Idea Submissions - how to protect the material you submit
By Gordon Firemark | June 12, 2008
Barry 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 practical advice for those making submissions of literary material.
Recommended reading.
Hey, what’s the big idea? Protecting your ideas when submitting them to a third party.
Topics: Entertainment law
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on Theatrelawyer.com - tax withholding burdens for arts presenters
By Gordon Firemark | May 12, 2008
Over on my other site - Theatrelawyer.com, I’ve just posted an article I wrote for the Western Arts Alliance entitled “Tax Withholding: An unwieldy burden for entertainers and the organizations that hire them.”
Topics: theatre, Government, Theatre law
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360 deals - some basics from M.E.L.O.N.
By Gordon Firemark | March 26, 2008
My 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 the artist earns is shared with the label..
Check it out the first installment of his multi-part article at Multimedia Entertainment Law Online News.
Topics: Music, Entertainment law
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Law and Video Podcast - new episode
By Gordon Firemark | March 25, 2008
The latest episode of The Law and Video Podcast is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com.
This week we discussed:
News: Industry pushes for Copyright Prevention Law tied to college loan funding
- Live Call: Can I do anything with some old film footage I bought at a garage sale?
Email questions:
- How do I start an independent record label?
- How do I find and hire an entertainment lawyer?
- What can I show and what can’t I show when making a “Cops” style local TV show.
- Can an adult-video producer require participants to sign a confidentiality agreement? Can it be enforced?
- Blu-Ray licenses required for authoring discs? DRM and the DMCA.
The Law and Video podcast is a weekly live call-in question-and-answer audio programwhere I answer questions about legal and business issues facing video- and film-makers.
Topics: Law and Video Podcast
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Law and Video entertainment law Podcast for March 4, 2008
By Gordon Firemark | March 5, 2008
The latest episode of The Law and Video Podcast is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com.
This week we discussed:
- Smoking Bans vs. the First Amendment - Minnesota bars and restaurants casting themselves as theatres. Patrons as “performers”, with smoking as theatrical performance.
- Copyright Ownership of public access broadcasts of city council meetings
- Legality of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) style videos filmed on private property.
- Copyright in U.S. Government funded works, such as Nasa videos and animations
- Rights of freelance bar-mitzvah videographersLegal pitfalls and issues when starting a movie download website
The Law and Video podcast is a live, weekly call-in question-and-answer audio program with entertainment attorney Gordon Firemark answering questions about legal and business issues facing video- and film-makers.
Topics: Entertainment law
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