NYSBA SPECIAL EDITION 2008 | VOL. 19 | NO. 1 Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal A publication of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association 220th0th AAnniversarynniversary IIssuessue WWW.NYSBA.ORG/EASL Your key to professional success… A wealth of practical resources at www.nysba.org • Downloadable Forms organized into common practice areas And now . • Comprehensive practice the Entertainment, Arts and Sports management tools • Forums/listserves for Sections Law Journal has a new online look! and Committees • More than 800 Ethics Opinions • NYSBA Reports – the substantive work of the Association • Legislative information with timely news feeds • Online career services for job seekers and employers • Free access to several case law libraries – exclusively for members The practical tools you need. Go to www.nysba.org/EASLJournal The resources you demand. to access: Available right now. 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For more information on these and many other resources go to www.nysba.org Table of Contents Letter from the Chairman ..................................................................................................................................................4 (Alan Barson) Remarks from the Incoming Chair ..................................................................................................................................6 (Ken Swezey) Editor’s Note/Remarks from the Immediate Past Chair ..............................................................................................7 (Elissa D. Hecker) EASL’s Story.........................................................................................................................................................................8 (Marc Jacobson, Founding Chair) Letter from Kathryn Grant Madigan (NYSBA President) .............................................................................................9 Letter from Mark H. Alcott (NYSBA Immediate Past President) ...............................................................................10 Letter from A. Thomas Levin (former NYSBA President) ..........................................................................................11 Letter from Lesley Friedman Rosenthal (EASL member and former Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Chair) ................................................12 Letter from Marybeth Peters (Register of Copyrights) ................................................................................................13 Letter from Helene Blue (President, Copyright Society of the U.S.A.) .....................................................................14 Letter from Charles Schumer (United States Senator) .................................................................................................15 Letter from Andrew M. Cuomo (New York State Attorney General) .......................................................................16 The Millennium Chair: Thoughts and Reminiscences ................................................................................................17 (Judith Bresler, EASL Chair 2000–2002) Treasurer’s Report .............................................................................................................................................................18 (Stephen Rodner) Letter from Juli Turner (Immediate Past NYSBA Staff Liaison) .................................................................................19 Letter from Cynthia Feathers (former NYSBA Director of Pro Bono Affairs) ..........................................................20 Broadening Pro Bono, Arts Included .............................................................................................................................21 (Kenneth G. Standard and Nazneen Malik) The Constitutional Challenge to Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement: Don’t Gore Section 504 .......24 (Steven M. Tepp) Scandalous Notes: A Musicologist Discusses New Developments in Music Technology That Challenge Copyright Attorneys and Expert Witnesses .................................................................................32 (Judith Greenberg Finell) NBA v. Motorola: Current Implications for Real-Time Blogging and the Dissemination of Game-Related Information ...........................................................................................36 (Anthony J. Dreyer and Curt R. Clausen) Virtual Worlds, Digital Economies and Synthetic Crimes ..........................................................................................44 (Sean F. Kane) Photography Law—A 20-Year Retrospective ................................................................................................................54 (Joel L. Hecker) United States v. Martignon: The Lurking Treaty Compliance Problem and Potential Solutions ............................58 (Oliver Metzger and Matthew Skelton) Internet Gambling and Secondary Liability: Understanding the Contours of Criminal Liability ........................72 (Joseph V. DeMarco) Communications and Entertainment: At the Crossroads Looking Back 20 Years ...................................................76 (Barry Skidelsky) Anatomy of a Copyright Infringement Claim (excerpt from the NYSBA book, Entertainment Litigation) ..........80 (Robert Clarida) Committee Reports ...........................................................................................................................................................90 NYSBA Guidelines for Obtaining MCLE Credit for Writing ....................................................................................102 Law Student Initiative ....................................................................................................................................................103 The Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship .............................................................................................................104 NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal | Special Edition 2008 | Vol. 19 | No. 1 3 Letter from the Chairman This year, 2008, marks the • The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series 4-1 20th Anniversary of the Enter- over the Oakland Athletics. Orel Hershiser was the tainment, Arts and Sports Law series MVP. Section. To commemorate this milestone, we proudly present • Rick Rubin founded Def American Recordings. this Special Edition of the EASL • Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, Journal. won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Clint This Special Edition, which Eastwood won the Golden Globe for Best Director Bird has been in development for over for . a year, could not have happened • Madonna fi led and then dropped assault charges without the dedication of Elissa against husband Sean Penn. They separated three Hecker, who chairs the Section’s Publications Commit- days later and divorced the following year. tee and has been the Journal’s tireless editor for over fi ve years. Thank you, Elissa, and we look forward to many • A petition for certiorari from the Washington, D.C., more great issues of the Journal with you at the helm. Circuit Court was fi led in Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid to allow the Supreme Court I have enjoyed every minute of my two years as to resolve the growing confl ict among the circuits Chairman. As I pass the leadership torch to Kenneth over the determination of when a work is “made for Swezey, who has been the Section’s Vice-Chairman for hire.” the past two years, I would again like to thank the Of- fi cers and Executive Committee members of the Sec- • For the fi rst time, CDs outsold vinyl records. tion, and all at the NYSBA, for their loyal support and • Sonny Bono was inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm encouragement in helping us position the EASL Section Springs and Alice Cooper announced his intention for many more years of success, growth and service to its to run for Governor of Arizona. members and the EASL Bar. • Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks in Atlantic 1988, the year the Section was born, was an interest- City and defended his title as Undisputed Heavy- ing year. Let’s take a quick look back at some events of weight Championship of the World. that year in the world of entertainment, art and sports, with a little law thrown in for good measure. • Michael Jackson purchased a ranch in Santa Ynez, California, and named it “Neverland.” In 1988— • The Washington Redskins won their second Super • Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” Bowl title 42-10 over the Denver Broncos in Super Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is a Place on Earth“ and Bowl XXII. Phil Collins’ “Groovy Kind of Love“ topped the charts around the world. • Electronic Arts released John Madden Football for the Apple II, and Namco released Splatterhouse— • With recordable CDs a decade away, the recorded the fi rst electronic game with a parental advisory music industry was lining up against the techno- disclaimer. logical