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Friday, September 19th, 2008It seems that some entrepreneurial songwriters are approaching companies with offers to mention products and brands in their song lyrics. When a misguided PR exec sent an email offering such a service to Jeff Crouse of the Anti-Advertising Agency and Double Happiness Jeans… Crouse decided to Blog it. The PR guy asked Crouse to remove [...]
Podcasting live, Fridays at 5pm Pacific
Friday, August 22nd, 2008The Law and Video Podcast is back. I’ll be answering listener questions about the law and video (entertainment law, privacy, film, television, music, permits, licensing, etc) live on Fridays at 5pm Pacific. For more details, visit www.lawandvideo.com.
This week, I’ll be talking a bit about the Richard Cheese “Incident” at the New Media Expo.
Do lawyers need agents?
Monday, July 28th, 2008From LawComix: Check out this funny take on lawyers jockeying for position on court pleadings:
Idea Submissions - how to protect the material you submit
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Barry Neil Schrum is an entertainment lawyer in Nashville. On his Law on the Row website (reference to Nashville’s ‘Music Row’), he’s posted a very good article about idea protection when making submissions.
He’s addressed not only copyright protection and the usual quasi-contract approach to idea protection, but also trademarks. He also offers some good [...]
360 deals - some basics from M.E.L.O.N.
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008My friend and colleague Tony Berman is at it again, preparing a useful and comprehensive blog post about the growing phenomenon of so-called 360 deals, where record companies participate not only in revenues from an Artist’s record sales, but also from merchandise, touring, ticketing, online presence, marketing, sponsorships, endorsements, and the like. Essentially, any money [...]
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