Media & Entertainment Law

This week on the podcast.

By Gordon Firemark

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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.
• What licenses are needed for live concert film?
• What copyright and legal protection is there for pornographic, indecent and obscene materials?
• Do I really need a lawyer to shop my demo?
• Credit removed from cable program when sold on DVD.
• Actor’s life-threatening illness prevents performance halfway into production, can the producer sue?

Full post as published by Entertainment Law Update on November 28, 2007 (boomark / email).