Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-04-23T15:17:01-07:00Blog focusing on breaking legal news in entertainment and media. THR Esq. offers analysis on how industries in Hollywood are impacted and influenced by the law. Published by The Hollywood Reporter.TypePadWhen does product placement become false advertising?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ece5b544970b2010-04-23T15:17:01-07:002010-04-23T15:29:52-07:00By Eriq Gardner Product placement has become so omnipresent in films and TV that we hardly think twice when we see it. But what happens if the film or show misrepresents the product? On the NYT's Freakonomics blog, Ian Ayres...hollywoodreporterIs 'Avatar' really immune from piracy?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2012876af3c76970c2010-01-06T10:46:27-08:002010-01-06T10:46:27-08:00By Eriq Gardner and Matthew Belloni "Avatar" director James Cameron has frequently touted 3D filmmaking as the industry's best hope for combating piracy. He's followed others in the industry, such as DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was one of...hollywoodreporterRussell Frackman Q&A: 'Without the Napster suit, iTunes would never have existed'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2012876466b9c970c2009-12-11T10:49:37-08:002009-12-11T10:49:37-08:00By Eriq Gardner This week we're commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the record industry's lawsuit against Napster. Earlier we took a poll on whether the recording industry made a mistake by setting off a legal war with the pioneering file-sharing...hollywoodreporterWas suing Napster ten years ago a mistake? (POLL)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201287630a391970c2009-12-08T11:15:14-08:002009-12-08T11:15:14-08:00By Eriq Gardner Ten years ago this week, the recording industry filed a landmark lawsuit against a peer-to-peer file-sharing service called Napster. Represented by Russell Frackman at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, 18 record labels decided to push the legal theory...hollywoodreporterDo Hollywood studios own rights on Mars?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a633ca4e970b2009-10-29T09:53:21-07:002009-10-29T09:49:05-07:00By Eriq Gardner Throughout space and time, industry lawyers have been caught flat-footed by new technology. Fifty years ago, no attorney demanded digital rights to books, movies, TV shows, and the rest. These days, they compensate for this lack of...hollywoodreporter'Watchmen' Watch: Tallying the opening weekend grosses/damagestag:typepad.com,2003:post-638567292009-03-09T15:33:18-07:002009-03-09T15:33:18-07:00By Eriq Gardner The reviews weren't great. The opening weekend boxoffice numbers were mediocre. But what about the litigation returns on "Watchmen"? We'll still have to wait and see. Over the weekend, the film we've been writing about and writing...hollywoodreporterJust Asking: Were those Jack Nicholson Clips in the Hillary Ad Cleared For Use?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-465610962008-03-04T10:51:04-08:002008-03-04T10:51:04-08:00Posted by Eriq Gardner By now, you've probably seen the Jack Nicholson political ad that culls together several of the actor's more famous performances in an amusing endorsement of Hillary Clinton. But if you haven't, click here. The Towleroad blog...hollywoodreporter