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    The Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark are entertainment attorneys dedicated to the legal and business affairs needs of clients in the entertainment and media industries. By offering those kinds of legal and business affairs services handled in-house at the larger studios, production companies, talent agencies and record labels, we help small and mid-sized entertainment businesses, individual producers, writers and artists to reliably and efficiently out-source their legal and business affairs work.

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    • Archive for May, 2004

    OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE.

    Monday, May 24th, 2004

    The confused state of the law concerning file sharing. Understanding Grokster, Aimster, Napster and the Betamax case.
    As it stands now, the law concerning file-sharing technology is anything but clear. Interpreting the same underlying law and precedent, and on similar facts, two different Courts of Appeal have arrived at widely differing results, throwing the media […]

    Assembling a winning team: The Entertainment Lawyer.

    Monday, May 24th, 2004

    In the past two issues, I discussed the roles played by the agent and the manager. In this issue, we’ll look at the involvement of the entertainment lawyer. Most people think of an attorney as the person you call to get you out of trouble. It’s true, many lawyers do that kind of work, but […]

    Assembling a winning team: Finding and choosing an Agent

    Thursday, May 20th, 2004

    WHAT DOES AN AGENT DO?
    If you think of your entertainment career as you would any business or company, you are the production group, ultimately… the product you’re selling. The Talent Agent should be thought of as your Marketing and Sales department. It’s his or her job to find you jobs, to get you employment.
    An Agent’s […]