Re: "Seinfeld" Case(s)?

On 8/24/99, Nick Zales <zales[_at_]execpc.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Bob Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> mentioned:
> >
> > ... the Seinfeld 'transformative use' case ...
> >
> > I grant that the Seinfeld case was wrongly decided.
>
> Never heard of it. Hasn't everybody heard of Wisconsin's
> "Seinfeld" case? An abomination were a miscreant worker used
> Seinfeld's low-brow humour and sophomoric innuendo to harass
> women, was fired by Miller Brewing and then won a $27 million
> judgment in a dog-and-pony show trial?
>
> What are the facts of your "Seinfeld" case Bob? What's the
> rule of law it spawned?

Bob is almost certainly referring to CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT, INC. v. CAROL PUBL. GROUP, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, 150 F.3d 132 (July 10, 1998).

John Allison
<allisonj[_at_]mail.utexas.edu> Received on Wed Aug 25 1999 - 16:00:14 GMT