Adlaw News

• Federal Court Rejects FCC’s Janet Jackson Indecency Ruling

  August 15, 2008 - An appeals court has overturned—on all grounds—a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to fine the CBS Corporation $550,000 for singer Janet Jackson’s now-infamous Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction.

• Google, Microsoft Call for Privacy Legislation

  August 15, 2008 - Both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives held hearings in July on privacy issues related to Internet advertising that is tailored to users’ interests and online activities—so-called behavioral advertising.

• Verizon Pulls Pit Bull Ad Following PETA Campaign

  August 15, 2008 - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a bouquet of flowers and a thank-you note to Verizon’s executive headquarters in Basking Ridge, N.J., after the company pulled an advertisement featuring chained pit bull dogs guarding a junk yard.

• Juice Manufacturer Must Pay $1.5 Million in False Advertising Suit

  August 15, 2008 - When a competitor began undercutting the price of Pom Wonderful, the pioneering brand that introduced Americans to the health benefits of pomegranate juice, the company took a closer look at Purely Juice’s “100% Pomegranate” drink.

  

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Adlaw Features

• Federal Court Rules That Open Source Licenses Are Enforceable Under Copyright Law

  August 15, 2008 - On August 13, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued the first reported decision by a federal appellate court dealing with the burgeoning area of open source licensing. The decision is important in confirming the availability of powerful copyright remedies to developers of open source applications. Jacobsen v. Katzer, No. 2008-1001, slip op. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2008)

Previous Features

• Magazine Publishers Catch a Break

  July 18, 2008 - Freelance writers, photographers and illustrators often sell only one-time publication rights in their works to magazine publishers. And often, that's all the magazines need; the work appears in an issue, and is then forgotten as the magazine goes on to other works in subsequent issues. But that was in the old days before electronic database storing of the contents of old issues.

• Join Reed Smith for Media 101

  July 18, 2008 - Please join Reed Smith and the JPC for Media 101, a seminar/webinar sponsored by TEAM Services and presented by Allan Linderman, a noted media expert. In this seminar/webinar, you will learn the basics of media buying, a discipline that will be core to the adoption of any of the new compensation models proposed by Booz Allen Hamilton.

• Senate to Consider Issues in Behavioral Advertising; Is Self-Regulation Being Given a Chance?

  June 18, 2008 - On June 18, 2008, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (“Committee”) will hold a public hearing on privacy and security issues in the online advertising industry. Specifically, the Committee will focus on industry practices that are collectively referred to as "behavioral advertising."