POLL: Tell ChickChat How We’re Doing!

As those familiar with ChickChat, LLC are aware, this blog and fictional law firm are a part of a law school simulation for an Entertainment Law course (the ChickChat Firm Disclaimer can be found at this link).  As the semester comes to a close and half of the members are preparing for graduation, we at ChickChat would like to know how we did!

Please take this opportunity to comment or send messages to the ChickChat staff—both positive attributes and constructive criticism—so we know what you, our audience, liked or disliked.  Comments may alternatively be emailed to ChickChatLLC@gmail.com, or posted on our Facebook page or Twitter account!  Or take our poll and let us know if you enjoyed—and would like to continue enjoying—our blog!

Our aim is to please and to inform, and we hope we have done so… And we hope you’ve enjoyed chatting with these legal chicks as much as we have enjoyed sharing our interests with you!!

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POLL: Santorum v. Porn—Too Much?

Rick Santorum’s position paper discussing how he will crack down on pornography if elected to Presidency has ruffled some feathers—and not only in the adult entertainment industry.  MSNBC reported earlier this week, as reported on an article from XBiz, that 74% of people polled felt that the federal government should back down from such a strong enforcement of pornography.   In response to Santorum’s claims that porn is causing a “pandemic of harm” and contributing to violence against women, leaders in adult entertainment have responded through an article from MSNBC:  Hustler’s Larry Flynt says “Nonsense,” and Vivid’s Steven Hirsch states “Absolutely no proof.”  Flynt even continued by reminding readers that President Lyndon B. Johnson spent millions of dollars in 1969 to determine the detrimental effects of pornography… And came up with nothing.  From MSBNC, “‘You have guys like Santorum come along and they bring out the bogeyman every chance they get,’ Flynt said. ‘You will be hard-pressed to find anyone that can point out to you a study that shows harm is caused to anyone exposed to porn materials.'”

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POLL: Host Billy Crystal Incites Oscar Drama

Following Sunday February 26th’s Oscar Awards, host Billy Crystal has been receiving some backlash for an opening bit in which he was “blackface” Sammy Davis, Jr. (“blackface” refers to an actor being in full facial makeup so as to appear as though they are a different skin color).  In the skit, which was a parody of the award-winning movie Midnight in Paris, Billy Crystal appeared as himself along with Justin Bieber and “Sammy Davis, Jr.” (Crystal in blackface), who proposed to “kill Hitler.”   Many in the public have already reacted to the skit, including comedian Paul Scheer tweeting Best Supporting Actress winner Octavia Spenser (for The Help), saying that her win “shows just how far we’ve come since Billy Crystal performed in Blackface.”

VOTE HERE for your Favorite Super Bowl 2012 Commercial!

The National Football League’s championship has come and gone, and football fans now have to wait another 6 or so months for the season to come back in full swing.  But we have a competition of our own—The ChickChat Super Bowl 2012 Commercial Poll!

Arguably the best part of the annual Super Bowl is the famous Super Bowl commercials.  While each of these bring forth particular entertainment law issues—From licensing agreements to copyrights; from intellectual property to indecency—sometimes the most important impact of these commercials is, well, the entertainment value.

So tell ChickChat what you liked the most!!  Vote for your favorite Super Bowl commercials for 2012!

To watch the videos over again to make sure your vote counts, check out all of our voting options at either this link (through superbowl-commercials.org) OR this link (through superbowlcommercials2012.net).