The latest episode of my podcast, Entertainment Law Update is now available.
Topics covered:
# IP and the Olympics
# Sculptural works, photographs and subsequent uses
# Album Integrity in the age of digital downloads
The latest episode of my podcast, Entertainment Law Update is now available.
Topics covered:
# IP and the Olympics
# Sculptural works, photographs and subsequent uses
# Album Integrity in the age of digital downloads
Here’s an informative, inspriring and entertaining TED talk about leadership from my friend, Dave Logan. The information here is useful for everyone. Worth the 16 minutes. If you like what you hear from David, get his books: Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization and The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting…
According to Anthony Verna, who blogs at Trademark, Copyright, and Entertainment Law Forum, the Copyright office now reports that its backlog for registration of copyrights is now as long as two years. Given that copyright registration is a prerequisite to pursuing a copyright infringement lawsuit, it is very important that copyrights be registered as early…
Q: I have written a multi-award-winning screenplay and feel, after many rewrites, it’s getting close to being pretty good. My question is about ownership: The screenplay was based on my novel, partly coauthored by a friend, who did about 10% of the work and storyline creation. How would my friend be compensated, and would I…
Entertainment Lawyer Dina Appleton’s guest post today in THR, Esq. Blog is an excellent discussion of how win-win deals can still be made for high-level talent, in today’s risk-averse climate. Ms. Appleton’s premise is that folks who’ve previously gotten rich front- and back-end deals may have to give ground on some points, but if willing…
Q: I have a letter from the Copyright office that a book, written in 1880, was in public domain. I wrote an adaptation of that book into a screenplay. I then found that someone had taken the authors works (28 books) and trademarked them on the Internet. I talked to an attorney who said that…
To Listen: View the full post! Download Episode (right click) Approximate Running Time: 01:06 Episode #8 of my Entertainment Law Update Podcast is now available. For more information, see the show notes at http://entertainmentlawupdate.com Topics: Nexus 1 mobile phone raises ire from author’s estate Naked High School Musical Stars Ringback music tones Fox’s unlicensed use…
Q: As most writer’s work is filed with either the WGA or copyrighted through the USPTO, how does one protect their work from an overseas company asking to see your screenplay? As the United States’ market seems to be tightening, it seems like producers and prodcos from other countries are much more receptive and open…
CORRECTION: the link to the event has been revised. Thursday, January 14, 2010, from 7- 10pm, I’ll be speaking at the Institute for International Film Financing. I’ll be giving an abbreviated version of my presentation entitled “6 Ways to Finance A Feature Film”, and joining a panel of other film financing experts to take questions…
Q: If 1977 is the dividing line for copyright laws, is it possible to, say, erase all challenging doubts by merging two pre-1977 stories and create an entirely new work? Such as, say, LITTLE WOMEN (1800s) meets the rogue PAL JOEY (1940). Or must one check to see if Louisa Mae Olcott’s estate still has…