Public Interest Corporation (PIC) owned and operated television station WTMV-TV in Lakeland, Florida. MCA Television Ltd. (MCA)

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Public Interest Corporation (PIC) owned and operated television station WTMV-TV in Lakeland, Florida. MCA Television Ltd. (MCA) owns and licenses syndicated television programs. In 1990, the two companies entered into a licensing contract for several first-run television shows. With respect to all but one of these shows, MCA exchanged the licenses on a "barter" basis for advertising time on WTMV. However, MCA conditioned this exchange on PIC's agreeing to license the remaining show, Harry and the Hendersons, for cash as well as for barter. Harry and the Hendersons was what some in the industry would call a "dog," a show that was not very good that attempted to capitalize on a hit movie. PIC agreed to this arrangement, although it did not want Harry and the Hendersons. The shows that PIC did want were List of a Lifetime, List of a Lifetime II, Magnum P.I., and 17 other miscellaneous features. Is this an illegal tying arrangement? [MCA Television Ltd. v. Public Interest Corp., 171 F.3d 1265 (11th Cir.)]
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Andersons Business Law and the Legal Environment

ISBN: 978-1305575080

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Authors: David P. Twomey, Marianne M. Jennings, Stephanie M Greene

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