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5 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘lawyers’

“Get the Check Will Ya Kid?”

By Denis Campbell • Jul 26th, 2008 • Category: Media
 (Reprise article)
Having worked in LA and around famous folks, that was a line I heard dozens of times. Two of Hollywood’s elite, Wesley Snipes and Britney Spears are in hot water for leaving the check to someone else. For once Paris Hilton and her “difficulty in making friends” rant last week will be left where it belongs.


YouTube v. Viacom v. e-bay v. Gucci v. Tiffany v. Global Courts

By Denis Campbell • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Business
Viacom wants YouTube visitors to stop watching their shows commercial-free and instead go to their websites such as Comedy Central where they can show you commercials to watch the same content. They expect YouTube to police every Viacom video and are embroiled in a lawsuit that is also becoming a huge issue over privacy and confidentiality [...]


Credit Where Due

By Denis Campbell • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Media
Having lived in Malibu where credit watching is an art form and smatterings of applause break out when groups of two or more gather to recognise/wait for a friend’s name to scroll by, I was pleased to see the BBC listen to its viewer complaints for squeezing and speeding up movie end credits into a [...]