The concepts of entertainment law are easy to grasp thanks to the interesting and memorable case examples presented in this text. Legal principles are... fully explained in easy-to-understand language that paralegal, undergraduate and law students will appreciate. And, unlike any other current text in the field, Entertainment Law provides edited judicial decisions.

Entertainment Law and Practice addresses both the practical aspects of entertainment and the fundamental underpinnings of entertainment law. The... selection of topics is based on what practitioners face, and the materials are selected to build a solid theoretical basis for that topic. The casebook provides a comprehensive survey of the primary entertainment law practice areas, including music and sound recording, motion pictures, television, theatre, and publishing. Special attention is given to developments of emerging technologies production and distribution of content in various new media. The casebook provides sufficient analysis of publicity rights, copyright, First Amendment, defamation, and trademark law to illustrate these doctrinal areas in the context of entertainment practice.This is the only book in the entertainment law field to integrate the practitioner's issues with the jurisprudential framework in which these fields exist. This approach makes Entertainment Law a natural capstone course for any intellectual property or business curriculum. The casebook is especially useful for adjunct professors teaching the course because of its organization around the relevant issues to the practitioner and highly appreciated by the students using the materials.

Entertainment Law: Cases and Materials in Established and Emerging Media is an exciting new book that contains cases, interviews with celebrities and... other materials that educates its readers about the complicated entertainment business. To capture first-hand knowledge of the entertainment business, Burr has interviewed widely throughout the United States, Australia, England, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. The celebrities featured in this book include Academy Award and Grammy winners, as well as best-selling authors and TV stars. It opens with a chapter on the globalization of the entertainment industry and explains how mastering U.S. entertainment law helps qualify lawyers to work abroad.

A basic but comprehensive survey of entertainment law, this Nutshell gives a big picture overview of the intellectual property, contract, publicity,... estate planning, and First Amendment issues that contribute to the field. Professor Burr also addresses specific legal issues that arise in the film, music, and television industries, including discussion of the rise of reality television. This Nutshell can be assigned as a secondary text to accompany any entertainment law casebook, as the primary text for a seminar, or as background information for someone requiring an overview.

The fourth edition of this popular casebook reflects many new developments in the rapidly changing entertainment industry, both from a legal and... practical perspective. More than half of the book consists of an updated textual discussion of the evolution and current state of the entertainment industry, along with key cases for discussion and illustration of central legal themes. The new edition includes recent cases, such as the Supreme Court's decision in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, with regard to fleeting expletives on broadcast television, as well as important circuit court decisions on copyright, trademark, right of publicity, and defamation issues. Other new developments include recent litigation regarding First Amendment protections for video games (now before the Supreme Court), copyright protection for material streamed or otherwise made available on the Internet, the FCC's new net neutrality policy, and the most recent Writers Guild strike.

Praise for Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough"Jonathan recognizes that in today's Internet-fed, savvy-consumer world, it is the people-to-people... connections, regardless of price point, that differentiate a customer's experience. Gimmicks come and go, but without sincere and caring people delivering the overall experience, from start to finish, well, it's true--chocolates on the pillow are not enough. A great read!"—David Neeleman, founder and CEO, JetBlue Airways Corporation"If you don't work for your customer, you're not doing your job. Who better to turn to for lessons in great customer experiences than Jonathan Tisch? He has long been one of the most respected leaders in travel and hospitality, and when it comes to treating all customers like guests, to put it simply, he gets it. And then some."—Millard S. Drexler, Chairman and CEO, J. Crew Group"What brings customers back to my restaurants? Why do viewers watch my TV show? It's more than Bam! It's delivering a kicked-up customer experience. Tisch is the guy who knows how to do this best. His book gives the inside scoop on how to excite your customers and bring 'em back for more."—Emeril Lagasse"Attention to detail, passion, and dedication are a few of the things that made me successful as an athlete. Jonathan knows that by doing the same in business, you maximize the customer's experience and outscore the competition."—Tiki Barber

A comprehensive text on theater, arena, coliseum and sound state rigging. This book combines both theoretical and practical components of geometry and... engineering with everyday work skills and shortcuts.

Plato's famous dialogue, the Phaedrus, was variously subtitled in antiquity: "On Beauty," "On Love," "On the Psyche." It is also concerned with the art... of rhetoric, of thought and communication. Pieper, noted for the grace and clarity of his style, gives an illuminating and stimulating interpretation of the dialogue. Leaving the more recondite scholarly preoccupations aside, he concentrates on the content, bringing the actual situation in the dialogue - Athens and its intellectuals engaged in spirited debate - alive. Equally alive is the discussion of ideas, which are brought to bear on contemporary experience and made to prove the perennial validity of Socratic wisdom, and its power to excite the mind. The main thesis - that in poetry and in love man is "beside himself," that is, divinely inspired - is discussed with reference to modern poets, novelists, and modern psychology.