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28 Ent. L. Rep. [1] (2006-2007)

handle is hein.journals/enterml28 and id is 1 raw text is: tNTIETAIN4aEINT PAW I tI June 2006 Volume 28 Number 1 Washington Monitor Congress increases penalties ten-fold for indecent broadcasts FCC refuses to set aside $550,000 fine penalizing CBS for airing Janet Jackson's bare breast during 2004 Super Bowl Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act permits songwriters to treat songs as capital assets, so copyright assignments will be taxed at lower capital gains rates Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games settle FTC charges they failed to disclose that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas contained nude female characters and sex mini-game In the News EMI Music settles New York Attorney General's payola investigation Recent Cases Delaware Supreme Court affirms dismissal of shareholder derivative suit against Walt Disney Co. complaining about company's hiring and firing of Michael Ovitz and payment to him of $130 million in severance Right of publicity claim by recording artist Debra Laws against Sony Music, complaining that Jennifer Lopez's recording and video All I Have sampled Laws' recording Very Special without Laws' consent, is preempted by federal copyright law, Court of Appeals affirms Producer Jean Doumanian is entitled to edit six Woody Allen movies for network television, despite Allen's objection that proposed edits would affect films' artistic integrity and entertainment value Comical references to BUFU in movie How High did not infringe or dilute FUBU clothing trademark Claim that Michael Chabon's novel Summerland was copied from movie treatment is shown to be fraudulent, because treatment referred to Palm Pilots repeatedly but was allegedly submitted to Disney almost a year before Palm Pilots were introduced Departments Entertainment Lawyer News: - Kenneth Suddleson joins L.A. office of Foley & Lardner In the Law Reviews Educational Programs Calendar