by jburns | Oct 16, 2015 | Copyright, Entertainment Law, Policy, Unfair Competition
Last month, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) requested public comment on several issues regarding Performing Rights Organizations (PRO)’s licensing of jointly owned works.[1] The request was made as part of the Division’s review of the...
by jburns | Oct 8, 2015 | Entertainment Law, Sports Law
Just a little over four months ago, nearly 3 million people purchased PPV (pay-per-view) through Showtime and HBO to watch the so-called fight of the century. With a $100 pay-per-view price tag, both Showtime and HBO made upwards of $300 million. However, this number...
by jburns | Oct 4, 2015 | Entertainment Law, Trademark Law
The story goes, that back in the 70s, a small band of guys somewhere in Northern California used to smoke so much, that a housemate suggested they just call themselves Doobie Brothers.[1] Four decades and 40 million albums later, the name stuck.[2] So when a folk-rock...
by jburns | Sep 15, 2015 | Entertainment Law, Internships
For the past 8 months I have been working at Facebook, a company that I am sure many of you know and use on a daily basis! For the past couple of years, Facebook has been quietly building up their policy and communications team in Washington D.C. I had the...
by jburns | Sep 14, 2015 | Copyright, Entertainment Law, Internships, Sports Law
“Los Angeles is more of an idea than an actual place. People don’t realize that and I think it’s the best part about being here.” – Peter Rice, Fox Networks Chairman and CEO Cool Fact #1 about my internship this summer: I got to stuff my face with...
by jburns | Aug 26, 2015 | Entertainment Law
By Alex Gorelik I don’t know what it is, but something about writing this post feels a little overdue. That being said, I wanted to briefly share some of the things that I learned from attending the UCLA’s Annual Entertainment Law Symposium in March of this year....
