As federal prosecutors prepare to take on the leaders of Megaupload, the entertainment industry continues to fight Hotfile, another huge file locker site. ‘A Winter’s Tale’: Warner Bros. Starting Screen Tests With Lily Collins, Tom HiddlestonCyberlocker Battle: Hotfile Threatens to Countersue Warner Bros. Last year, the MPAA led a huge copyright infringement lawsuit against Hotfile, [...]
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Tree of Life didn’t win any Oscars, but the production company behind the Terrence Malick-directed film has put an end to a row over distribution of the film in Britain. On the eve of the Academy Awards, Cottonwood Pictures and Icon Film Distribution told a California federal judge that a settlement agreement had been reached [...]
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When federal judge James Otero convenes a hearing March 26 in the merger opponents’ lawsuit against SAG, don’t be surprised if his first words are, “Haven’t I seen this show before?” SAG Filing Motion to Dismiss Anti-Merger Lawsuit on FridaySAG Slams Anti-Merger LawsuitAnti-Merger Lawsuit Filed Against SAG and Officers•Labor Indeed he has. By a quirk [...]
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A Brooklyn-based artist has filed a new lawsuit that raises the question of whether the mise-en-scène from one video production can be appropriated in another. Judge Forbids Musician’s Use of ‘The Platters’ Name After 40 Years of LawsuitsKnow Your ‘Avatar’ Lawsuits: Meet Three Plaintiffs Who Hope to Win BillionsSony Changes PlayStation Rules to Limit Class [...]
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Nu Image has filed a lawsuit against 2,165 anonymous pirates of the 2011 film Conan the Barbarian. The complaint, lodged Friday in Maryland federal court, alleges that the defendants used BitTorrent to distribute copyrighted material among one another. Judge Forbids Musician’s Use of ‘The Platters’ Name After 40 Years of LawsuitsHot New Hollywood Trend: Crazy [...]
Continue Reading Hollywood Docket: ‘Conan’ v. Pirates; Justin Bieber v. Joustin’ Beaver; ‘Titanic’ Idea Theft
RC3, a maker of Android apps, isn’t about to be backed down by the legal demands of a teenager. The company has preemptively filed a lawsuit against Justin Bieber and claims the right to distribute a game, Joustin’ Beaver, regardless of the singer’s trademark and publicity right claims. The move comes two weeks after Bieber’s [...]
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Anti-merger activists filed an amended complaint today, unexpectedly backtracking on a claim that the SAG/AFTRA merger referendum amounted to an improper election by extending the terms of existing board members, and also dropping their demand that SAG provide them access to and use of member email addresses. SAG-AFTRA Merger: Lawsuit Is Repeat Performance for OpponentsSAG/AFTRA [...]
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Last month, the Velvet Underground sued the Andy Warhol Foundation with an artful double-step: On one hand, the band claimed that the famous image that adorns its classic 1967 album, The Velvet Underground Nico, was in the public domain. On the other hand, the band said that the Foundation had no right to license it [...]
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The inner workings of long-running ABC drama Desperate Housewives will be the subject of a jury trial beginning this week as former castmember Nicollette Sheridan finally gets a chance to try to prove that ABC and series creator Marc Cherry killed off her character after she spoke up about Cherry’s alleged abuse toward her during [...]
Continue Reading Nicollette Sheridan vs. ABC: ‘Desperate Housewives’ Wrongful Termination Trial Begins
