Entertainment Law

Eric E. Johnson

Entertainment Law – Fall 2012
Texas Tech University School of Law

Class Documents:

Chart of Assignments [html]

Final Exam instructions [pdf]

Entertainment Law Compendium:

Part 00: Front Matter [pdf]

Part 01: First Amendment [pdf]

Part 02: Obscenity Regulation [pdf]

Part 03: Tort Liability for Audience Actions [pdf]

Part 04-01: Contract Interpretation [pdf]

Part 04-02: Contract Interpretation [pdf]

Part 05-01: Contract Remedies [pdf]

Part 05-02: Contract Remedies [pdf]

Part 06-01: Substantive Regulation of Contractual Terms [pdf]

Part 06-02: Substantive Regulation of Contractual Terms [pdf]

Part 07: Contract Torts [pdf]

Part 08: Regulation of Agents, Managers, and Attorneys [pdf]

Part 09-01: Copyright [pdf]

Part 09-02: Copyright [pdf]

Part 09-03: Copyright [pdf]

Part 10: Right of Publicity [pdf]

Part 11: Right of Privacy [pdf]

Part 12: Defamation [pdf]

Part 13-01 Inchoate Properties

Part 13-02 Inchoate Properties

Part 13-03 Inchoate Properties

Part 14 Reality Television

Classroom Notes, Presentations, and Exercises:

Drafting Exercise No. 1 handout [pdf]

Drafting Exercise No. 2 handout [pdf]

Drafting Exercise No. 3 handout [pdf]

Drafting Exercise No. 4 handout [pdf]

Drafting Exercise No. 5 instructions [pdf]

Beyoncé, Inc. f/s/o Beyoncé Knowles w/ L’Oreal as of February 1, 2001 [pdf]

Broadway and Legitimate Theatre slideshow [pdf]

Contract Interpretation slideshow [pdf]

Contracts with Minors slideshow [pdf]

In-class overhead notes of October 10, 2012 [pdf]

Intellectual Property, in General slideshow [pdf]

Copyright in Music slideshow [pdf]

Copyright Reversions and Terminations slideshow [pdf]

Trademark Issues in Entertainment slideshow slideshow [pdf]

Indignancy Matrix [pdf]

Defamation Flowcharts (handout) [pdf]

Procedural Law and Elements of Litigation Strategy slideshow [pdf]

Record Contracts slideshow [pdf]

Entertainment Unions Basics slideshow [pdf]

Game Theory Basics slideshow [pdf]

Sample multiple-choice questions [pdf]

Links:

The Hollywood Reporter, Esq.

On Scene: Emergency Response – Intro sequence

On Scene: Emergency Response – Segment on structure fire and rescue by FDNY in Queens, N.Y.

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