This is the first live, call-in podcast to clear the air on
legal issues for filmmakers and videographers who are looking
for answers to questions related to starting a production
business, copyright issues, contracts, intellectual property and
distribution.
Entertainment Attorney Gordon P. Firemark
answers your questions on topics such as:
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* FILM: covering option
agreements, finance, chain of title issues, talent agreements
(scriptwriters, film directors, actors, composers, set
designers), production and post production and trade union
issues, distribution issues, motion picture industry
negotiations distribution, and general intellectual property
issues relating to copyright and, to a lesser extent,
trademarks;
* MUSIC: including talent agreements (musicians, composers)
producer agreements, and synchronization rights, music industry
negotiation and general intellectual property issues relating to
copyright;
* TELEVISION and RADIO including broadcast licensing and
regulatory issues, mechanical licenses;
* THEATRE: including rental agreements and co-production
agreements, and other performance oriented legal issues;
* MULTIMEDIA, including software licensing issues, video game
development and production;
* PUBLISHING and print media issues, including advertising,
models, author agreements and other copyright related issues;
* VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN including fine arts, issues of
consignment of artworks to art dealers, moral rights of
sculptors regarding works in public places; and industrial
design, issues related to the protection of graphic design
elements in products.
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