Hollywood Docket Top 5: SAG fading; Brangelina suing; Dead celebrities lobbying

Entertainment law news you need to care about this morning:

• TV producers are now overwhelmingly choosing AFTRA to govern contracts over SAG jurisdiction. Almost every scripted network primetime pilot currently being shot is under AFTRA, leading to questions about whether SAG is fading out of the TV business. [Digital Media Law]
• The recording industry has opted for a third trial against Jammie Thomas-Rasset rather than accepting a court's decision to reduce a jury's award from $1.92 million to $54,000. Previously, the plaintiffs offered to settle the case, but the offer was rejected. [Copyrights & Campaigns]
• Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing a British tabloid for libel over allegations that the couple would separate and divide their assets and custody of children. [Reuters] 
• British government ministers have decided to allow product placement on television with restrictions on the placement of alcohol and food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar. Previously, legislators in the country couldn't pass a law allowing more product placement, but officials are looking for revenue to help the country's media. [Politics UK] 
• After an unsuccessful lawsuit brought by the agent for the estate of Marilyn Monroe to enforce post-mortem rights of personality, a lobbying campaign is under way in New York to get state senators to introduce a bill to amend N.Y. civil rights law to add a 70-year post-mortem right to prevent the use of the persona of a dead celebrity. [Trademark Blog] 

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