REVIEW I--2007

ART/ENT BUSINESS AND LAW

role of unions in entertainment

billing/credit

"guarantees" at art auctions

business practice rationale

authentification of art

historical vs scientific

stolen art and war

seizure of art

STOLEN ART

statute of limitations

due diligence

burden of proving art is not stolen

return of art

ENTERTAINING WITH INDIVIDUAL LIVES

defamation (elements and defenses)

actual malice for public figures and public officials

false light invasion of privacy: elements and defenses

invasion of privacy (public disclosure of private facts): elements and defenses

invasion of privacy (intrusion): elements and defenses

CELEBRITY PUBLICITY

common law appropriation privacy/ publicity (elements and defenses)

New York Civil Rights Act, sec. 50 and sec. 51 (and defenses)

California Civil Code, sec. 3344 (and defenses)

descendibility of publicity rights

common law

California Civil Code, sec. 990

AND

"look alikes" and "sound alikes"

parody

"transformation"