Hollywood Docket: Supreme Court interested in piracy; Netflix vs. librarians; Gene Simmons 'legal humping'

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Hollywood Docket: Supreme Court interested in piracy; Netflix vs. librarians; Gene Simmons 'legal humping'

Wed Sep 22, 2010 @ 08:59AM PST
  • The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the record industry to respond to an accused file-sharer who has petitioned the justices to hear a case involving an "innocent infringer" defense. The move is an indication that the court may take on a piracy case soon, which could provide a roadmap for how content owners will protect their property online. [Copyrights & Campaigns]
  • Labor negotiations may not prompt a strike like the last round, but there's still a good amount to be fussed over. Jonathan Handel has a complete run-down of the time frame for the upcoming negotiations. [Digital Media Law]
  • TiVo CEO Tom Rogers is confident that the company will prevail in long-running patent litigation with Dish Network/Echostar, which heads back to court in November. [THR]
  • University libraries are using Netflix to beef up their media collections, and the company isn't thrilled that librarians are making an end-run around copyright. [Read Write Web]
  • Kiss singer and reality TV star Gene Simmons will be allowed to argue that his costume, "the equivalent of a suit of armor," prevented him from humping an ESPN makeup artist. A Los Angeles judge is allowing Simmons' lawsuit seeking a declaratory order to continue despite the defendant's counterargument that the preemptive suit amounted to a "legal humping." [On Point]
  • Rapper 50 Cent has been sued for $200,000 over an alleged oral agreement to provide casting services on self-financed film called "Things Fall Apart." [Read the Complaint

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