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The Basics of Music Licensing in Digital Media - Videos, Podcasts, Commercials, Downloads, Fair Use - What Questions Should You Be Asking?
As music usually has two different classes of rights holders - those that hold the rights to the musical composition (the lyrics and music in the song, usually held by a publishing company ), and the rights to the " sound recording " or " master recording " (usually held by the record companies ), knowing who to ask for what rights can sometimes be complicated. Broadcasters need to be aware that ASCAP, BMI and SESAC (the " performing rights organizations " or PROs) don't cover them for all uses of music - especially uses that may be made on station websites.
Broadcast Law Blog
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
ENTERTAINMENT LITIGATION: LINDSAY LOHAN SUES E*TRADE FOR $100 MILLION
Instead, Lohan has made the news by filing a $100 million lawsuit against the online stock trading company, E*Trade, over their "milkaholic" baby girlfriend commercial. ACTRESS CLAIMS BABY GIRLFRIEND COMMERCIAL IS ABOUT HER Actress Lindsay Lohan is once again in the news. This time, however, it's not because of what Lohan and her running buddies have done in some nightclub, or the latest in the ongoing feud between Lohan and her father.
Entertainment Litigation Blog
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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CINEMA LAW: WHAT IS AN LLC AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH MY DOCUMENTARY?
Tags: Copyright Infringement Film Limited Liability Company (LLC) Release Right of Publicit [This blog entry originally appeared at MovieMaker.com.]
Q: Q: There’s quite a lot of information that leads me to believe I should create an LLC before I undertake a documentary project.
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Film Production Company Avoids Copyright Infringement Suit on Basis of Statute of Limitations
The Ortiz case was derived from a film production company engaging an artist, Mr. Ortiz later claimed that the film production company infringed his copyright in incorporating that score into the movie and not paying him royalties, he sued for copyright infringement.
In Ortiz , the defendant-film production company defended the lawsuit by arguing that (a) they did not engage in copyright infringement and (b) the claim was also time-barred by the statute of limitations. Intellectual Property : State and Federal law provides various remedies for parties who have been wronged by another.
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Three’s Company “Brunette” Arrested for DUI on Independence Day
On July 4th Joyce DeWitt, best known as Janet Wood on “Three’s Company”, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
Tags: Celebrity DUI Drunk Driving Under Arrest joyce dewitt three's compan Joyce DeWitt Mugshot
DeWitt was pulled over in El Segundo, California after driving past a police barricade. When approached by an officer,
Law of Hollywood Land
- Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Craigslist CEO: Company Is Victim of "Witchhunt"
Craigslist head Jim Buckmaster says his company is enduring a "witchhunt" over the erotic ads it has accepted over the past few years. He notes in particular the actions of South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, against whom Craigslist wa
Media Law Prof Blog
- Friday, May 29, 2009
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Frequently Asked Questions: Setting Up a Company
Delaware is desirable because it has liberal corporate governance rules, which probably won't matter for a small company controlled by you. owned by my partner and I, with investment contracts signed between our company and our investors, or we set up an LLC. Answer: The most common business entities used by filmmakers are corporations (S or C type), limited liability companies (LLC), and limited partnerships (LP). Answers from Mark Litwak, Attorney At Law
DISCLAIMER: The information provided here is intended to provide general information and does not constitute legal
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Keep your Company Warm with SOX--Private Company Finance and the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
While most SOX provisions apply only to public companies, there are a variety of reasons private companies should become familiar with SOX’s requirements and consider voluntarily complying with the new legislation. The following are some of the more salient reasons for private company compliance:
• Venture Venture capital investors, insurer and Passed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom debacles, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) is considered by many to be the most significant legislative change in securities regulation since the Securities Act of 1934. Implementation
BizMediaLaw
- Thursday, September 16, 2004
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Desperate media companies tempt antitrust regulators
By Eriq Gardner Ben Sheffner of the Copyrights & Campaigns blog has an interesting column up at Slate that notes a "discreet" meeting by the nation's biggest newspaper publishers over whether and how to start charging readers for online content....
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Settlement Agreement: Project Runway is “in” on Lifetime
In September 2008, NBC, owner of Bravo, was granted a preliminary injunction against the Weinstein Company, creator and owner of Project Runway , stopping the show’s move from Bravo to Lifetime. The Weinstein Company had signed a deal moving Project Runway to Lifetime without offering NBC a last opportunity to match the deal’s terms–violating a previous agreement which gave NBC first right of refusal to any future seasons of the show.
After appeals from both sides, NBC and the Weinstein Company reached an agreement last Wednesday. Amidst a long appeals
JetLawBlog
- Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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Data Protection Company Settles With FTC; Will Pay $12 Million
The company says i Lifelock has settled a deceptive advertising lawsuit with the FTC. The federal agency charged that Lifelock, which claims that it can secure consumers' private data, failed to provide "far less protection" than it promised its clients.
Media Law Prof Blog
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Tobacco Company Seeks Access To Historian's Unpublished Manuscript
Proctor is an expert witness in a lawsuit against the company; R. The Chronicle discusses attempts by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco to obtain access to an unpublished work by Stanford's Robert Proctor. Dr. J.
Media Law Prof Blog
- Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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