by Annelise Dominguez This past August, the Internet erupted when Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic, was threatened with mutilation, rape, and other physical harm in response to her video web…
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New Jersey Takes a Gamble on Sports Betting
Certain states are eager to take advantage of the sports gambling cash cow to help balance their budgets, but the amateur and professional sports association oppose it.
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After O’Bannon: Potential Effects on College Recruitment
Recently, the excitement and drama of sports recruitment movies came to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California with the decision on Edward O’Bannon, et al.,…
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User Beware: the Legality of YouTube-to-MP3 Converters
by Joseph Citelli With the proliferation of music on massively popular file-sharing websites such as YouTube and Soundcloud, musical artists face legitimate concerns in terms of protecting their copyrighted…
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The Lanham Act and Why Studios Are Right in Being Cautious
In her article, Recommendations for Studios: Increasing Good will and Revenue via Fan Conventions, Tiffany Lee argues that American movie studios should follow the Japanese method of merchandising and be…
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When Tweets Get Real- Applying Traditional Contract Law Theories to the World of Social Media
Back in November 2010, rapper Ryan Leslie announced that his personal laptop had been stolen out of his Mercedes. Leslie “tweeted” what appeared to be an offer of a million dollar…
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Speaking in Tweets and Other Social Media- Should Some Written Communication Be Considered Oral Communication?
The increasingly prevalent use of social media raises new questions related to contract formation. In her article Kristen Chiger gives examples of many classic contract cases and principles that the…
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Recommendations for Studios- Increasing Good Will and Revenue via Fan Conventions
While the TV and film industry have been experiencing less revenue from DVD and box office sales since illegal file sharing came into prominence, one way to recoup these losses is…
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Potential Civil Liability of “Gatorade Baths”
It is a strange sports tradition: if a team is victorious in a particularly important game, the winning players will inevitably dump a cooler filled with Gatorade (or water) over…
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Call to the Bullpen- How the 2012 MLB Draft Shows Why the NCAA Must Make
Major League Baseball (“MLB”) revised its amateur draft rules in 2012, which had a significant effect on how much of a signing bonus MLB teams could offer their draftees. Accordingly,…