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Lost In Translation
I’ve been collecting expressions I’ve heard or used during negotiations since the start of dealfatigue; most recently updating the page, Lingua Franca last month. So I was pleased to discover Variety’s slanguage dictionary here.
DealFatigue
- Wednesday, June 9, 2010
4 Movies That Every Rep Should (And My Intern Must) See
Good repping is the art of persuading people to agree to your terms. Not all salesmen are lawyers but all good lawyers (and agents) are salesmen. You can sell hard or you can sell soft. Over time, many Reps develop a belligerent or schmoozy negotiating style because it works for them (or it doesn’t and they’re just built that way).
DealFatigue
- Thursday, June 3, 2010
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Independent Bumps
Recent observation: on two separate deals, different reps at different agencies asked for a $25K set up bonus if their writer-client’s projects were independently produced. set up bonus or “studio bump&# is often negotiated in a writer’s option/purchase agreement if the producer successfully sets the project up at a major studio.
DealFatigue
- Sunday, September 9, 2007
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Getting Out Of Getting In Your Own Way
I recently called four actors about a potential gig on a television series. Only one of them got back to me. Four days later. By email. All of them, without exception, regularly complain to me about the lack of work in L.A. and now, all of them, without exception, were missing an opportunity to work in their field. Call it audition fatigue.
DealFatigue
- Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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The Film Industry Is In A Pickle
Pickle Magazine , a film industry publication based in India about all things Bollywood and now, Hollywood, recently asked producer and sales agent, Ron Lavery to interview me and ten others for its American Film Market edition. Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year?
DealFatigue
- Sunday, November 16, 2008
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Lost In Translation
I’ve been collecting expressions I’ve heard or used during negotiations since the start of dealfatigue; most recently updating the page, Lingua Franca last month. So I was pleased to discover Variety’s slanguage dictionary here.
DealFatigue
- Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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4 Movies That Every Rep Should (And My Intern Must) See
Good repping is the art of persuading people to agree to your terms. Not all salesmen are lawyers but all good lawyers (and agents) are salesmen. You can sell hard or you can sell soft. Over time, many Reps develop a belligerent or schmoozy negotiating style because it works for them (or it doesn’t and they’re just built that way).
DealFatigue
- Thursday, June 3, 2010
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Law School Offers Free Online Course in Health Reform Law
I am a bit late in posting this, given that the class started Aug. 26, but it is not too late to join in. The University of Iowa College of Law is offering free online access this semester to a colloquium on the health care reform act. Starting Aug. 26 and ending Dec. 2, class sessions are presented live every Thursday from 2:20 to 4:20 p.m.
Media Law
- Friday, September 3, 2010
A Legal Podcasting Milestone: Five Years and 250 Episodes
With today’s episode of the Lawyer2Lawyer podcast, we reach a milestone: our 250th episode and the end of our fifth year of weekly shows. This makes Lawyer2Lawyer the longest continually running legal podcast. Our first show was on Aug. 31, 2005. Our guests for that first show were Michael S. We’ve also won several awards.
Media Law
- Friday, September 3, 2010
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New litigation campaign quietly targets tens of thousands of movie downloaders
By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: In what may be a sign of things to come, more than 20,000 individual movie torrent downloaders have been sued in the past few weeks in Washington D.C. federal court for copyright infringement. handful of.
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Hey, showbiz folks: Check your contract before your next tweet
By Andrew Wallenstein and Matthew Belloni Hollywood is coming down with the Twitter jitters. There’s a growing number of studio deals with new language aimed specifically at curbing usage of social-media outlets by actors, execs and other creatives. The goal: Tags: Twitter
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'Hurt Locker' producers about to sue an army of pirates
By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: The war against movie piracy is getting downright explosive. We've learned that the producers of the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker" are preparing a massive lawsuit against thousands of individuals who pirated the film online. The case.
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Elder Porn Targeted By Massachusetts Lawmaker - Proposal Goes Too Far
Massachusetts State Rep, Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D) is targeting adult entertainment involving models over the age of 60 as well as private sexual communications between the elderly (if you can call 60 “elderly&# anymore) and private sexual communications among the disabled. See State Puts Porn Pervs in Sights, Boston Herald.
The Legal Satyricon
- Monday, March 30, 2009
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How not to use the internet to find investors for your film or theatre project.
In recent weeks, I’ve begun to see more and more independent filmmakers and theatre producers using forums, chat rooms, and other internet-services to seek out investors for their projects. In most cases, these inquiries are couched in plain language: “Seeking investors for independent film” or similar. What is a “security”? Solutions.
Gordon P. Firemark
- Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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