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 Topic: Entertainment Law
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| Truth in Music Advertising Law |
| on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:11 AM Posted by: admin |
| On June 18, 2007, Florida joined 16 other states in passing a truth in music advertising law. See F.S. 817.4115, False, deceptive, or misleading advertisement of live musical performances. The law was created to protect artists from identity theft and consumers from being deceived by acts that are not comprised of the legendary artists that initially made the original songs famous. The states that have thus far joined the bandwagon and have passed laws regulating this practice are Pennsylvania, Conneticut, Illinois, Michigan, Massachutes, Maine, South Carolina, North Dakota, Virgina, New Jersey, Florida, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, Nevada and New York. |
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| Son of Sam Law in FL |
| on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 07:01 AM Posted by: admin |
| The "Son of Sam" Law in Florida is codified at F.S. 944.512.
In Rolling v. State ex rel. Butterworth, 741 So. 2d 627 (1999, FL 1st DCA), Appellee State, pursuant to Fla. Stat. ch. 944.512, sought imposition of a lien against property in an action against appellant, convicted criminal, especially seeking proceeds from sale of a book containing accounts of the crimes for which appellant was convicted. Appellants argued that Fla. Stat. ch. 960.291(7) violated U.S. Const. amend. I and was, therefore, unconstitutional both on its face and as applied to each of them. Under the plain language of the statute the lien encompassed appellant's art, autographs, and proceeds from them, as well as proceeds from his book. Appellant publisher was receiving benefits on appellant offender's behalf and thus the lien attached to the proceeds she garnered from sale of property. Appellant offender could not transfer his property to appellant publisher to avoid the lien. |
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| FL Scalping Law Repealed |
| on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 08:25 PM Posted by: admin |
| In the summer of 2006, FL Gov. Jeb Bush (R) signed legislation that replaced the Sunshine State's 60-year-old ticket scalping law, which forbade selling tickets for more than $1 above the face value, with an open-market system that allows ticket owners and Internet brokers to sell tickets at whatever price they can get. The law went into effect Oct. 1 (MIAMI HERALD). |
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| Apple Corps v. iTunes |
| on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 06:15 AM Posted by: admin |
| London. Apple Computer won its courtroom battle against the Beatles on May 8, 2006 when Mr. Jusitce Mann found no breach of a 1991 out-of-court settlement agreement between Apple Computer and Apple Corps, which included a $26 million payment by Apple Computer and set out areas in which each party would have exclusive use of their respective logos. |
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| Governor Bush Signs HB1129 |
| on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 11:14 AM Posted by: admin |
| Governor Jeb Bush has signed HB1129 into law. This new law changes the term "television series" to "television programming" for purposes of defining the term "entertainment industry" and revises the program under which certain persons producing, or providing services for production of filmed entertainment are eligible for state financial incentives for activities in or relocated to this state, inter alia. |
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| Warner Weathers Perfect Storm |
| on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 09:41 AM Posted by: admin |
| Warner Brothers' portrayal of the swordboat captain "Billy" Tyne in the movie, The Perfect Storm, did not violate the rights of his heirs under F.S. 540.08, Florida's statute regarding unauthorized pulbication of name or likeness. |
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| New FL Talent Agency Statute Proposed |
| on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 12:47 PM Posted by: admin |
Florida Senate Bill 750, submitted by State Senator Baker, removes talent agencies from DBPR's authority, sets business and bonding requirements for talent agencies, and provides for civil and criminal remedies for violations of the act. Click here to view.
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| DirecTV Can't Sue For Mere Possession |
| on Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 04:18 PM Posted by: elliot |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Case No. 03-15313, rules that DirecTV cannot sue individuals for "mere possession" of technology that is capable of intercepting DirecTV''s satellite signal. |
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| DVD DeCSS Code Can Be Published |
| on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 06:54 AM Posted by: elliot |
| A California appeals court today overturned as unconstitutional a 1999 trade secret injunction against Andrew Bunner that prohibited him from distributing the DeCSS DVD decryption computer code, because the court found there was no evidence that the Content Scrambling System (CSS) encryption technology used in DVD movie disks was still a trade secret by the time that Bunner posted DeCSS code on his website. The Court held that the injunction therefore violated Bunner's constitutional free-speech rights. |
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| Court Bans Distribution of DVD Copy Technology |
| on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 07:05 AM Posted by: elliot |
| On February 19, 2004, a San Francisco federal court granted MGM''s motion for a preliminary injunction banning 321 Studios from distributing software which is capable of copying protected DVDs. |
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| California Prohibits Recording Agreements > 7 Years |
| on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 09:30 AM Posted by: elliot |
| According to Cal. Lab. Code §2855, "a contract to render personal service...may not be enforced against the employee beyond seven years from the commencement of service under it." Lab. Code §2855(a). This statute fuels artists' contentions that record contracts are unenforceable after seven years. |
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| "DVD-Jon" Acquittal Upheld |
| on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 06:05 AM Posted by: elliot |
| An appeals court in Oslo, Norway, upheld Jon Lech Johansen's earlier acquittal on all counts of alleged copyright violations. The lower court had ruled that Johansen, now 20, did nothing illegal when he helped crack DVD copy protection codes in 1999 and then publicized how he did it. Read the story here. |
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