Hi! Thanks for the question.
Initially let us start with lawyers and specific cases that hover over
their heads.
Stanley Rothenberg is a partner at Moses & Singer since 1979 and has
been a copyright and entertainment industry lawyer for over 30 years
has posted articles online on his views about litigation on
intellectual property rights in the entertainment industry.
Fantasia on Videotape Conjures a Lawsuit
http://www.mosessinger.com/resources/fantasia.shtml
Second Circuit Reversal Regarding Disney's Fantasia On Videocassettes
http://www.mosessinger.com/resources/2ndcircuit.shtml
Ninety Years of New Uses and Conflicting Rights
http://www.mosessinger.com/resources/90_years.shtml
Candle in the Wind: Would Elton John’s Publicity Rights Extinguish
With His Death?
http://www.mosessinger.com/resources/eltonjohn.shtml
Do the Prior "New Technology" Cases Apply to the New "New Technology"
Cases?
http://www.mosessinger.com/resources/priornewtech.shtml
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Sports and Entertainment Articles from Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP
http://www.kilpatrickstockton.com/site/print/list?PA_Id=SPE&Media_Type=A
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Legal Discussion articles by Atty. Michael Leventhal whose expertise
includes high technology, entertainment, intellectual property,
internet and new media.
Intellectual Property 101
http://www.wiredlaw.com/articles/ip101.html
RIGHTS CLEARANCE OUTLINE
http://www.wiredlaw.com/articles/rights.html
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Legal discussions from Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin -
Defense Digest - June 2002
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Lack of Standing: Bar to False Advertising
Claim Under Federal Law By Richard A. Kraemer, Esq
http://mdwcg.wld.com/ddv6-5.htm#Intellectual
Legal Commentary Articles from FindLaw.com
GOING AFTER INDIVIDUALS FOR COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS:
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20020820.html
Electronic Documents and Digital Signatures:
Changing the Way Business Is Conducted and Contracts Are Formed
by Paul R. Katz, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Perkins Coie
LLP.
http://library.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getfile.pl?FILE=legpub/glass/glass000008
Other articles I have found on the internet which pertains to our
topic:
The Fine Art of Film: Using Visual Art in Audiovisual Media
By Gregory Victoroff, Esq.
http://www.hollywoodnet.com/Law/Victoroff/fineart.html
THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY by Paul J. Mirowski from Mirowski and
associates
http://www.mirlaw.com/enter.html
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The next articles will deal on such areas as treatises and court
decisions regarding Intellectual Property Rights in the Entertainment
industry.
Treatises
BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (Paris Text 1971)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html
Annex 1C: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights, Including Trade in Counterfeit Goods
http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wta.1994/iia1c.html
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
COPYRIGHT TREATY
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/wipo/treaty1.html
WIPO PERFORMANCES AND PHONOGRAMS TREATY
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/wipo/treaty2.html
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Court Decisions
FELTNER v. COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION, INC.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=SupctSyllabi&STEMMER=en&WORDS=copyright+&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1768.ZS.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
NEW YORK TIMES CO., INC., et al. v. TASINI et al.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=SupctSyllabi&STEMMER=en&WORDS=copyright+&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-201.ZS.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (92-1292), 510 U.S. 569 (1994)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=SupctSyllabi&STEMMER=en&WORDS=copyright+&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/92-1292.ZS.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v.
FREE SPEECH COALITION et al.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=SupctSyllabi&STEMMER=en&WORDS=patent+&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-795.ZS.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
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Other resources you might be interested since they pertain to the
industry but are other forms of commentaries and articles:
Georgetown University Copyright Law Resources
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/jec/copyonline.html
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INTERNET LAW PROJECT
http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/link/intproplaw-e.html
FindLaw Entertainment
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/entertainment/index.html
Links from FindLaw.com to other internet resources
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/12entertainsport/01entertainment/publications.html
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