Entertainment, Media and the Law

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This supplement updates the main casebook.

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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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