Monthly Archives: February 2008

Supreme Court orders Arbitration of Manager/Artist dispute

(Preston v. Ferrer) Congratulations to my friend and colleague Joe Schleimer, who successfully argued the case of Preston v. Ferrer before the United States Supreme Court. The Court ruled today ...

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Are audience participation/interactive shows in peril?

A Chicago man has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the Blue Man Group theatrical act.  His suit claims that he was chosen by the performers to participate ...

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Updated: Yes, it's over! (formerly "Is It Over?")

Within 48 hours striking screenwriters will vote on a tentative deal reached late last week between their union, Writer's Guild of America, and TV and Film networks and producers.  If the rank-and-file vote in favor of the proposed deal, writers could be back to work ...

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Randy Quaid Fined and Banned from Actor's Equity

Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors’ union, Actor’s Equity Association for life, following the union’s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of “Lone Star Love”, a country ...

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Randy Quaid Fined and Banned from Actor's Equity

Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors' union, Actor's Equity Association for life, following the union's investigation and a hearing  to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of "Lone Star Love", a country musical ...

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Copyrightability of Jokes

William Patry is copyright counsel to Google, and a scholar of copyright law.  He has recently posted a piece on his blog about Copyright protection for jokes.    Very informative and interesting!

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