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"We have four weeks," said Mark Alonso, a lawyer for the nightclub Over three decades, the Bottom Line has hosted performers ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Miles Davis in its intimate 400-seat room "But it should be understood that our patience is pretty much at an end, and we urge the Bottom Line to use the extension constructively But attorneys for the club and NYU agreed to postpone eviction proceedings with an eye on signing a new lease Pepper, who attended the hearing in Manhattan Civil Court clutching a binder filled with supporters' e-mails, walked out of the courtroom with his wife " Under a temporary agreement, satellite radio network Sirius will post $185,000 in escrow by Sept Lawyers for the university came to court ready to go to trial but opted for further negotiation after a conversation with Bottom Line officials during a recess, NYU spokesman John Beckman said "It's that simple "We all hope it's resolved in a way that everybody wants," he said At Last Minute, N Currently, the nightclub operates on a month-to-month lease Reports of its possible demise prompted an outpouring of support Club Avoids Eviction Sep 24, 8:49 PM EST The Bottom Line is getting an encore â€â€? although it may only be temporary The legendary nightclub, in danger of extinction after falling $185,000 behind in its rent, received a four-week reprieve Wednesday in a last-minute deal cut in a courthouse hallway "I'm grateful and relieved "New York University has said all along that it was not looking to see the Bottom Line closed," Beckman said "I feel a lot better than I felt at the beginning of June," said club co-owner Allan Pepper, who opened the New York institution in February 1973 " Lawyers for both sides spent the morning and part of the afternoon negotiating the deal outside the courtroom, occasionally with the judge's help If the two sides can't agree, the money will be returned to Sirius Y 30 to cover the debt in the event a new lease is reached " In June, Pepper and partner Stanley Snadowsky were facing eviction by landlord New York University after falling behind 17 months in rent We're trusting that NYU is looking forward to negotiating in good faith The order stems from what a Chinese legal newspaper said is the first dispute of its kind in this country, which often is accused of failing to enforce copyrights and other intellectual property "The publishing house just wants to protect its legitimate rights," said Dun Mingyue, a lawyer for the publisher The Chinese publisher has filed a lawsuit challenging the order , a division of Penguin Books "The trademarks for both the Chinese characters and the images of Peter Rabbit have already been registered in China," Zhang said But Zhang Zaiping, a Beijing-based trademark consultant for Frederick Warne, rejected the claims by the Social Sciences Press 'Peter Rabbit' Caught in Legal Dispute Jun 23, 8:13 AM EST Peter Rabbit has hopped into a Chinese legal dispute The State Administration for Industry and Commerce blocked the publisher from distributing 20,000 copies of the book after the protest by Frederick Warne Ltd Potter's story of the rabbit who is nearly killed after defying his mother's warnings to avoid the garden of a farmer named McGregor has sold more than 150 million copies in 35 languages The Legal Daily newspaper last week quoted an unidentified judge as saying the lawsuit asserting that the publisher didn't violate copyright laws is a "completely new type of case" for China's courts One of China's leading academic publishers has been ordered by the government to stop selling its version of Beatrix Potter's 1901 tale about the naughty bunny, lawyers said Monday " It also argues that under Chinese law, Potter's copyright expired 50 years after her 1943 death, allowing anyone to publish both the story and drawings The company says it holds the copyright to the Chinese translation of "Peter Rabbit The Chinese-language "Tale of Peter Rabbit," released in April by China Social Sciences Press, prompted a complaint by the London firm that holds the trademark to Peter's name and original illustrations "It's just good sound business to be going down the course of business we're going down," NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said The network will broadcast NHL games the next two seasons under a revenue-sharing deal, replacing ABC as the league's broadcast partner The deal is subject to approval by the league's board The network televised the league's All-Star game from 1991-94 NBC last regularly broadcast NHL games 29 years ago "It was very important to us, obviously, that we had good, important stable relationships going forward on television," Bettman said An industry source familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press the first year of the deal would be worth $60 million, with the next two years being worth $70 million each ESPN will show Games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup finals and the NHL All-Star Game The current deal with ESPN, which includes ABC and ends after the season, is in the fifth year of a $600 million TV rights package The network has long said that it would not pay expensive rights fees for the cachet of carrying major sports that could eventually lose money The NHL's first broadcast deal, to air Stanley Cup playoff games, was with NBC in 1966 The network plans to do most of the advertising for the games during prime-time shows Thursday and Friday Later Wednesday, ESPN and the NHL agreed to a deal to keep the league on ESPN2 next season, with options for the cable network to extend the deal for two more seasons "This is the right deal at the right time with the right parties," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said "For many years, the NHL has been an important programming element for ESPN and we are thrilled to continue the relationship," said George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports Still, the network is not a neophyte when it comes to hockey For NBC, the deal represents a move back into televising major professional team sports "We think that this structure makes enormous sense for both sides of the deal," said Ken Schanzer, president of NBC Sports In recent years, the network has focused on events such as the Olympics, NASCAR, Triple Crown horse racing and Notre Dame football while competitors had the NFL, NHL, NBA and major league baseball The network also will televise Games 3-7 of the Stanley Cup finals in prime time ESPN2 will televise a total of 40 regular-season games on Wednesdays and Sundays, and the league's draft 15 NBC also has a revenue-sharing deal with the Arena Football League, renewed Tuesday for two more years, in which the network paid no rights fee The two-year agreement with NBC, in which the league and the network share advertising revenue and NBC pays no rights fee, may be renewed for an additional two years at NBC's option Bettman hopes that NBC's strong prime-time lineup Thursday and Friday and its presence with viewers in the 18-49 demographic will draw a larger audience to the Saturday afternoon games NHL Agrees to Two-Year Deal With NBC May 19, 6:19 PM EST NBC is back on the ice after 29 years The deal, announced Wednesday, will call for NBC to broadcast seven regular-season games beginning in January and six playoff games in regular Saturday afternoon time slots The NHL is bracing for an offseason that will feature labor talks to head off a potential lockout that could disrupt next season after the collective bargaining agreement expires Sept |
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