Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-10-11T08:44:52-07:00Blog 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.TypePadDemocrat fights back against Fox News lawsuittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4fb590c970b2010-10-11T08:44:52-07:002010-10-11T08:44:53-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Last month, Fox News filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Democratic senatorial candidate Robin Carnahan, claiming she violated its copyright by using a Fox News clip in a campaign commercial against her challenger. Now, Carnahan has struck...hollywoodreporterCan Hollywood get Google to support new anti-piracy bill?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4c5529b970b2010-10-01T11:45:37-07:002010-10-01T11:45:37-07:00By Eriq Gardner Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a new anti-piracy bill that would enable the government to essentially blacklist websites accused of copyright theft. Since then, many in Hollywood have voiced strong support of the measure. Of...hollywoodreporterCalifornia poised to enact another anti-paparazzi lawtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013486976976970c2010-08-31T15:21:20-07:002010-08-31T15:33:11-07:00By Matthew Belloni Memo to paparazzi: Drive recklessly, end up in jail. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now has a bill on his desk that will impose strict new penalties on photographers who break traffic laws in pursuit of a photo....hollywoodreporterWhy does Hollywood need a special party-crasher law?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013485edc68f970c2010-08-02T03:06:40-07:002010-08-02T00:33:57-07:00By Matthew Belloni Good thing California doesn't have real problems. Forget crime or budget deficits or health care. What the state really needs is a new law targeting people who sneak into Hollywood awards shows. That's exactly what California lawmakers...hollywoodreporterWhat the Boys & Girls Club thinks of the Comcast-NBCU mergertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f1a52ea3970b2010-06-23T11:00:40-07:002010-06-23T11:00:40-07:00By Eriq Gardner More than 10,000 individuals, groups, and companies have taken the opportunity to tell the FCC what they think about Comcast's proposed acquisition of NBC Universal. The comment period was one of the more active ones in the...hollywoodreporterFox sued for $7 million by judge who lost his job thanks to erroneous reporttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f00076aa970b2010-06-04T10:11:55-07:002010-06-12T12:05:12-07:00By Eriq Gardner An Illinois judge is suing Fox Television after a local Chicago affiliate took aim at the lazy work habits of some of the state's judges. The collaborative investigation by Fox Chicago News and the Better Government Association...hollywoodreporterJudge: Republican infringed Don Henley songs in campaign adstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ef9c2cfc970b2010-06-01T23:21:27-07:002010-06-01T23:33:16-07:00By Eriq Gardner A federal judge has tentatively ruled that California senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore violated rocker Don Henley's copyrights on two songs when he used them as the basis for campaign commercials posted on YouTube. In addition, the judge...hollywoodreporterWhy Elena Kagan might not be so bad for Hollywoodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ed8a9ce7970b2010-05-13T11:55:20-07:002010-05-13T13:41:08-07:00By Eriq Gardner We earlier outlined why Hollywood should be nervous about Elena Kagan's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. But there's also a strong possibility that Kagan's move could end up being a positive for the industry -- at...hollywoodreporterWhy Hollywood should be very nervous about Elena Kagantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ed70d9b1970b2010-05-10T09:31:45-07:002010-05-11T10:21:14-07:00By Eriq Gardner RELATED: Justice Stevens, the man who saved Hollywood from itself Hollywood may have some reason to be nervous about President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to be the next U.S. Supreme Court justice. Not a whole lot...hollywoodreporterRepublican: Using Don Henley songs in commercials is parody of 'Hollywood and entertainment elite'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201347fd29ae8970c2010-04-12T11:52:17-07:002010-04-12T11:52:17-07:00By Eriq Gardner Republican senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore argues in a new court filing that he should be able to use songs by Don Henley in campaign commercials because Hollywood elite are ripe for parody. DeVore is defending a copyright...hollywoodreporter