Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-05-20T09:31:07-07:00Blog 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.TypePadFilm Academy targets GoDaddy in massive cybersquatting lawsuittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ee0b0583970b2010-05-20T09:31:07-07:002010-05-20T09:31:07-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is known to be quite litigious in protecting its Oscar rights. But dare we say it has outdone itself this time with a whopping 134-page lawsuit against domain...hollywoodreporter'South Park' censors mentions of Prophet Muhammedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ecde5646970b2010-04-22T10:42:47-07:002010-04-22T10:42:47-07:00By Eriq Gardner Comedy Central has reacted with extreme caution to an implicit death threat against "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. After the 200th episode of the show aired, showing the prophet Muhammed in a bear suit,...hollywoodreporterMarty Singer demands blogger stop being mean to Demi Mooretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201287672ba35970c2009-12-21T16:29:31-08:002009-12-21T16:29:31-08:00By Eriq Gardner We're not surprised to hear that Demi Moore tasked attorney Marty Singer to tame a blogger who had the nerve to suggest that a little Photoshopping on December's W cover made her look like "she had some...hollywoodreporterGawker limits liability in 'McSteamy' threesome casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20128765545c5970c2009-12-15T00:33:56-08:002009-12-15T00:33:57-08:00By Eriq Gardner Gawker caused a mini-sensation three months ago by posting video of a three-way naked romp involving "Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane, wife/actress Rebecca Gayheart and former beauty queen Kari Ann Peniche. A threesome is hot enough. A...hollywoodreporterThe myth of Sophia Stewart endurestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2012875ad0941970c2009-11-17T09:54:07-08:002009-11-17T10:35:52-08:00By Eriq Gardner Science fiction writers have long been fascinated with parallel universes. Perhaps in one, Sophia Stewart really did win $2.5 billion against Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, James Cameron and the Wachowski brothers for allegedly ripping off a...hollywoodreporterThe future of embedded video will (or will not) be televisedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a6a5fb36970b2009-11-16T10:08:09-08:002009-11-16T10:08:09-08:00By Eriq Gardner Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has decided to crack down on Fox News clips appearing on the Internet, recently sending out more than 150 takedown notices to YouTube. The efforts caused the temporary shutdown of News1News' YouTube channel,...hollywoodreporterBuzz Media claims Superficial website price was superficially inflatedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a57b2ab6970b2009-09-18T11:42:50-07:002009-09-18T11:42:50-07:00By Eriq Gardner A Hollywood-style feud has broken out in the world of celebrity websites. Buzz Media, an L.A.-based startup, has gone on a buying spree of late, purchasing big pop culture sites like Stereogum, Idolator and Celebuzz.It also runs...hollywoodreporter