Chart of Assignments

Media & Entertainment Law, Fall 2011

Eric E. Johnson, UND Law

 

Updated as of: November 9, 2011

 

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SYLLABUS CONTENT

PART I: General Background Law

Module 1:      Sunshine, FOIA, and Access Rights

reading:     
none

class media:          
Federal FOIA – slideshow [pdf]
Federal Open Meetings Laws – slideshow [pdf]

Module 2:      First Amendment Freedom of Expression: Incitement

reading:     
EEJ– Part A
[pdf]
Schenck v. U.S., p.12
Masses Publishing v. Patten, p.15
Brandenburg v. Ohio, p.24

Module 3:      First Amendment Freedom of Expression: Obscenity

reading:     
EEJ– Part B
[pdf]
Luke Records v. Navarro, p.31

Module 4:      First Amendment Freedom of Expression: Injunctions and Prior Restraint

reading:     
EEJ– Part C
[pdf]
Near v. Minnesota, p.36
The Pentagon Papers Case, p.56

Module 5:      First Amendment Freedom of Expression: Questions of Medium

reading:     
EEJ– Part D
[pdf]
Minneapolis Star & Tribune v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue, p.71
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, p.56

Module 6:      Press Freedom and Government Investigation

reading:     
EEJ– Part E
[pdf]
Branzburg v. Hayes, p.93
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, p. 119

class media:          
Reporters Privilege – slideshow [pdf]

Module 7:      Regulation of Advertising and Broadcasting

reading:     
EEJ– Part F
[pdf]
Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC, p.128
FCC v. Pacifica, p.145
FCC v. Fox Television Stations, p.162

class media:          
FCC Regulation: Payola – slideshow [pdf]
FCC Regulation: Obscenity, Indecency, and Profanity – slideshow [pdf]
FCC Regulation: Closed Captioning – slideshow [pdf]
FCC Regulation: Broadcast of False Facts – slideshow [pdf]
Advertising Regulation – slideshow [pdf]

Module 8:      Tort Liability for Audience Actions

reading:     
EEJ– Part G
[pdf]
DeFilippo v. NBC, p.185
McCollum v. CBS, p.190

Module 9:      Copyright Basics

reading:     
ML– Chapter 12

class media:          
Overview of Intellectual Property – slideshow [pdf]
Mindmap of Intellectual Property [html]

Module 10:    Copyright and Music

reading:     
EEJ– Part H
[pdf]
Newton v. Diamond, p.202
Morrill v. Smashing Pumpkins, p.212

ML– Chapter 8

class media:          
Music Copyright – slideshow [pdf]
Copyright Reversions and Terminations – slideshow [pdf]

Module 11:    Trademark

reading:     
ML– Chapter 16
Nanotreatise: Trademark, by Eric E. Johnson [pdf]

class media:          
Overview of IP – slideshow [pdf] (cross-listed from Module 9)
Trademarks in Entertainment – slideshow [pdf]

Module 12:    Right of Publicity

reading:     
ML– Chapter 13
Nanotreatise: Right of Publicity, by Eric E. Johnson [pdf]

class media:          
Overview of IP – slideshow [pdf] (cross-listed from Module 9))

Module 13:    Privacy Torts

reading:     
ML– Chapter 15

Module 14:    Defamation

reading:     
ML– Chapter 14

class media:          
Defamation Flowcharts – handout [pdf]
Defamation: Finer Points – slideshow [pdf]

Module 15:    Online Safe Harbors

reading:     
none

class media:          
Online Safe Harbors – slideshow [pdf]

Module 16:    Anti-SLAPP

reading:     
EEJ– Part H
[pdf]
AOL v. Zeran, p.220

class media:          
Anti-SLAPP – slideshow [pdf]

Module 17:    Regulation of Agents, Managers, and Attorneys

reading:     
ML– Chapter 18

class docs:            
Mötley Crüe w/ Coffmans re: Leathür Records [pdf]

 

PART II: Specific Contexts

Module 18:    Paparazzi and Gossip Rags

class docs:            
Jennifer Aniston / Topless Photos (letter) [pdf]
Britney Spears w/ Kevin Federline re Wedding Ceremony [pdf]

reading:     
Lindsay Lohan & Dina Lohan / Claim (letter) [pdf]

Module 19:    Record Contracts

class docs:            
Elektra/Asylum Records w/ Mötley Crüe re Recording Agmt. [pdf]

reading:     
The Problem With Music by Steve Albini
[web link]

Module 20:    Pitches

reading:     
ML– Chapters 1 and 2

Module 21:    Film & Television Production

reading:     
ML– Chapters 3 and 4

Module 22:    Film & Television Writers

reading:     
ML– Chapters 5, 6 (103-133 only), and 7 (175-197 only)

Module 23:    Film & Television Directors and Actors [also covering producers]

reading:     
ML– Chapters 6 (134-174 only), and 7 (198-213 only)

 

SKILLS EXERCISES

Letter Drafting Exercise: FOIA Request

background: Federal FOIA - slideshow [pdf]

Contract Drafting Exercise No. 1 – Conjunctives and Disjunctives

Contract Drafting Exercise No. 2 – Contract Language: Pan-Oceanic

Contract Drafting Exercise No. 3 – Contract Language: Abigail Atherstan

Contract Drafting Exercise No. 4 – Beyonce endorsement deal extension

source material: Beyoncé, Inc. f/s/o Beyoncé Knowles w/ McCann-Erickson [pdf]

Contract Drafting Exercise No. 5 – Choose your own revision

 

 

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