Panayiotou v Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd Panayiotou v Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd Panayiotou and others v Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. ([1994] ChD 142) was a contract and entertainment law case before the High Court of Justice's Chancery Division. The plaintiff, entertainer George Michael, argued that his recording contract constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade. Michael alleged that the defendant had failed to promote his album "Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1" with due vigour as punishment when the artist decided to downplay his status as a sex symbol. Michael described his situation as "professional slavery" because his contract required that he produce music and cede
A-Lad-In His Lamp A-Lad-In His Lamp A-Lad-In His Lamp is a 1948 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and featuring the Genie and Caliph Hassan Pfeffer who is after Bugs and the Genie in his lamp. The voices of Bugs Bunny and Caliph Hassan Pfeffer are voiced by Mel Blanc and the voice of the Smokey the Genie is played by Jim Backus in one of his first professional roles. The cartoon is a takeoff of the story of "Aladdin's Lamp". Elements of this short would later be re-used for the Arabian Era in "". Bugs finds Aladdin's lamp while digging