Authorities Table

VIII. Authorities Table

California Statutes

• Cal. Lab. Code § 1700 et seq. (Talent Agencies Act)
• Cal. Lab. Code § 1700.4 (definitions)
• Cal. Lab. Code § 1700.5 (licensing requirement)
• Cal. Lab. Code § 1700.44(a) (Labor Commissioner original jurisdiction)
• Cal. Lab. Code § 925 (forum/choice-of-law voidance)
• Cal. Lab. Code § 2855 (seven-year personal-services rule)
• Cal. Civ. Code § 3344 (statutory right of publicity)
• Cal. Civ. Code § 3344.1 (post-mortem right of publicity)
• Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600 (restraint-of-trade prohibition)
• Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16 (anti-SLAPP)

Federal Statutes

• 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (Copyright Act)
• 17 U.S.C. § 101 (definitions, including "work made for hire" and "joint work")
• 17 U.S.C. § 201 (ownership of copyright)
• 17 U.S.C. § 203 (termination of post-1978 transfers)
• 17 U.S.C. § 304(c), (d) (termination of pre-1978 transfers)

California Cases

• Marathon Entertainment, Inc. v. Blasi (2008) 42 Cal.4th 974
• Eastwood v. Superior Court (1983) 149 Cal.App.3d 409
• Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. Saderup (2001) 25 Cal.4th 387
• Desny v. Wilder (1956) 46 Cal.2d 715

Federal Cases

• Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid (1989) 490 U.S. 730
• White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (9th Cir. 1992) 971 F.2d 1395
• Aalmuhammed v. Lee (9th Cir. 2000) 202 F.3d 1227
• Gardner v. Nike, Inc. (9th Cir. 2002) 279 F.3d 774
• Davis v. Blige (2d Cir. 2007) 505 F.3d 90

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