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: Entertainment Law UpdateLaw and Video entertainment law Podcast for March 4, 2008
By Gordon Firemark
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.
Full post as published by Entertainment Law Update on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).
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