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The Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law is soliciting articles from students, legal academics and practitioners for our Fall 2012 Issue. All sports, entertainment or intellectual property...
View ArticleHarvard Law 2012 Sports Law Symposium
Registration for the 2012 Sports Law Symposium is now open! The symposium will be held on Friday, March 23 from 9:30am-6pm in Ames Courtroom at the Harvard Law School campus. To view the schedule and...
View ArticleVolume 4 Executive Editors
Congratulations to the new Executive Editor team for Volume 4 of the journal, to be published during the 2012-13 school year. Editor-in-Chief: Miles Wiley Executive Editor: Kelly Donnelly Executive...
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Christie Won’t Give Jersey Shore Any Credit
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey does not like Jersey Shore; neither its cast nor its message are appealing to the governor. Christie’s objection to both the show and the New Jersey Film Tax...
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NFL Commissioner’s Authority Makes Lowered Punishment Unlikely
In Roger Goodell’s NFL, punishment is swift and it is severe. For proof, one need look no further than the 1-year suspension meted out to Saints coach Sean Payton for his role in Bounty-Gate (not to...
View ArticleWelcome to the JSEL Fall 2012 Sports and Entertainment Blog
I’m pleased to announce the blog (and blog section of the website) for this fall semester is now officially up and running. Expect new posts weekly. Our blog covers issues in intellectual property,...
View ArticleFixation and Authorship in ‘Living Art’: A Weakness in Copyright Law.
In 1990, Congress passed the Visual Artist’s Rights Act (VARA) as part of the Copyright Act, intended to expand and protect artists’ rights over their works. Specifically, the act acknowledges an...
View ArticleExposed Celebrities Provided Limited Legal Coverage
Fame entails a life in the spotlight. However, even celebrities hope to keep both literal and figurative parts of themselves private. Regardless of their desires, stories detailing celebrity arrests,...
View ArticleCopyrights in Neverland
Once upon a time, there was a copyright that would not die. A short and shy Scottish writer, James Matthew Barrie, published a story about a boy who never grew up. In 1929, after publishing the script...
View ArticleStrong Case Against Armstrong?
On October 22nd, 2012, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body for professional cycling and overseer of international competitive cycling events, banned Lance Armstrong from...
View Article“Winning” the Hole in One
Ask anyone who has spent four hours on an immaculate green lawn, swinging a club wildly and chasing a small white ball from sandy ditch to wooded pines, and they will tell you: golf is a simultaneously...
View ArticleWill a Ticket’s Price Always Exceed its Worth?
Want to watch the Boston Celtics take on their playoff nemeses of the past two seasons, the red-hot Lebron James and the Miami Heat? No problem, except the cheapest seats in the house will cost you...
View ArticleRegister for the 2013 Harvard Law School Sports Law Symposium!
The 2013 Harvard Law School Sports Law Symposium will take place Thursday March 28 from 11:45 AM to 6:00 PM at Milstein West in Wasserstein Hall. This year’s theme is “The Evolution of the Fan,” and...
View ArticleFirst-Sale Doctrine in Digital Markets
Copyrights are different from other property rights: There is nothing intuitive or inalienable about them. They are not meant to retain all benefits for a single owner, but rather to act as temporary...
View ArticleVolume 5 Editorial Board
Congratulations to the new Editorial Team for Volume 5 of the Journal, to be published during the 2013-2014 school year: Editor-in-Chief: Kelly Donnelly Executive Editor: Albert Zhu Executive Editor:...
View ArticleDoes a Ban on Mixed Martial Arts Competitions Violate the First Amendment?
Within the past two decades, the sport of mixed martial arts (“MMA”) has seen a drastic increase in public acceptance and interest. Today there are forty-six states that sanction and regulate MMA...
View ArticleSports Symposium Investigates the Evolving Fan Experience
On March 28, the Harvard Law School Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law hosted its annual Sports Symposium. Sports industry leaders gathered at Wasserstein Hall to discuss the various legal...
View ArticleThe Future of the NFL Faced by Concussion Lawsuits
Last month, the NFL Competition Committee passed another rule restricting the use of helmets as a point of contact during games. The decision was met with a customary (read: excessive) amount of...
View ArticleA Frontier Tort White Paper: Concussions in the NFL
Editor’s Note: While this blog is normally dedicated to analyzing legal issues in the field of sports and entertainment, this post departs from that to spotlight some excellent work done by 1Ls at...
View ArticleJay-Z’s Entry Into the Sports Agent Ring
Shawn Carter, popularly known as Jay-Z, is considered one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time, having won seventeen Grammy Awards and placed three albums on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500...
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