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Media & Entertainment Law

Entertainment Law Update

Law Firm website/blog devoted to entertainment law. Contains information of interest to lawyers and others in the entertainment industry. Covers film, television, music, theatre, new media, internet, etc.
By Gordon Firemark

Post Frequency: 1.6/day

Last Entry: March 24, 2011 at 16:46:53

Supreme Court orders Arbitration of Manager/Artist dispute

Posted on February 20, 2008
(Preston v. Ferrer) Congratulations to my friend and colleague Joe Schleimer, who successfully argued the case of Preston v. Ferrer before the United States Supreme Court. The Court ruled today in favor of Joe’s client Arnold Preston (also an entertainment attorney), holding that when parties agree to arbitrate all questions arising under a contract, [...

Updated: Yes, it?s over! (formerly ?Is It Over??)

Posted on February 10, 2008
Within 48 hours striking screenwriters will vote on a tentative deal reached late last week between their union, Writer’s Guild of America, and TV and Film networks and producers. If the rank-and-file vote in favor of the proposed deal, writers could be back to work as early as Tuesday or Wednesday...

Randy Quaid Fined and Banned from Actor?s Equity

Posted on February 07, 2008
Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors? union, Actor?s Equity Association for life, following the union?s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of ?Lone Star Love?, a country musical based on Shakespeare?s ?The Merry Wives of [...

Copyrightability of Jokes

Posted on February 02, 2008
William Patry is copyright counsel to Google, and a scholar of copyright law. He has recently posted a piece on his blog about Copyright protection for jokes. Very informative and interesting!

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Force Majeure clauses - ABC terminates overall deals as result of lengthy WGA strike

Posted on January 25, 2008
Last week, Variety reported that ABC has invoked the Force Majeure clauses in nearly two dozen writer’s overall deals, terminating those contracts on grounds that the WGA strike (now in its 3rd month). This gives rise to a discussion of what is and is-not a ‘force majeure’ event...

Music Rights for plays and musicals (Theatrelawyer.com)

Posted on January 22, 2008
I’ve just posted a short piece on my other site - Theatrelawyer.com about using pre-existing music in a play or musical show. It’s a short discussion of Grand vs. Small performing rights, and some key points for licensing grand rights.

Law and Video Podcast - Hiatus extended

Posted on January 14, 2008
Due to unforeseeable technical difficulties, the Law And Video Podcast holiday Hiatus continues. Some server problems have knocked us off the air, and next week, I’ll be in Hawaii. Once I return, though, we’ll be back in the swing of things with live calls and emailed Q and A...

Firemark added to ANMT Board of Directors

Posted on January 14, 2008
I am very pleased to announce that I’ve been elected to the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Academy for New Musical Theatre. This fine organization’s Mission is to foster the highest quality of musical theatre writing, and to advance the state of new musical theatre production...

Email subscription problems

Posted on January 11, 2008
Some email subscribers may have received some OLD postings. This service is handled by feedburner, and I’ve asked them to look into it. Sorry for the mix-up.

The role of the attorney in an artist?s career.

Posted on December 22, 2007
Dante Marshall is an entertainment lawyer in Columbus, Ohio. This week, I read his blog post about the role of the attorney in an Artist’s career. I think it’s worthwhile reading for aspiring artists. What an attorney does and does not do.

This week on Law and Video Podcast (December 18, 2007)

Posted on December 18, 2007
This week?s legal Q & A session is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com. We record live on Live Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, or you can download and listen at your convenience. This week’s topics: Are Movie titles Trademarks? Can I be forced to give up my fan-website name? Works created for the Government… Can the government implement [...

Quoted by Associated Press

Posted on December 17, 2007
This afternoon, I learned that I’ve been quoted in a brief piece by Eric Carvin of the Associated Press, entitled “Do the Late Shows Want Your Jokes? No!” The essence of the piece is to ask whether with the Late Shows going back on in early January, now’s the opportunity for amateur jokesters to submit their [...

Law and Video podcast - December 4, 2007

Posted on December 05, 2007
Yup, another episode of the Law and Video podcast is in-the-can! This week’s legal Q & A session is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com. Normally, we record live on Live Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, or download and listen at your convenience...

This week on the podcast.

Posted on November 28, 2007
This week’s Law and Video podcast is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com. Listen Live Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, or download and listen at your convenience. This week’s topics: I’ve got a copyright, what do I need to do to protect it? Statutes of limitations, doctrine of laches Director’s former assistant/editor wants credit after termination...

This week on Law and Video podcast.

Posted on November 20, 2007
This week’s Law and Video podcast is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com Listen Live Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, or download and listen at your convenience.This week’s topics: City of New York revises permit and insurance requirements for small video productions...

Music Basics for Film and Video productions.

Posted on November 17, 2007
Music is an integral part of any filmmaker?s toolbox. Proper selection of music can help tell a story, set a mood, and build suspense. For most independent productions, however, music is either under-budgeted or not budgeted at all. Even when there IS a music budget, it?s often re-allocated to more pressing expenses during [...

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