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Music And The Law: A Comprehensive Bibliography Of Law-Related Materials, Gail Fleming Winson

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.

Personal Contracts For Bargaining Unit Employees - An Analysis Of Media Labor Implications, Victor Strimbu

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.

Direct Broadcast Satellites: Fcc Adopts Open Skies Policy For Space Age Technology, Jeff Edward Johnson

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

The direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a new telecommunications device which will allow individual home reception of satellite transmissions. The Federal Communications Commission has recently authorized the expeditious implementation of DBS systems. The author examines the FCC's free market approach to the development of this space age technology. In particular, the author analyzes the FCC's policy of imposing minimal regulation on DBS systems and the projected impact of DBS on local broadcasters.

Labor And The Media In The Eighties, Robert M. Segal

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

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The Zoning Of Adult Entertainment: How Far Can Planning Commissions Go, Raymond H. Aver

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Since 1976, when the United States Supreme Court decided Young v. American Mini Theaters, municipalities across the country have enacted zoning ordinances regulating adult entertainment, patterned after the ordinance upheld in Young. Unlike the ordinance in Young, many of these later ordinances have resulted in limitations upon protected speech. This note suggests a framework for analyzing the constitutionality of ordinances and moratoria which regulated the location of adult entertainment establishments.

Can A Computer Be An Author - Copyright Aspects Of Artificial Intelligence, Timothy L. Butler

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

This note discusses the impact of current advances in computer science upon traditional copyright notions of authorship and originality. Finding that certain works created largely by computer are outside the ambit of federal copyright law, yet in need of protection for traditional policy reasons, the author explores several alternatives for providing copyright protection. A solution is proposed wherein the court presumes human authorship in machine created works, then, after ascertaining that the work meets the other requirements of federal copyright law, determines which individual is most deserving of copyright ownership.

Trademarks And Competition: The Ives Cases, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 319 (1982), Vincent N. Palladino

UIC Law Review

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Rock Performers And The John Doe Temporary Restraining Order: Dressing Down The T-Shirt Pirates, 16 J. Marshall L. Rev. 101 (1983), Cheryl Johnson

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Osha, Niosh And The Vdt Issue, L. Peyton Hendricks

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

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The Irs, The Ins And The Foreign Entertainer, Richard D. Fraade, David B. Gardner, Allan Stewart

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

This article discusses the interrelationship between the immigration and tax laws as they affect foreign entertainers and athletes. A survey of the types of visas available and the effect of those classifications upon taxation is examined. Additionally, the article outlines the reporting requirements of foreign entertainers, and emphasizes careful planning in structuring immigration and tax matters.

Vdts As A Health Problem: The Newspaper Guild's Experience, David J. Eisen

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

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Collective Bargaining Issues In Newspapers, John B. Jaske

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.

Hiring Referral Systems - Priority And Liability, Donald F. Sugerman

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.

Employee And Independent Contractors: Legal Implications Of Conversion From One To The Other, Allan L. Bioff, Robert E. Paul

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.

As Interactive Cable Enters, Does Privacy Go Out The Window, Gary Selvin

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Interactive cable will provide consumers with the ability to bank, shop, attend classes, respond to polls, view programs and attend to other daily activities from the home through a television set linked to a computer. Storage of this personal information poses a privacy concern relating to the government's ability to search the records as part of criminal investigations. The author analogizes current law in forecasting possible judicial treatment of Fourth Amendment protection and suggests possible methods for establishing a clear standard which would maximize subscriber protection.

Law, Medicine And The Mass Media: Uneasy Partners, Bernard Rubin

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Restraints have long been imposed on speech and advertising by doctors and lawyers with the result that members of these professions have traditionally feared publicity. Modern times, however, witness increasing exposure of the professions in the media. The author examines the traditional restraints, First Amendment implications, and the performance of the media in presenting legal and medical issues. He proposes new standards for medical and legal reporters and reports, and concludes that involvement in public debate should be part of satisfactory professional conduct.

Media Access To Videotape Evidence In Criminal Trials, Geoffrey Robinson

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

A peripheral but hotly contested issue in the Abscam trials was whether the media could copy and broadcast the videotapes entered into evidence. This issue requires balancing of the defendant's fair trial rights against interests closely analogous to those protected by the First Amendment. This note suggests the lines upon which analysis of the conflicting interests should run, and argues for a strong presumption in favor of access.

Impact Of New Technology On Existing Bargaining Units In The Newspaper Industry, Martin R. Ganzglass

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

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Double-Breasted Operations - Construction Tool Being Used In Broadcast Industry, Mary Ellen Krug

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

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The Copyright Notice Requirement - Deliberate Omission Of Notice, Warren L. Patton, John C. Hogan

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

This article discusses the effect, under the current Copyright Act, of deliberate omission of copyright notice from a published work. The authors assert that although Congress intended to minimize the significance of the notice requirement in the new statute, an ambiguity in the statutory language has resulted in an uncertainty about the copyright status of a work when the author deliberately omits the copyright notice. The article discusses the conflict between Professor Nimmer's opinion on the issue and the decision of a federal district court in O'Neill Development, Inc. v. Galen Kilburn, Inc. The authors conclude that notice within five …

Commercialization Of Public Broadcasting, Craig Austin Dunagan

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Public broadcasters have increasingly turned to commercial revenue raising devices as a means of financing station operations. This comment discusses some of those devices, which are in reality subtle forms of advertising. The comment demonstrates that the quest for financing has led public broadcasters along the same path taken by commercial broadcasters, a path which ends with the adoption of commercials as a means of financing station operations. The comment focuses upon the policy issues, rather than the practical consequences, of allowing public broadcasters to engage in such commercial practices.

Closed To The Media: The Defendant's Right Of Privacy In The Preliminary Examination, Joseph A. Wynne

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

This note examines the standard of probable cause as the sole justification for prosecutorial intrusion on the individual's privacy. It argues that, given California's express constitutional guaranty of a right to privacy, the defendant in a criminal prosecution should not be forced to defend himself in a public forum until after probable cause for a trial has been established at the preliminary examination.

Federal Statutes, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Addressing The Reprographic Revolution: Compensating Copyright Owners For Mass Infringement, Rosalind S. Kurz

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article addresses the unique problems created by the reprographic revolution. Part I discusses recent legislative attempts to relieve the strain placed on existing copyright law by developing reprographic technologies. Using the recent Betamax case as an example, part II criticizes judicial efforts to apply traditional copyright doctrine to issues involving reprographic technologies. Finally, part III proposes a framework for devising, an enforcement scheme to protect copyright holders' rights without denying the public the many benefits offered by reprographic technologies. The Article outlines an approach tailored to meet the special problems associated with each of the three basic reprographic technologies: …

A New Test For Trademark Dilution - Why North Carolina Should Adopt Section 12 Of The Model State Trademark Bill, Philip Summa

Campbell Law Review

This comment will attempt to do three things: provide a useful definition of dilution; propose a clear test that can be applied to quickly determine whether, under Section 12 or the common law, a dilution case exists, and, if so, how it should be decided; and show why a state such as North Carolina should provide anti-dilution protection to its citizens.

The Supreme Court's Opinion In The Inwood Case: Declination Of Duty, Kenneth B. Germain

Kentucky Law Journal

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Joint Registration Of Trademarks And The Economic Value Of A Trademark System, Patricia K. Fletcher

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

On The Convergence Of The Patent And Antitrust Statutes: Scm Corp.. V. Xerox Corp.

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Book Review, Joel Davidow

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Book Review

Antitrust and American Business Abroad James Atwood and Kingman Brewster 2d ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1981. Two-volume text. Pp. 359 and 355.

Reviewed by Joel Davidow

International antitrust is one of the gourmet specialties on the menu of United States law. The combination of competition law, international law, and patent law, spiced with complex diplomatic and trade issues as well as a dash of foreign flavor, is irresistible to the connoisseur. The proof: even though few law schools offer a separate course in international antitrust law and few lawyers deal with the subject regularly, articles, hornbooks, …

Contributory Infringement Liability In Universal City Studios, Inc. V. Sony Corp.: "The One And Only" Pays For Our Sins, Thomas J. Branit

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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