Cases and Materials on Entertainment Litigation FIRST EDITION By DAN DOWNEY Adjunct Professor of Law South Texas College of Law ROLA DAABOUL South Texas College of Law J.D. Copyright 2013 CHAPTER ONE: COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT 1.01 Statutory Provisions ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.01(a) Exclusive Rights .............................................................................................................. 1 Herbert v. Shanley ............................................................................................................ 2 EMI April Music, Inc. v. White ......................................................................................... 3 Agee v. Paramount Communications ............................................................................... 9 1.02 Proof of Copyright Infringement ................................................................................................... 17 1.02(a) Basic Elements of Copyright Infringment ....................................................................... 18 Three Boys Music Corp. v. Bolton ................................................................................... 18 Dirk Laureyssens v. Idea Group ...................................................................................... 24 Bright Tunes Music Corp. v. Harrisongs ......................................................................... 25 Armour v. Knowles .......................................................................................................... 28 Selle v. Gibb .................................................................................................................... 32 Dimmie v. Carey .............................................................................................................. 40 Repp v. Webber ................................................................................................................ 46 Baxter v. MCA ................................................................................................................. 54 Arnstein v. Porter ............................................................................................................ 57 1.02(b) Originality ....................................................................................................................... 63 ZZ Top v. Chrysler ........................................................................................................... 63 Smith v. Jackson .............................................................................................................. 65 Swirsky v. Carey .............................................................................................................. 69 1.03(a) Sampling .......................................................................................................................... 72 Jarvis v. A&M Records .................................................................................................... 72 Newton v. Diamond ........................................................................................................ 77 Bridgeport Music Inc. v. Dimension Films ..................................................................... 83 Bridgeport Music, Inc., v. UMG ...................................................................................... 90 Copyright Infringement Flow Chart ............................................................................... 95 Sound Recordings Chart ................................................................................................. 96 1.03(b) Fair Use ........................................................................................................................... 97 Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc .................................................................................. 97 Lennon v. Premise Media Corp ..................................................................................... 107 1.03(c) Independent Creation ..................................................................................................... 117 Ellis v. Diffie .................................................................................................................. 117 1.03(d) Preemption .................................................................................................................... 119 Daboub v. Gibbons ........................................................................................................ 119 Brainard v. Vassar .......................................................................................................... 122 1.03(e) Statute of Limitations .................................................................................................... 131 Daboub v. Gibbons ......................................................................................................... 131 Stone v. Williams ............................................................................................................ 132 1.03(f) First Sale ........................................................................................................................ 141 Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc .............................................................................. 141 UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Augusto .................................................................................. 145 1.03(g) Compulsory License ...................................................................................................... 150 T.B. Harms v. JEM Records, Inc .................................................................................... 150 1.04 Derivative Works ........................................................................................................................... 157 Entertainment Research Group, Inc. v. Genesis Creative Group, Inc. ........................... 157 1.05 Works For Hire .............................................................................................................................. 164 Lulirama ......................................................................................................................... 164 1.06 Damages and Remedies ................................................................................................................. 174 Three Boys Music Corp. v. Bolton .................................................................................. 175 Jarvis v. A&M Records ................................................................................................... 178 Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc ................................................................................................... 184 Bridgeport Music Inc. v. Dimension Films .................................................................... 188 1.07 Secondary Liability ........................................................................................................................ 192 1.07(a) Contributory and Vicarious Liability ............................................................................. 192 A&M Records v. Napster, Inc ......................................................................................... 192 MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd ................................................................................ 205 Arista Records, LLC v. Usenet.com ................................................................................ 215 Viacom International, Inc. v. You Tube, Inc ................................................................... 228 UMG Recordings, Inc. v. VEOH .................................................................................... 232 1.07(b) Personal Liability .......................................................................................................... 245 Boz Scaggs Music v. KND Corp ..................................................................................... 245 Fermata International Melodies, Inc. v. Champions ..................................................... 248 CHAPTER TWO: TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT/UNFAIR COMPETITION 2.01 Statutory Provisions ....................................................................................................................... 255 2.02 Proof of Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition ........................................................... 256 Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox File Corp .............................................. 256 Apple Corps, Limited v. Button Master, P.C.P. Inc ......................................................... 262 Estate of Elvis Presley v. Rob Russen............................................................................. 271 Elvis Presely Enterprises, Inc. v. Capece ....................................................................... 297 In Re Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc ............................................................................... 313 Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc ................................................................................... 316 Robi v. Reed.................................................................................................................... 325 Oliveira v. Frito-Lay, Inc ............................................................................................... 328 2.03 Secondary Liability .......................................................................................................................