Articles in Media & Entertainment
The rise of collaboration technologies has led to more authors collaborating on screenplays, articles, books, and various other creative works. This free exchange of ideas can lead to timely, efficient, and lower-cost works, but also …
When purchasing or selling a copyright one has to understand two major concepts: 1) a copyright is not a single slab of intellectual property, but rather a bundle of rights; and 2) sometimes it makes …
Since I just began teaching a course at Columbia University on the subject of film financing law, I thought I’d share a diagram handout given to the class. The basic premise is to visualize the …
My partner Olivera Medenica has joined the blogging fray and will be covering major issues and developments concerning the music business in her blog, Music Law Muse. Her most recent entry covers the 9th Circuit …
You may recall some months ago, when Chatroulette was first making its rounds as the new darling of web video spontaneity, I wrote a post on how it completely lacked any terms of service agreement. …
After the film has been developed, every photographer dealing with live subjects must face legal issues that may not be visible to their trained …
Hurt Locker Case Demonstrates Process Hurdles in Chasing Phantom Infringers
Hurt Locker. We all loved it and Katherine Bigelow is a goddess. Coincidentally, Brian Geragthy was in a firm client’s movie recently, Open House. Shameless praise …
Writers who often are heard to gripe about the abduction of their ideas by Hollywood are more often frustrated by a procedural doctrine in Copyright known as “preemption.” That doctrine, simply put, posits that if …
During the IIFF film finance panel I moderated last week, panelist Isen Robbins suggested that the audience take in and review the Dreamworks distribution contract. Why? Because in an unusual turn of events where …
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The New York Metro chapter of the Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) continues its successful series of monthly gatherings at the junction of film & finance with …
