Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries

by Biederman, Donald E.

• ISBN13: 9780275969837
• ISBN10: 0275969835
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

In response to the increasing convergence of technologies in the entertainment industries, this thoroughly updates and revised fourth edition is carefully reorganized and conveniently reformatted. Moreover, the new easy-to-read single-column format makes the volume a more accessible resource for lawyers, students, and industry professionals. The Fourth Edition is divided into two parts--one dealing with general principles and the other dealing with specific entertainment and related industries--and over 50 new cases have been added. The case material covers recent changes in the entertainment business--among them innovation, consolidation, copyright issues, and globalization--and each is analyzed in detail. As the internet grows and becomes a part of everyday life, the laws and legal decisions shaping it will continue to affect entertainment business. Therefore, special attention had been devoted to the Internet and other emerging technologies in this new edition. Supplements are also provided to readers to reflect recent changes and update the current material. This classic casebook is assigned to students at top law schools throughout the country and is utilized as a desk reference by industry professionals. FREE semi-annual supplements are available. FOR THE FIRST TIME THESE SUPPLEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE!!

Author Biography

Donald E. Biederman is Professor of Law and Director of the National Institute of Entertainment and Media Law at Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(1)
Global Overview	1	(5)
Standards Governing Preliminary Injunctions, Motions for Summary Judgment, and Attachments	6	(7)
PART ONE
Representing Talent	13	(54)
Introduction: A Business of Intermediaries	13	(2)
Attorneys	15	(16)
Ethical Considerations	16	(1)
Percentage Fees	16	(1)
Multiple Client Representation	17	(1)
Participation in Business Deals with Clients	18	(1)
Croce v. Kurnit	19	(7)
McCauley Music Ltd. v. Solomon	26	(3)
Additional Hazards for Counsel	29	(2)
Agents and Managers	31	(28)
Union Regulation of Agents	31	(1)
State Regulation of Agents	32	(1)
New York General Business Law	32	(4)
Pine v. Laine	36	(1)
Mandel v. Leibman	37	(2)
California Labor Code	39	(6)
Buchwald v. Superior Court of San Francisco	45	(3)
Pryor v. Franklin	48	(2)
Barr v. Rothberg	50	(2)
Park v. Deftones	52	(4)
Chinn v. Tobin	56	(3)
Business Managers	59	(8)
ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd.	59	(8)
Talent Contracts	67	(90)
Introduction	67	(4)
Contracts with Minors	71	(7)
California Provisions on Minors	72	(1)
New York Provisions on Minors	72	(1)
N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law §35.03	73	(1)
Scott Eden Management V. Andrew Kavovit	74	(4)
Contract Duration	78	(23)
The California Seven-Year Statute	78	(1)
Labor Code §2855	78	(1)
De Haviland v. Warner Brothers Pictures	79	(4)
Ketcham v. Hall Syndicate, Inc.	83	(7)
Statutory Termination Rights in California	90	(1)
Goudal v. Cecil B. De Mille Pictures Corp.	90	(5)
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. v. Bumgarner	95	(6)
Contract Formality: Availability of Injunctive Relief	101	(11)
The New York Experience	102	(1)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Scheider	102	(2)
California Injunction Statutes	104	(1)
Civil Code §3390	105	(1)
Civil Code §3423	105	(1)
The Newly Revised California Injunction Statute	106	(2)
MCA Records, Inc. v. Newton-John	108	(2)
Motown Record Corporation v. Brockert	110	(2)
Credit Issues	112	(45)
By Contract	112	(1)
Cleary v. News Corp.	113	(3)
Gold Leaf Group, Ltd. v. Stigwood Group, Ltd.	116	(1)
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. v. Sanders	117	(5)
By Statute/Common Law	122	(1)
Right to Claim Credit	123	(1)
Vargas v. Esquire, Inc.	123	(5)
Smith v. Montoro	128	(5)
Lamothe v. Atlantic Recording Corporation	133	(2)
Cleary v. News Corp.	135	(4)
Artists Visual Rights Act of 1990	139	(1)
Right to Disclaim Credit	140	(1)
Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.	140	(3)
Follett v. Arbor House Publishing Co., Inc.	143	(6)
King v. Innovation Books	149	(7)
Artists Visual Rights Act of 1990	156	(1)
Acquisition of Rights: Rights of Personality and Identity	157	(124)
Introduction	157	(1)
Personal Rights: Defamation	157	(23)
In General	157	(1)
Fact versus Opinion	158	(1)
Falsity	159	(1)
Clark v. American Broadcasting Companies	159	(5)
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.	164	(7)
Of and Concerning	171	(1)
Springer v. Viking Press	171	(3)
Bindrim v. Mitchell	174	(3)
Damage to Reputation	177	(1)
Defensive Aspects	178	(1)
Prior Restraint	178	(1)
Public Officials/Public Figures	178	(2)
Burden of Proof	180	(1)
Judicial Resistance Toward Alternative Remedies	180	(1)
Personal Rights: Privacy	180	(32)
Introduction: Common Law	180	(2)
The First Cases: Roberson and Pavesich	182	(1)
Pavesich v. New England Life Insurance Co.	182	(4)
False Light	186	(1)
Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts	186	(1)
Diaz v. Oakland Tribune, Inc.	186	(5)
Statutory Protection	191	(1)
NY Civil Rights Law §50-51	192	(1)
Spahn v. Julian Messner, Inc.	192	(2)
Defensive Aspects	194	(1)
Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co.	195	(7)
Bernstein v. National Broadcasting Company	202	(10)
Personal Rights: Publicity	212	(44)
At Common Law	213	(1)
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.	214	(3)
Statutory Recognition	217	(1)
California Civil Code §3344	218	(1)
Other Statutory Enactments on Right of Publicity	219	(1)
Tenn. Code. Ann. Ch. 945, §47-25-1101 and 1108	219	(2)
Ky. Rev. Stat., Ch. 391	221	(1)
Fla. Stat. Ann. Sec. 540-08	221	(2)
Indiana Statutes, Title 32, Art. 13, Ch. 1	223	(3)
Additional Recognition of the Right at Common Law	226	(1)
Motschenbacher v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.	226	(3)
Midler v. Ford Motor Company	229	(2)
Waits v. Frito-Lay	231	(6)
White v. Samsung Electronics America	237	(6)
Post-Mortem Availability	243	(1)
At Common Law	243	(1)
Under Statute	244	(1)
California Civil Code §3344.1	244	(3)
Conflicts Problems	247	(1)
Defensive Aspects	248	(1)
Public Figures/Newsworthiness	248	(1)
New Kids on the Block v. News America Publishing	248	(2)
Advertising and Promotion	250	(1)
Namath v. Sports Illustrated	251	(1)
Montana v. San Jose Mercury News	252	(4)
Personal Rights: The Lanham Act and Other Federal Legislation	256	(25)
Introduction: A National Remedy	256	(1)
15 U.S.C. St. 1125	256	(2)
Use of Section 43(a) by Celebrities and Entities	258	(1)
Allen v. National Video, Inc.	258	(8)
Defensive Matters	266	(1)
Rogers v. Grimaldi	266	(9)
Pump, Inc. v. Collins Management	275	(6)
Acquisition of Rights: Ideas and Other Property	281	(72)
Ideas	281	(41)
Copyright Law: Idea versus Expression	282	(1)
Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp.	282	(4)
Zambito v. Paramount Pictures	286	(4)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Film Ventures International, Inc.	290	(3)
Idea Submissions	293	(1)
Implied Contract	294	(1)
Desny v. Wilder	294	(11)
Confidential Relationship	305	(1)
Blaustein v. Burton	305	(10)
Murray v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.	315	(7)
Negotiated Acquisitions	322	(31)
The Scope of Acquired Rights: By Contract	322	(1)
Landon v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.	323	(6)
Rey v. Lafferty	329	(8)
The Scope of Acquired Rights: Legally Imposed Limitations	337	(1)
Copyright Act of 1976, §115(a)(1)	337	(1)
Recording Industry Ass'n of America v. Copyright Royalty Tribunal	338	(1)
Copyright Act of 1976, §203	339	(1)
Copyright Act of 1976, §304(c)	339	(1)
Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.	340	(2)
Stewart v. Abend	342	(11)
Contract Performance, Exploitation Obligations, and Limitations on Exploitation	353	(78)
Delivery Standards	353	(16)
Random House, Inc. v. Gold	354	(3)
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. v. Goldwater	357	(6)
Doubleday & Company, Inc. v. Curtis	363	(6)
Exploitation Obligations	369	(20)
The Company as (Non) Fiduciary	369	(1)
Rodgers v. Roulette Records, Inc.	369	(4)
Mellencamp v. Riva Music Ltd.	373	(5)
The Obligation to Exploit	378	(1)
Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon	378	(1)
Zilg v. Prentice-Hall, Inc.	379	(7)
Third Story Music v. Waits	386	(3)
Limits on Exploitation	389	(42)
Creative Control	389	(1)
Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation	390	(2)
The Cimino and Beatty Arbitrations	392	(4)
Mutilation	396	(1)
Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies	396	(4)
Chesler v. Avon Book Division	400	(2)
Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. v. New American Library	402	(2)
Censorship and Regulation of Content and Attendance	404	(1)
Skyywalker Records Inc. v. Navarro	404	(10)
Cinevision v. City of Burbank	414	(5)
Private Actions Against Creators and Distributors	419	(1)
Olivia N. v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.	420	(4)
Byers v. Edmondson	424	(7)
Remedies	431	(94)
Self-Help	431	(4)
Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. v. Lilienthal	431	(4)
Rescission	435	(5)
Nolan v. Williamson Music, Inc.	435	(3)
Nolan v. Sam Fox Publishing Company, Inc.	438	(1)
Peterson v. Highland Music, Inc.	438	(2)
Injunction	440	(18)
Machen v. Johansson	442	(5)
Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. v. Kweskin	447	(3)
American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Wolf	450	(8)
Damages	458	(6)
Freund v. Washington Square Press, Inc.	458	(6)
Contracts of Adhesion/Unconscionability: The Buchwald Case and After	464	(20)
Art Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures Corp.	465	(14)
Batfilm Productions, Inc. v. Warner Bros. Inc.	479	(5)
The U.K. ``Restraint of Trade'' Cases	484	(15)
The Earlier Cases	484	(1)
Schroeder Music Publishing Co. v. Macaulay	484	(5)
Elton Hercules John v. Richard Leon James	489	(7)
The George Michael Case	496	(1)
Georgios Panayiotou v. Sony Music Entertainment (U.K.) Limited	496	(3)
Bankruptcy	499	(20)
The Availability of Bankruptcy Protection	500	(1)
In the Matter of Noonan	500	(5)
In re Carrere	505	(3)
The Consequences of Bankruptcy	508	(1)
Waldschmidt v. CBS, Inc.	508	(5)
Protective Registration	513	(1)
In re Peregrine Entertainment, Ltd.	513	(6)
Arbitration	519	(6)
PART TWO
Literary Publishing	525	(24)
Introduction	525	(1)
The Business of Literary Publishing	525	(3)
The Scope of Literary Publishing Contracts	528	(4)
Paperback Licensing	529	(1)
Foreign Licensing	529	(1)
Merchandise Licensing	530	(1)
Motion Picture/Television Licensing	530	(1)
Other Media Licensing	531	(1)
Author-Literary Agent	531	(1)
Publisher-Author Contract in Detail	532	(5)
Rights Granted and Assigned	532	(1)
Delivery of Satisfactory Manuscript	532	(1)
Noncompete Clause	533	(1)
Publication	534	(1)
Copyright	534	(1)
Royalties and Other Payments	535	(1)
Warranties and Indemnities	535	(1)
Future Revisions	536	(1)
Option for Next Work	536	(1)
Other Provisions	537	(1)
The Impact of Custom and Usage	537	(8)
Stein and Day, Incorporated v. Morgan	540	(1)
Tasini v. The New York Times Company, Inc.	541	(4)
The ``Next Book'' Option	545	(4)
Pinnacle Books, Inc. v. Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.	545	(4)
Music Publishing	549	(32)
An Overview of the Music Publishing Industry	549	(3)
Sources of Revenue	552	(2)
Small Performance Fees	553	(1)
Co-publishing Agreements	554	(1)
Principal Types of Agreements	554	(2)
Songwriter Agreement	554	(1)
Administration Agreement	555	(1)
Collection Agreement	555	(1)
Foreign Subpublishing Agreement	555	(1)
Negotiation of a Co-publishing Agreement	556	(2)
Computation of Foreign Income (``Receipts'' versus ``At the Sources'')	558	(1)
Typical Requirements and Controls	559	(7)
Administrative and Creative Controls	559	(1)
The Publisher's Obligations	560	(1)
The Obligation to Exploit	560	(1)
The Obligation to Account and Pay	561	(1)
In re Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.	561	(5)
Performing Rights	566	(12)
Blanket Licensing	566	(1)
Buffalo Broadcasting Co. v. ASCAP	566	(11)
Split Licensing	577	(1)
U.S. v. ASCAP, In re Fox Broadcasting Co.	577	(1)
Sampling	578	(3)
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc.	578	(3)
Sound Recordings	581	(44)
Development of the Industry	581	(4)
Contracts in the Record Industry	585	(20)
Artist Recording Agreement	586	(4)
Recording Artist Royalty Calculations: Why Gold Records Don't Always Yield Fortunes (Second Edition)	590	(10)
Producer Agreement	600	(1)
Mechanical License	601	(1)
Film/TV Master Use License	602	(1)
Master Purchase Agreement	602	(1)
Custom Label Agreement: Pressing and Distribution Agreement	603	(1)
Special Products Agreements	604	(1)
Record Label Breach	605	(2)
Phillips v. Playboy Music, Inc.	605	(2)
Contract Term: The Label Option	607	(2)
Using Option Clauses in Record Deals	607	(2)
Signing Multiple Group Members to a Single Recording Contract	609	(2)
Forrest R.B. Enterprises, Inc. V. Capricorn Records, Inc.	609	(2)
Interference with Contract and Inducement to Breach	611	(10)
Roulette Records, Inc. v. Princess Production Corp.	612	(4)
Bonner v. Westbound Records	616	(4)
Westbound Records, Inc. v. Phonogram, Inc.	620	(1)
Ownership and Protection of Performers' Names	621	(4)
Films	625	(32)
The Changing Scene in the Motion Picture Industry	625	(3)
Producing Films	628	(13)
The Evolution of the Studio Model	628	(1)
Producing Films: The Studio Model	629	(1)
Acquisition of Underlying Rights	629	(1)
The Production/Financing/Distribution Deal	630	(2)
Dealing with Directors, Actors, and Writers	632	(1)
Gross Receipts/ Net Profits	633	(2)
Producing Films: The Independent Model	635	(1)
Financing Independent Films	636	(1)
Insurance	637	(1)
Completion Guaranty Bonds	638	(1)
The International Market	638	(2)
Ancillary Markets	640	(1)
Distribution	641	(16)
Dealing with Theatres	641	(1)
Antitrust Issues in Distribution: Studio Issues	642	(1)
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.	643	(8)
Exhibitor Violations: Splitting Arrangements	651	(1)
United States v. Capitol Service, Inc.	651	(6)
Television	657	(32)
The Television Business	657	(5)
The Changing Face of the Television Industry	657	(2)
Broadcast Television	659	(1)
Cable and Satellite Television	660	(2)
Creating and Acquiring Programming	662	(2)
Dealmaking in the Television Industry	662	(1)
The Development Deal	663	(1)
Deficit Funding	664	(1)
Syndication	664	(2)
The Ratings Game	666	(2)
International Markets	668	(1)
Ancillary Markets	668	(1)
Federal Communications Commission	669	(2)
Licensing	669	(1)
Control of Broadcast Television	670	(1)
Controlling Cable Television	670	(1)
Issues in Television Distribution	671	(18)
Antitrust: Block Booking	671	(1)
United States v. Loew's, Inc.	671	(4)
Metromedia Broadcasting Corp. v. MGM/UA Entertainment Co.	675	(5)
Antitrust: Geographical Restrictions	680	(1)
Ralph C. Wilson Industries, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.	680	(4)
Piracy: Unlawful Interception and Retransmission of Signals	684	(1)
Home Box Office, Inc. v. Pay TV of Greater New York, Inc.	684	(5)
The Internet, Multimedia, and Emerging Technologies	689	(84)
Introduction	689	(3)
Personal Jurisdiction	692	(10)
Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King	692	(4)
Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.	696	(6)
Regulating Content and Controlling Distribution of Information Online	702	(5)
Censorship	702	(1)
New Media, the Internet, and the Law	702	(5)
Control of Access: Framing and Linking	707	(1)
Liability of Internet Service Providers	707	(8)
Defamation	707	(1)
Zeran v. America Online, Inc.	708	(5)
Privacy	713	(1)
Consumer Profiles	713	(1)
Spamming	714	(1)
Copyright Infringement	715	(22)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act	715	(1)
The Impact of Internet-Specific Technologies	716	(1)
MP3	716	(1)
UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3. Com, Inc.	717	(3)
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.	720	(16)
DeCSS	736	(1)
iCrave TV	736	(1)
Trademark Infringement	737	(28)
Internet Domain Names and Metatags	737	(1)
Brookfield Communications, Inc. v. West Coast Entertainment Corp.	737	(18)
Cybersquatting	755	(2)
Other Internet and New Technology Litigation Involving Copyright, Trademark, and Unfair Competition	757	(1)
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena	757	(4)
Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.	761	(4)
Agreements Entered into over the Internet	765	(8)
What Constitutes an Enforceable Agreement Entered into over the Internet?	765	(8)
Theatre	773	(30)
Theatre Business	773	(7)
Broadway Producers, Investors, and Theatre Owners	777	(1)
Alternatives to Broadway	778	(1)
The Prospective Audience	779	(1)
The Approved Production Contracts	780	(5)
MBPC: Requiescat in Pace---APC: Quo Vadis?	781	(4)
Business Structures of Theatrical Ventures	785	(1)
Special Problems in Theatrical Agreements	785	(18)
Gennaro v. Rosenfield	786	(1)
Childress v. Taylor	787	(6)
Wasserman v. Leigh	793	(6)
Sacks v. Rubin 6/15/90	799	(1)
Sacks v. Rubin 12/11/91	800	(3)
Table of Cases	803	(28)
Index	831