Miami, FL
Entertainment Lawyer at Miami, FL
Practice Areas: Entertainment, Intellectual Property ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $9.9 Million
A case for damages filed in the Unites States Federal Court in and for the Southern District of Florida. Plaintiff sued the defendant for damages incurred from the blocking of the release of an album. ... Testified as an expert witness and qualified by the court as an expert in the music industry.
OUTCOME: Federal Judge Gonzalez ruled album was obscene, reversed on appeal.
A judge trial to rule whether or not 2 Live Crew was obscene.
OUTCOME: They were found Not Guilty.
2 Live Crew was arrested for obscenity after a concert in a Broward County club where they had performed songs from "As Nasty As They Wanna Be." Record was declared obscene, reversed on appeal.
OUTCOME: The commercial nature of a parody does not render it a presumptively unfair use of copyrighted material. Rather, a parody's commercial character is only one element that should be weighed in a fair use inquiry.
Copyright issue regarding parody administrated by my office from the trial aspect which was won by summary judgment, reversed on appeal and went to the supreme court which ruled in favor of Campbell th ... at the song "Pretty Woman" was in fact a parody and deserved first amendment protection.
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