, Jim Durham, Jerome S. Ebenstein, Brett Goodman, Nicole Coward
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Panel I: The First Amendment Implications Of Convergence, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Nicholas Jollymore, Janine Jaquet, Jonathan Zittrain
Panel I: The First Amendment Implications Of Convergence, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Nicholas Jollymore, Janine Jaquet, Jonathan Zittrain
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Panel Ii: The Economic And Regulatory Issues Of Convergence, William Baer, Lawrence Grossman, Jeffrey Lanning, Robert Joffe
Panel Ii: The Economic And Regulatory Issues Of Convergence, William Baer, Lawrence Grossman, Jeffrey Lanning, Robert Joffe
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Protection In The United States For “Famous Marks”: The Federal Trademark Dilution Act Revisited, Edward E. Vassallo, Maryanne Dickey
Protection In The United States For “Famous Marks”: The Federal Trademark Dilution Act Revisited, Edward E. Vassallo, Maryanne Dickey
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Einstein's Hair, Jonathan A. Franklin
Einstein's Hair, Jonathan A. Franklin
Michigan Journal of International Law
Review of From Privacy Toward a New Intelletual Property Right in Persona: The Right of Publicity (United States) and Portrait Law (Netherlands) Balanced with Freedom of Speech and Free Trade Principles by Julius C.S. Pinckaers
Food Lion And The Media’S Liability For Newsgathering Torts: A Symposium Preview , Andrew B. Sims
Food Lion And The Media’S Liability For Newsgathering Torts: A Symposium Preview , Andrew B. Sims
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Panel I: Accountability Of The Media In Investigations, Gregg Jarrett, Charles E. Rose, Randall J. Turk, L. Lin Wood
Panel I: Accountability Of The Media In Investigations, Gregg Jarrett, Charles E. Rose, Randall J. Turk, L. Lin Wood
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Case Of David V. Goliath: Richard Jewell V. Nbc And The Basics Of Defamacast In Georgia, L. Lin Wood
The Case Of David V. Goliath: Richard Jewell V. Nbc And The Basics Of Defamacast In Georgia, L. Lin Wood
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Fame, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall
The Status Of Certain Recent Copyright Developments In The European Community, Joachim Fleury
The Status Of Certain Recent Copyright Developments In The European Community, Joachim Fleury
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Database Directive And The Ec’S “Direction” On Copyright: Some Reflections, Steven J. Metalitz
The Database Directive And The Ec’S “Direction” On Copyright: Some Reflections, Steven J. Metalitz
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.