Entertainment Law Update

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Let’s get in some stretching to warm up as we start our rundown…

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/10/08/13-55763.pdf

http://www.therecorder.com/home/id=1202739359850/Yoga-Cant-Be-Copyrighted-Appeals-Court-Rules?mcode=1202617075062&curindex=4&back=NY&slreturn=20150913193027

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=05d27527-2d85-40cd-9e87-eaae8b417143

http://www.tbennettlaw.com/createprotect/2013/01/04/bikram-yoga-protected-by-trademark-not-copyright-its-hot?rq=yoga

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?q=bikram+yoga&hl=en&as_sdt=6,44&as_ylo=2015&case=6835552009231999996&scilh=0

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/09/dog-eat-downward-dog-bikram-yoga-founder-cant-copyright-sequence-of-poses-court-says/

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This episode was recorded before a live audience at the Dallas Bar Association Sports and Entertainment Law section CLE luncheon on September 23, 2015. thanks to the Section for inviting us!

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https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6612572/canada-offically-extends-copyright-term-to-70-years

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6620210/sesac-buys-the-harry-fox-agency

http://deadline.com/2015/07/black-swan-interns-lawsuit-overturned-1201467302/

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Deadmau5, Disney Settle Dispute Over “Mouse Head” Logo The House of Mickey had opposed the EDM star’s attempt to register a caricature of a mouse head. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davegonzales/2015/05/31/the-strange-case-of-mr-holmes-vs-us-copyright-law/

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http://petapixel.com/2015/05/21/richard-prince-selling-other-peoples-instagram-shots-without-permission-for-100k/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/05/25/a-reminder-that-your-instagram-photos-arent-really-yours-someone-else-can-sell-them-for-90000/?wprss=rss_style

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/artist-richard-prince-makes-90000-selling-someone-elses-instagram-picture-20150524-gh8b33.html

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5da8dc66-179e-4dc0-94cc-09e213bfffe3/1/doc/11-1197_complete_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5da8dc66-179e-4dc0-94cc-09e213bfffe3/1/hilite/

(Extra reading: http://www.jhtl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Cocozza-Insta1.pdf

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/controversial-innocence-muslims-ruling-reversed-796530

http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/innocence-of-muslims-ruling-reversed-appeals-court-1201499650/

https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6575774/new-law-in-florida-looks-to-fight-piracy-simply

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h0271z.BPS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=0271&Session=2015

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-judge-asked-grant-792999

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6553894/inside-the-new-royalty-split-for-uptown-funk-who-gets-paid-what

http://mashable.com/2015/05/01/uptown-funk-writers-copyright-claim-gap-band/

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/imdb-preserves-legal-win-revelation-784985

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6509592/lawsuit-over-the-price-of-happy-birthday-inches

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/supreme-court-mgm-settles-raging-786449

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/04/11/frozen-disney-at-risk-of-jury-trial-over-copyright-infringement/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/judge-rules-threes-company-parody-785689

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/designing-rockets-might-be-easier-than-parsing-the-spacex-copyright-situation

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/flickr-offers-new-public-domain-licensing-in-wake-of-spacex-photo-release/… Read the rest

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-motown-exec-778172

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-robin-thicke-777851

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-jury-selection-777503

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-marvin-gayes-779673

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-pharrell-says-779355

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-blurred-lines-of-an-infringement-act-96042/

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-lines-just-got-blurrier-for-musician-66192/

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/jury-finds-singers-robin-thicke-and-pha-44404/

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/blurred-lines-but-clear-verdict-jury-65472/

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6495160/blurred-lines-trial-verdict-jury-rules-against

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6495235/meet-richard-busch-lawyer-behind-the-blurred-lines

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6495238/marvin-gaye-family-lawyer-how-i-won-the-blurred-lines

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6495270/robin-thicke-and-pharrells-lawyer-to-appeal-blurred-lines-verdict

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6502074/why-the-blurred-lines-verdict-is-an-uphill-battle-for

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6502142/blurred-lines-verdict-how-it-started-why-it-backfired

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-jury-orders-robin-779445

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/robin-thicke-pharrells-lawyer-appeal-780885

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/midnight-rider-trial-begins-a-year-after-fatal-train-crash-1201444695/

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/midnight-rider-plea-guilty-sarah

-jones-family-1201448833/

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/director-gregg-allman-film-pleads-guilty-train-crash-death-n320386

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/feds-concerned-over-high-number-of-railroad-pedestrian-accidents-417042499994

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