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A Course In Art And The Law, John Henry Merryman Jun 1974

A Course In Art And The Law, John Henry Merryman

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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The Fairness Doctrine: Time For The Graveyard? Jan 1974

The Fairness Doctrine: Time For The Graveyard?

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The comments examines the rationale for the fairness doctrine, the obligations arising under it, and the FCC's administration of the doctrine. It further analyzes the judicial construction of the doctrine with emphasis on the doctrine's functional role and Constitutional ramifications. The fairness doctrine is part of a basic broadcast philosophy that mandates viewpoints on any controversial issue of public importance be fairly presented. It is partially codified by the FCC. However, after litigation, it seems clear to the courts that the fairness doctrine and the first amendment cannot share a peaceful coexistence. It may well be that the Court is …

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An Act To Restrict The Use Of Erotic Material For Commercial Purposes, Robert E. Rodes Jan 1974

An Act To Restrict The Use Of Erotic Material For Commercial Purposes, Robert E. Rodes

Journal Articles

This article outlines a theoretical act to restrict the use of erotic material for commercial purposes.

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Uniform Commercial Code Warranty Solutions To Art Fraud And Forgery Dec 1972

Uniform Commercial Code Warranty Solutions To Art Fraud And Forgery

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Wellsand V. Valparaiso Community School Corporation: Equal Protection For The Married Football Player, Randolph L. Seger Jan 1972

Wellsand V. Valparaiso Community School Corporation: Equal Protection For The Married Football Player, Randolph L. Seger

Indiana Law Journal

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Drug Songs And The Federal Communications Commission, Sammuel Bufford Jan 1972

Drug Songs And The Federal Communications Commission, Sammuel Bufford

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

A "public notice" concerning the broadcasting of drug-related popular songs by radio stations issued from the Federal Communications Commission on March 5, 1971. While this notice could be generally taken to prohibit the playing of such songs, its actual message, upon further analysis, is more complex and less direct. This article will examine the notice to ascertain its likely meaning, determine its legal status, and examine three constitutional issues it raises: whether the songs are protected as speech under the first amendment; whether the statement of the prohibition (if that be the import of the notice) is sufficiently precise to …

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Constitutional Law--Obscenity--The Right To An Adversary Hearing On The Issue Of Obscenity Prior To The Seizure Of Furtively Distributed Films, Michigan Law Review Apr 1971

Constitutional Law--Obscenity--The Right To An Adversary Hearing On The Issue Of Obscenity Prior To The Seizure Of Furtively Distributed Films, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note will discuss the procedural safeguards that must be provided when allegedly obscene materials are seized prior to distribution. The discussion will emphasize a consideration of the question whether the procedural requirements with respect to the seizure of printed materials are also applicable to the seizure of films, particularly those films that are being or are intended to be furtively distributed.

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Copyright Pre-Emption And Character Values: The Paladin Case As An Extension Of Sears And Compco, Michigan Law Review Mar 1968

Copyright Pre-Emption And Character Values: The Paladin Case As An Extension Of Sears And Compco, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Much of the confusion over copyright pre-emption that has followed in the wake of Sears and Compco may be due to a fundamental difference between the present patent and copyright acts. Unlike the patent law that was at issue in Sears and Compco, the federal Copyright Act provides that the states may in limited circumstances protect literary property through the doctrine of common-law copyright. Under section 2 of the Act, a state may prevent copying of a work so long as it remains "unpublished." An alternative ground of decision in Paladin was that, regardless of preemption under Sears and …

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Constitutional Law--Freedom Of Speech--Desecration Of National Symbols As Protected Political Expression, Michigan Law Review Mar 1968

Constitutional Law--Freedom Of Speech--Desecration Of National Symbols As Protected Political Expression, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Protest groups have long recognized the publicity value of engaging in dramatic kinds of symbolic behavior to express their disapproval of government policy, and recently they have resorted to the desecration of traditionally "sacred" symbols to achieve this end. Recourse to conduct offensive to the patriotic and religious sensibilities of large segments of the population seems to have paralleled the advent of widespread civil disobedience as an instrument of political persuasion. Specifically, dissent over the Vietnam war has produced a number of incidents involving public disrespect for the American flag. Thus, a need has arisen to analyze the extent to …

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Carmen: Movies, Censorship And The Law, Abner J. Mikva Feb 1968

Carmen: Movies, Censorship And The Law, Abner J. Mikva

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Movies, Censorship and the Law by Ira H. Carmen

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Masterpieces Of Legal Fiction. Ed. By Maximiliankoessler., Mark Ferdinand Sep 1966

Masterpieces Of Legal Fiction. Ed. By Maximiliankoessler., Mark Ferdinand

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Television Sponsor And Advertising Agency Held Vicariously Liable For Copyright Infringement--Davis V. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., Michigan Law Review Jan 1966

Television Sponsor And Advertising Agency Held Vicariously Liable For Copyright Infringement--Davis V. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

DuPont sponsored a dramatization of Edith Wharton's novel Ethan Frome presented by the CBS television network. Petitioner claimed an infringement of his earlier copyrighted dramatization of the same novel and sought a declaration of liability against CBS, the producer of the program, DuPont, and its advertising agency, Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. (BBDO). Although DuPont and BBDO were notified before the performance of the possibility of copyright infringement liability and could have stopped the producers from using petitioner's play, they made no attempt to interfere. In petitioner's action in the federal district court, DuPont and BBDO contended that they …

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Shemel & Krasilovsky: This Business Of Music, Robert A. Choate Jan 1965

Shemel & Krasilovsky: This Business Of Music, Robert A. Choate

Michigan Law Review

A Review of This Business of Music by Sidney Shemel and M. William Krasilovsky

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Entertainment Title Duplication Cases: A Process Of Evolution Oct 1963

Entertainment Title Duplication Cases: A Process Of Evolution

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Is Choreography Copyrightable?: A Study Of The American And English Legal Interpretations Of "Drama", Robert Freedman Jan 1963

Is Choreography Copyrightable?: A Study Of The American And English Legal Interpretations Of "Drama", Robert Freedman

Duquesne Law Review

Dance, as well as music, may be reduced to writing. Movement may be recorded in Labanotation, which is a system of symbols by which the motion of each and every part of the human body, in its relationship to time and space, may be set down on paper. In 1952, Hanya Holm's labanotated choreographic score for the musical play, Kiss Me, Kate, was accepted by the United States Copyright Office for registration with a claim of copyright. Choreographic works may also be recorded by notation, symbols and diagrams different from the Laban system, drawings or pictures, or by language …

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Literary And Artistic Property -- Common-Law Copyright-- Filing Of Architectural Plans In A Public Office As Publication, Judd L. Bacon S.Ed. Nov 1960

Literary And Artistic Property -- Common-Law Copyright-- Filing Of Architectural Plans In A Public Office As Publication, Judd L. Bacon S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff home designer prepared plans for a client and filed a copy in a county office as required by ordinance in order to obtain a building permit. Defendant copied and used these plans without plaintiff's consent. In an action under a state statute codifying the common-law right of designers to the exclusive ownership of their unpublished designs, the lower court held for defendant, finding plaintiff's copyright to have been destroyed by publication. On appeal, held, reversed. The filing of architectural plans in a public office in order to secure a building permit does not constitute a publication of them …

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Music Copyright Associations And The Antitrust Laws, Robert Israel Goodman Jan 1960

Music Copyright Associations And The Antitrust Laws, Robert Israel Goodman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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The Townes Hall Film Forum, Millard H. Ruud Jun 1959

The Townes Hall Film Forum, Millard H. Ruud

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Press - Validity Of Motion Picture Licensing Statute, Dean L. Berry S.Ed. Jan 1959

Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Press - Validity Of Motion Picture Licensing Statute, Dean L. Berry S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The distributor of the motion picture "Lady Chatterley's Lover" applied to the Motion Picture Division of the New York State Education Department for a license, required by New York law, for public presentation of the film. The application was denied on the ground the film was "immoral" within the meaning of the licensing statute. On review, the Board of Regents approved this determination, but on appeal the state supreme court reversed the Board. A divided court of appeals reversed the supreme court, holding that the contents of the film met the statutory definition of "immoral." On appeal to the Supreme …

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Copryright - Infringement - Parody Of Dramatic Production Held Not To Be Fair Use, William J. Wise S.Ed. Jun 1958

Copryright - Infringement - Parody Of Dramatic Production Held Not To Be Fair Use, William J. Wise S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Prior to December 1938, Patrick Hamilton wrote an original play entitled "Gaslight" which subsequently was published, performed and protected by copyright in both England and the United States. Loew's acquired exclusive motion picture rights to the play on October 7, 1942, and produced an original feature-length motion picture photoplay of the drama, also entitled "Gaslight." In 1945 Jack Benny sought and received permission to produce a 15-minute parody of the motion picture for his radio program. In 1953, without securing Loew's permission, Benny produced a 15-minute filmed parody of the motion picture for his television program. It was entitled "Autolight" …

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St. John-Stevas: Obscenity And The Law, William B. Lockhart Dec 1957

St. John-Stevas: Obscenity And The Law, William B. Lockhart

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Obscenity and the Law . By Norman St. John-Stevas

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Ball, Bat And Bar, Harold Seymore Jan 1957

Ball, Bat And Bar, Harold Seymore

Cleveland State Law Review

Most Americans assume that they live under one set of laws which govern everybody. They also think that while monopolies and their abuses were once a problem, regulatory measures have long since eliminated or controlled them. The business of organized baseball proves that both these assumptions are mistaken. Recent operations of some baseball "companies" have underscored the falsity of these assumptions. The baseball business operates under its own complicated body of private law, and has been doing so ever since the business got its real start with the formation of the National League in 1876. Organized baseball is also a …

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The Progress Of The Law: Hemisphere Trial Link / Antiquity And The Law / New Court Rules / Easing Of Adoptions / Blackout Motorists / Ad Lib Tv Defamation Constitutes Libel-Not Slander / Foreign Aid Program / Law Of The Sea / Mediators Ask Confidential Role Jan 1957

The Progress Of The Law: Hemisphere Trial Link / Antiquity And The Law / New Court Rules / Easing Of Adoptions / Blackout Motorists / Ad Lib Tv Defamation Constitutes Libel-Not Slander / Foreign Aid Program / Law Of The Sea / Mediators Ask Confidential Role

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Purchase By Network Of Corporation Producing Entertainer's Radio Show As Compensation To Entertainer, Jerome K. Walsh, Jr. Jan 1956

Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Purchase By Network Of Corporation Producing Entertainer's Radio Show As Compensation To Entertainer, Jerome K. Walsh, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Prior to 1947, Jack Benny produced a complete radio show for his sponsor, American Tobacco Company. In January 1947 Amusement Enterprises was incorporated with Benny taking 60 percent of the stock and the remainder going to three of his business associates. Amusement contracted with American to produce a complete radio show, exclusive of Benny's services, to be broadcast over the NBC network on Sunday evenings. Benny signed a separate contract with American as the star of the show. Under the American-Benny contract American could make no change in the time of the broadcast or the network facilities without Benny's approval. …

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Regulation Of Business - Boxing And Theater Now Within Scope Of The Sherman Act, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed. Nov 1955

Regulation Of Business - Boxing And Theater Now Within Scope Of The Sherman Act, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The United States instituted two civil antitrust actions under section 4 of the Sherman Act claiming that defendants were acting in restraint of trade in their respective fields. Defendant Shubert was engaged in the multistate business of producing, booking, and presenting legitimate theatrical attractions. Defendant International Boxing Club was engaged in the business of promoting professional boxing contests, also on a multistate basis, with an alleged 25 percent of its revenue being derived from the interstate sale of radio, television, and motion picture rights. The district court dismissed both complaints on the authority of Federal Baseball Club v. National League …

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Considerations In Determining Limitations On State Power To Regulate Motion Picture Content Jul 1955

Considerations In Determining Limitations On State Power To Regulate Motion Picture Content

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Constitutional Law - Due Process - Validity Of Refusal To Permit The Showing Of A Motion Picture On The Grounds Of Obscenity, Donald F. Oosterhouse S.Ed. Jun 1955

Constitutional Law - Due Process - Validity Of Refusal To Permit The Showing Of A Motion Picture On The Grounds Of Obscenity, Donald F. Oosterhouse S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

A Chicago municipal ordinance made it unlawful to exhibit any motion picture without first having secured a permit from the Commissioner of Police. The commissioner is required to issue the permit unless he finds the picture "immoral or obscene. . .. " On these grounds he refused to permit exhibition of "The Miracle." Plaintiffs brought suit to have the ordinance declared unconstitutional and to restrain enforcement of the prohibition on the picture. The trial court granted the relief asked. On appeal, held, reversed and remanded to determine if the motion picture is obscene. A prior restraint on the exhibition …

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Constitutional Law - Censorship Of Obscence Literature, Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr. S.Ed. Feb 1954

Constitutional Law - Censorship Of Obscence Literature, Donald M. Wilkinson, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The right to a free expression of ideas, without interference from governmental authorities, is inherent in the very nature of a democracy. On the other hand, it is also clear that the greater interests of the state at large will conflict with certain forms of expression, and in such circumstances obviously the former must prevail. It is the purpose of this comment to discuss the constitutional limitations on the governmental suppression of literature on grounds of obscenity.

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Constitutional Law - Due Process - Freedom Of Expression - Motion Picture Censorship, Constantine D. Kasson S.Ed. Feb 1954

Constitutional Law - Due Process - Freedom Of Expression - Motion Picture Censorship, Constantine D. Kasson S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The New York Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a license to exhibit the French motion picture "La Ronde'' upon the grounds that it was "immoral'' and "would tend to corrupt morals." Censorship of the picture, which dealt with promiscuous sex relations, was held to be a proper exercise of the police power, since its exhibition would present a clear and present danger to the morals of the community, and the words "immoral" and "tend to corrupt morals" were held sufficiently definite for purposes of due process. In another censorship case, the Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed the rejection …

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Borderland - Where Copyright And Design Patent Meet, Richard W. Pogue Nov 1953

Borderland - Where Copyright And Design Patent Meet, Richard W. Pogue

Michigan Law Review

Copyright law and design patent law contemplate basically different objects of protection. Yet at the outer fringes of these types of protection certain concepts overlap to form a rather undefined borderland in which it is difficult to say what law is applicable-copyright law, patent law, neither, or both. It is the purpose of this paper to explore this borderland area in the light of traditional copyright and patent law principles, with attention given to policy considerations involved, and to offer suggestions toward drawing a sharper boundary between the two.

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