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Preface | p. iii |
Table of Cases | p. vii |
Legal Restraints on Entertainment Stories | |
Sex and Violence in Entertainment and the Law | p. 2 |
Entertaining Sex | p. 2 |
Entertaining Violence | p. 10 |
Entertaining the Public with Individual Lives | p. 19 |
Defamation | p. 19 |
Defamation in Entertainment | p. 19 |
Infliction of Emotional Distress | p. 23 |
Privacy Intrusion on Solitude | p. 24 |
Public Disclosure of Embarrassing Personal Facts | p. 26 |
Celebrity Publicity Rights | p. 28 |
Publicity Rights and Entertainment Shows | p. 28 |
Who Owns Publicity and Its Value | p. 29 |
Intellectual Property In Entertainment Assets | |
Elements of Copyright Protection | p. 32 |
Infringement | p. 32 |
Access: The Music Scene | p. 32 |
Substantial Similarity: Books, Plays, Movies | p. 38 |
Fair and Unfair Uses of Entertainment Works | p. 42 |
Entertainment Innovations and Intellectual Property | p. 46 |
Fair Use and Home Video | p. 46 |
Fair Use on the Internet | p. 51 |
Alternative Sources of Entertainment Property Rights | p. 55 |
Trademark Instead of Copyright | p. 55 |
Industry Organization, Economic Power, and Legal Regulation in the Entertainment World | |
Performer Organization | p. 66 |
The Entertainer Labor Market | p. 66 |
Entertainment Conglomerates under Corporate and Antitrust Law | p. 71 |
Paramount and Corporate Takeover Law | p. 71 |
Entertainment in a New Telecommunications World | p. 73 |
Epilogue: Entertainment in International Trade | p. 74 |
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