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  Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., 523 U.S. 340 (1998)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Respondent Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., had licensed several television series to these stations, including “Who’s the Boss,” “Silver Spoons,”; “Hart to Hart,”; and “T. Hooker.” After the stations became delinquent in making their royalty payments to Columbia, Krypton and Columbia entered into negotiations to restructure the stations’ debt.
Columbia sued Feltner, Krypton, the stations, various Krypton subsidiaries, and certain Krypton officers in federal district court alleging, inter alia, copyright infringement arising from the stations’ unauthorized broadcasting of the programs.
Columbia exercised the option afforded by §504(c) of the Copyright Act to recover “Statutory Damages” in lieu of actual damages.
supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/96-1768.ZO.html   (3695 words)

  
 Columbia
Columbia elected to recover statutory damages in lieu of actual damages pursuant to § 504(c) of the Copyright Act, which permits an award of statutory damages "for all infringements involved in the action, with respect to any one work." 17 U.S.C. § 504(a)(1) (emphasis added).
Columbia filed claims for unpaid license fees on over 15 television series or groups of motion pictures which it had licensed to the stations, including the four series at issue in this case.
Columbia Pictures Television, 523 U.S. Regardless, it is clear that the district court treated the question of what constitutes a "work" under the statutory damages provision of the Copyright Act as a question of law.
www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/jul/9956215.shtml   (4430 words)

  
 Feltner v. Columbia Pictures TV, 523 U.S. 340 (1998)
Columbia won partial summary judgment as to liability on its copyright infringement claims and then exercised the option afforded by § 504(c) of the Copyright Act of 1976 (Act) to recover statutory damages in lieu of actual damages.
Respondent Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., had licensed several television series to these stations, including "Who's the Boss," "Silver Spoons," "Hart to Hart," and "T. Hooker." After the stations became delinquent in making their royalty payments to Columbia, Krypton and Columbia entered into negotiations to restructure the stations' debt.
Columbia exercised the option afforded by § 504(c) of the Copyright Act to recover "Statutory Damages" in lieu of actual damages.
www.authorslawyer.com /case/523US340.html   (5155 words)

  
 Columbia Pictures Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Columbia Pictures Television (CPT) is the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG).
The new partnership between CPT and Embassy Television in 1986 was called Columbia/Embassy Television (CET) (simply referred to as Embassy Communications), but CET continued to use CPT and EC as their separate names, and CPT went on to produce the hit sitcom, Designing Women.
CPT Holdings, Inc. was introduced in 1974 as a copyrighting name and the holder for classic shows for Columbia Pictures Television from recent buyouts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Columbia_Pictures_Television   (946 words)

  
 COLUMBIA PICTURES v KRYPTON No. 9455816
From March 1990 until Columbia filed its lawsuit in December of 1991, Columbia and the Krypton entities engaged in protracted negotiations for the restructure of each of the three stations' debt to Columbia.
Columbia after the purported termination letters of July 8 and October 17 and the inconsistency of the July 8 and October 17 letters' simultaneous demands of full accelerated payment and termination of the license agreements.
Although Feltner argued in the district court that Columbia had already restructured the license agreement with Krypton's predecessor and that Columbia's practice was not to undertake subsequent restructures of licenses that had already been restructured, Feltner has failed to present sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that this was in fact Columbia's practice.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /data2/circs/9th/9455816.html   (4999 words)

  
 Sony Pictures Entertainment Museum
Today, the motion picture library is one of the company’s most valuable assets with more than 3,500 films—from timeless classics to long-running franchises, including 12 Best Picture Academy Award® winners.
Columbia Pictures was one of the first studios to venture into the television business with the creation of a division called Screen Gems in 1948.
The television division was later named Columbia Pictures Television, then became Columbia TriStar Television before being renamed Sony Pictures Television in 2002.
www.sonypicturesmuseum.com /studio_history/spe_history3.html   (197 words)

  
 Movie Professionals and Television
Motion picture executives were acutely aware of the economic threat posed by an entertainment medium in the home and drew up strategies to challenge this incursion by the broadcast industry.
But it was the "eager and imaginative minds" of television who would create a dramatic form and then have a major impact on the motion pictures.
Television became genuinely respectable for the film industry when the most recognizable director of all time, Alfred Hitchcock, hosted an anthology series for ten years, beginning in 1955.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/movieprofess/movieprofess.htm   (2166 words)

  
 Columbia Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Columbia Pictures logo, used only in the early-1990sColumbia Pictures, now Columbia-Tristar Pictures after their merger with the former Tristar Entertainment, is a film production company, and part of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Columbia Pictures was founded in 1920 as the CBC Sales Film Corporation by Harry Cohn, Joe Brandt and Jack Cohn.
Columbia Tristar logo Columbia Tristar logo The logo is of the female personification of the USA, Columbia holding a torch.
columbia-pictures.iqnaut.net   (922 words)

  
 Feltner
Columbia then elected statutory damages in lieu of actual damages.
[3] Columbia also sought costs and attorney fees, but those aspects of the case need not be addressed.
Columbia Pictures Television, 523 U.S. at 356 (concurring).
www.piercelaw.edu /tfield/feltner.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Boston.com / Latest News / Washington
A television station owner wanted the court to make it harder for companies to collect large damage awards in copyright cases.
In his second trial five years later, a jury said Columbia was entitled to more than three times that amount.
Feltner had not paid Columbia royalties to use reruns of the shows "Hart to Hart," "T.J. Hooker," "Silver Spoons," and "Who's the Boss?" Some of the programs ran on stations Feltner owned in Florida -- in Fort Pierce and Jacksonville -- and in Birmingham, Ala., court records show.
www.boston.com /news/daily/19/tv_court.htm   (292 words)

  
 Motion Picture Association of America
Plaintiffs Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., CPT Holdings, Inc., Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., TriStar Television, Inc., and TriStar Pictures, Inc., are Delaware corporations with a principal place of business at 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232.
Each television program or movie in the weekly television schedule presented to RecordTV.com users is "hot-linked." Thus, to select a program for recording, the visitor need only "click" on the listing with his or her mouse pointer.
Defendants committed each act of infringement with the knowledge that the television programs and movies they were copying, publicly performing, and publicly displaying were subject to valid United States copyright registrations and with the knowledge that Defendants were not authorized to copy, publicly perform, or publicly display such copyrighted works.
www.mpaa.org /RecTVComplaint.asp   (4206 words)

  
 Movie Timeline: 1950- 1960
For the motion picture industry, this would be the decade of changing technology and competition from television.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, put in the position of possibly conferring its highest honor on someone whose name does not appear in the screen credits, revises its bylaws so that the achievement itself can be eligible for nomination even if the specific writer is ineligible.
Columbia releases David Lean's “The Bridge on the River Kwai” starring Alec Guinness, William Holden and Sessue Hayakawa.
www.pictureshowman.com /timeline_1950_1960.cfm   (5442 words)

  
 The Caucus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As an executive, he has revitalized two major television companies—Columbia Pictures Television in the late 70s, and, from 1986 to 1992, MGM Television.
Television critics and law enforcement agencies alike, unanimously applauded him for the realism of “Police Story.” He followed that up with such realistic dramas as “Medical Story,” another anthology and “The Quest,” a western series starring Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson, which continues to have a loyal cult following.
In 1981 Gerber was called to take over MGM Television where he was responsible for such series as “Today’s FBI,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” “For Love and Honor,” “Lady Blue” and the miniseries “The Last Days of Pompeii” and the Peabody award winner “George Washington” miniseries.
www.caucus.org /members/Gerber.html   (1327 words)

  
 Mr. Television
My studio, Columbia Pictures Television, was syndicating a two hour special of Milton's classic television clips, titled "Milton Berle, the Second Time Around." Milton had produced the special and was taking an active part in selling it.
Milton's stature in the history of television was unparalled...he helped sell millions of television sets back in the late 40's and early 50's with his entertaining, over-the-top style of comedy.
Milton was also the first television performer to sign a lifetime contract (with NBC) for a million dollars.
www.big13.net /mrtv.htm   (1154 words)

  
 TRI STAR PICTURES FILM COMPANY
Their second movie was a flop remake of the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (who ironically would eventually become co-owned with Columbia and Tristar) picture, Where the Boys Are.
Columbia Pictures bought their venture shares and merged Columbia and Tri-Star into Columbia Pictures Entertainment.
Sony Pictures Entertainment later revived TriStar Television as a television production banner in 1991 and co-launched Columbia TriStar Television in 1994 with its sister television studio Columbia Pictures Television.
www.solarnavigator.net /films_movies_actors/tri_star_pictures.htm   (308 words)

  
 Columbia Pictures Television
This logo is actually the second half of the Columbia Pictures movie logo, and aside from a different color for the abstract torch, the footage also seems to be played faster than it is in the movies.
The words "Columbia Pictures" appear on either side of the torch lady, the word "Television" underneath, and underneath that, either "A Unit of The Coca-Cola Company" (with Coca-Cola in their logo font) or sometimes nothing at all.
However, since Columbia reportedly put their '80s Torch Lady at the end of Punky reruns when they were more common, it would stand to reason that this logo would be replaced today by the Boxes of Boredom.
members.fortunecity.com /teamfx2000/media/logodescription/columbia/sony.htm   (2814 words)

  
 Motion Picture Association of America
Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. is a California corporation with a principal place of business at 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232.
Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232.
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232.
www.mpaa.org /icrave_complaint.asp   (5520 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
Columbia sought various forms of relief under the Copyright Act of 1976 (Copyright Act), 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
In fact, Columbia makes no attempt to draw an analogy between an action for statutory damages under §504(c) and any historical cause of action--including those actions for monetary relief that we have characterized as equitable, such as actions for disgorgement of improper profits.
According to Columbia, Tull demonstrates that a jury determination of the amount of statutory damages is not necessary "to preserve 'the substance of the common-law right of trial by jury.' " Id., at 426 (quoting Colgrove v.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=96-1768   (5679 words)

  
 Columbia Pictures at Reel Classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
COLUMBIA PICTURES was originally founded in 1920 under the name of C.B.C. Sales Film Corporation by Joe Brandt and the brothers Jack and Harry Cohn (who later changed the company's name to Columbia in 1924 in a effort to "up" the studio's image).
Columbia also found profitable talents in director Howard Hawks and the witty, debonair Cary Grant who contributed to several of the studio's successful screwball comedies like THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937), HOLIDAY(1938) and HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940).
Columbia did not fare very well during the 1970s and even sold its Gower Street lot in a cost-cutting measure, moving operations to Burbank.
www.reelclassics.com /Studios/Columbia/columbia.htm   (797 words)

  
 Married With Children Tribute Page
Bearse was known to millions of television viewers as Amanda Cousins from the daytime drama "All My Children." She has also appeared in the television film "First Affair," and the ABC series "Hotel."
She is also the first member of the cast to direct episodes of "Married" and is slated to direct in the upcoming season.
McGinley is well-known to television viewers as Roger in "Happy Days." He also played ship's photographer/purser Ace in "Love Boat," was Clay in the prime time serial "Dynasty" and starred in the telefilm "Linda," opposite Virginia Madsen.
members.aol.com /vennarcd/BUNDY.html   (1702 words)

  
 Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., 523 U.S. 340 (1998)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.
Columbia won partial summary judgment as to liability on its copyright infringement claims and then exercised the option afforded by §504(c) of the Copyright Act (Act) to recover statutory damages in lieu of actual damages.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed, holding that neither §504(c) nor the Seventh Amendment provides a right to a jury trial on statutory damages.
supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/96-1768.ZS.html   (713 words)

  
 Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. (1998) [96-1768]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1991, Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., terminated agreements licensing several television series, including "Who's the Boss," "Silver Spoons," "Hart to Hart," and "T. Hooker," to three television stations owned by C. Elvin Feltner after the stations' royalty payments became delinquent.
Columbia sued Feltner after his stations continued to broadcast the programs for copyright infringement.
In an opinion delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court held that, despite section 504(c) of the Copyright Act's silence, the Seventh Amendment provides the right to a jury trial, which includes a right to a jury determination of the amount of statutory damages.
www.oyez.org /oyez/resource/case/1046   (195 words)

  
 "Route 66" (1960)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
I was so taken by the show that in my mind (confusing reality and television), I decided to hit the road when I got discharged in 1962.
And the need for at least one fist fight in every episode gives the lie to any myth of a "kinder and gentler nation" before the counter culture invasion in the mid 60's.
us.imdb.com /Details?0053534   (471 words)

  
 UCLA Film & Television Archive - Collections - Columbia
Currently owned by the multinational Sony Corporation, Columbia Pictures began on Hollywood's Poverty Row, an area housing small production companies that churned out low budget westerns and B pictures.
In the late 1920s, Columbia began a remarkable collaboration with director Frank Capra, who would make twenty-six films for the studio, among them some of Columbia's most prestigious productions.
Throughout its history, Columbia produced films that reflected the social concerns of the day, beginning with Capra's 1932 interracial love story, THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN.
www.cinema.ucla.edu /collections/Profiles/columbia.html   (179 words)

  
 Sony Pictures Entertainment Museum
In 1983, Columbia made motion picture history by joining with HBO and CBS to form TriStar Pictures, the first new motion picture studio in decades.
Recognized by its mansion-like exterior, the studio lot was home to Sony Pictures Television until 2003 when it was sold.
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) was established in 1992 to specialize in the acquisition, production, marketing and distribution of prestigious foreign and American independent films.
www.sonypicturesmuseum.com /studio_history/spe_history6.html   (233 words)

  
 Soundtrack
The one-hour drama from Columbia Pictures Television focuses on the way the family uses the creativity, humor and love instilled by their parents to deal with the conflicts and demands of everyday life.
Co-Executive Producers are Ken Topolsky and Mark B. Perry for Columbia Pictures Television.
Sony Pictures' global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video, operation of studio facilities, development and implementation of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment worldwide.
partyoffive.tktv.net /soundtrack.html   (527 words)

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