Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law

RESOURCE LINKS

ABA Intellectual Property Law Section
(Review of Recent IP Law and Analysis

NEWS SOURCES

Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online News (M.E.L.O.N.)

New York Law Journal
(Required reading for NYC attorneys)

LEGAL RESEARCH

Berne Convention

Entertainment Law Digest

Find Law Legal Subjects: Intellectual Property

 

Legal Information Institute

(Law About Intellectual Property)

 

UDRP Opinion Guide
(Harvard Law School’s Searchable Database of Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Decisions)

 

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Stanford Law Library Copyright and Fair Use Index
(Fair Use Resource)

U.S. Supreme Court

GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES

Federal Communications Commission
(Regulation of Interstate and International Communications by Radio, Television, Wire, Satellite and Cable)

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(Domain Name Issues)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

(The Executive Branch's Principal Voice on Domestic and International Telecommunications and Information Technology Issues)>

United States Copyright Office
(Procedures, forms, statutes, forms and searches)

United States Department of Commerce

United States Patent and Trademark Office
(On-line Applications, Forms, Searches and PTO Interpretations of Cases, Regulations and Procedures)

World Intellectual Property Organization
(International Treaty Administrator)

JOURNALS

Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal

Entertainment Law Reporter

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal

Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.

(Highlights of past issues)

U. Chicago-Kent Journal of IP and Entertainment Law Case Review

INDUSTRY CONTACTS

Actors’ Equity

American Federation of Musicians of the U.S. and Canada
(Labor Union)

ASCAP
(Performance Rights Society)

Association of American Publishers
(Trade Association of the Book Publishing Industry)

The Authors Guild
(Society of Published Authors)

BMI
(Performance Rights Society)

Copyright Clearance Center

Copyright Society of the USA
(FA©E Initiative)

www.dramatistsguild.com
Dramatists Guild of America

Graphic Artists Guild

National Endowment for the Arts

National Music Publishers’ Association, Inc.
(Trade Association for U.S. Music Publishers)

Ocean State Lawyers for the Arts

Screen Actors Guild

SESAC
(Performance rights society)

The Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
(Information Source, Clearing House and Monitoring)

The Recording Industry Association of America

The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers