{"id":1426,"date":"2016-03-24T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:01:16","slug":"no-show-business-comes-cheap-princess-cruises-sued-for-exploiting-barry-manilows-work-in-on-deck-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/2016\/03\/no-show-business-comes-cheap-princess-cruises-sued-for-exploiting-barry-manilows-work-in-on-deck-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"No Show Business Comes Cheap: Princess Cruises Sued for Exploiting Barry Manilow\u2019s Work in On-Deck Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1427\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/03\/2264443318_9d673bd4a5_z-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2264443318_9d673bd4a5_z\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/03\/2264443318_9d673bd4a5_z-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/03\/2264443318_9d673bd4a5_z.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Stiletto Entertainment, an entity that exists to manage Barry Manilow\u2019s affairs and owns the underlying intellectual property rights in <em>Music and Passion Live From Las Vegas<\/em>, has filed suit against Princess Cruises and Swank Motion Pictures in a potentially lucrative federal infringement suit. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Barry-Manilow-Music-Passion-Vegas\/dp\/B000EGDN3G\"><em>Music and Passion Live From Las Vegas<\/em><\/a> is the recording of Manilow\u2019s 100<sup>th<\/sup> concert and took place in Las Vegas in 2005 for a PBS special. The lawsuit here centers on the Princess Cruises conduct in \u201crepeatedly broadcasting <em>Music and Passion Live<\/em> on the lido deck of its ships as a key component of its entertainment of its cruise customers;\u201d which the complaint alleges was discovered by plaintiffs in 2014. The complaint further alleges that Swank Motion Pictures had marketed its product using Manilow\u2019s name and likeness and sold the \u201crights\u201d to broadcast <em>Music and Passion Live<\/em> to Princess Cruises, without \u201cauthority, permission or consent.\u201d In total the complaint contains claims of copyright and trademark infringement, unfair competition, and dilution and violation of right of publicity, which plaintiff claims have caused injury to Manilow\u2019s recent concert ticket sales.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiff is seeking statutory damages of up to $150,000 for <em>each<\/em> instance of infringement, on top of punitive damages, restitution, attorneys fees, and additional fees which could be tripled under the Lanham Act. What this means for Princess is that providing concerts for their elderly cruise patrons just became an extremely expensive endeavor. Though one hail mary for the popular cruise line could be the involvement of maritime law, as there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/02\/15\/nyregion\/15cruise.html?_r=0\">precedent<\/a> supporting the argument that maritime law could precludes the district court\u2019s subject matter jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/thr-esq\/princess-cruises-faces-lawsuit-barry-876787\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jennifer Marr is an Entertainment and Sports Highlight Contributor for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law and a current first year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2018).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stiletto Entertainment, an entity that exists to manage Barry Manilow\u2019s affairs and owns the underlying intellectual property rights in Music and Passion Live From Las Vegas, has filed suit against Princess Cruises and Swank Motion Pictures in a potentially lucrative federal infringement suit. Music and Passion Live From Las Vegas is the recording of Manilow\u2019s 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