May 21, 2014 Audio
Raging Bulls on the Stairway to Heaven
Raging Bull case in the Supreme Court
Pharrell Williams and Will.i.am Settlement Trademark Lawsuit
Quentin Tarantino Files New Gawker Lawsuit Over 'Hateful Eight' Script Leak
Update: Tarantino Withdraws Lawsuit Against Gawker after Refile
Midnight Rider: Gregg Allman Files Lawsuit Against Producers
European Right to be Forgotten
Smokey Robinson's Ex-Wife Demands Share of Hit Songs
How Many Pieces of Flair Do you Have? Obtaining Merchandising Rights from Actors
Famous 1923 Silent Film Sparks Copyright Lawsuit Over a Clock
Dr. Dre Loses $3 Million Royalty Claim on Debut Album
http://wallacecollinsentertainmentlawblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/in-raging-bull-case-us-supreme-court.html
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/05/breaking-news-scotus-casts-shadows-on.html
http://m.rollingstone.com/music/news/pharrell-williams-and-will-i-am-settle-trademark-lawsuit-20140311
See Episode 42 on the original story
(https://entertainmentlawupdate.com/2013/07/episode-42-attack-of-the-interns/)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/showbiz/quentin-tarantino-gawker-hateful-eight-suit/
See Episode 48 on the original suit (http://firemark.com/2014/03/21/episode-48-google-wins-some-loses-some-and-more/)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/quentin-tarantino-withdraws-lawsuit-gawker-702249
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/midnight-rider-gregg-allman-files-700898
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/05/13/gregg-allman-film-lawsuit/9036867/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/hollywood-docket-arnold-schwarzenegger-lawsuit-704171
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/05/14/the-right-to-be-forgotten-is-a-foreign-concept-in-america/
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/14/opinion/randazza-google-right-to-privacy/index.html?hpt=op_t1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/05/14/five-key-questions-about-the-european-court-of-justices-google-decision/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/smokey-robinsons-wife-demands-share-701262
http://www.entertainmentmedialawsignal.com/how-many-pieces-of-flair-do-you-have-obtaining-merchandising-rights-from-actors
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/office-space-actor-loses-lawsuit-691900
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/famous-1923-silent-film-sparks-687956?mobile_redirect=false
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/dr-dre-loses-3-million-703313
3 Replies to "Raging Bulls on the Stairway to Heaven"
Stanley N. Lozowski
Hello Gordon,
Congratulations of reaching the BIG FIVE-OHHH with you podcasts! Great work!
Have a great week,
Hi Gordon,
I hope we can finally get around to getting together. I enjoyed the last episode, but I do not believe your recent analysis of Smokey Robinson's termination issues were accurate. You stated (or implied) that as the result of Smokey's termination, his ex-wife would no longer receive any monies related to those copyrights. The former publisher, however, would be entitled to continue to collect monies from prior licenses under the derivative works exception. See Mills Music v. Snyder, 469 U.S. 153 (1985) and Woods v. Bourne Co., 60 F.3d 978 (2d Cir. 1995).
Furthermore, the exclusive rights of copyright are not subject to community property laws (they are preempted); however, the revenues generated from copyright are subject to community property laws. See Rodrigue v. Rodrigue, 218 F.3d 432 (5th Cir. 2000). For a good summary of Rodrigue and Marriage of Worth, see Berry v. Berry, 127 Haw. 243 (2012) from Hawaii.
Gordon Firemark
Thanks so much Robert,
And then I will be discussing this further next episode to clarify some issues, and add a bit of nuance that we left out of our earlier discussion.
Thanks again. And thanks for listening.