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“Vajazzle” is exactly what it sounds like
So, a cross of the iconic 1970s direct order product, the BeDazzler….
…and By J. DeVoy
Ferdinand Ferdinand Bardamu of In Mala Fide is launching an internet campaign to lay claim on a new word: Vajazzle.
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The Legal Satyricon
- Friday, March 5, 2010
Advertiser Protection under CDA Section 230 for User-Generated Online Contest Submissions Will Go to Jury
Quiznos sought to compare the meat content of certain of its sandwich products to comparable Subway offerings, and fashioned a campaign that included television advertisements and an online video contest that solicited submissions from users who were asked to create a video demonstrating "why you think Quiznos is better." Subway brought an action against Quiznos and iFilm, which partnered with Quiznos on the video contest, under the Lanham Act for false and deceptive advertising and various related state law claims, alleging that, in brief summary, the tv ads, the sample videos
New Media and Technology Law
- Friday, March 5, 2010
Using Music in Advertising or In a Video Production? Secure the Necessary Rights - ASCAP, BMI and SESAC Licenses Are Not Enough
you cannot put music in a recorded commercial or otherwise permanently fix it into a recorded audio or video production. Instead, to make such a production, the producer needs to get the rights to both the underlying musical composition (the words and musical notes) and, if you are planning to use a particular recording of a song, the rights to use that particular recording ( the " sound recording " or " master recording "). And, Using music in commercials is not as simple as just paying your ASCAP, BMI and SESAC royalties . While many broadcasters think
Broadcast Law Blog
- Thursday, March 4, 2010
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Top 5 ways film/TV product placement causes lawsuits
Naturally, the rise of product placement means more lawsuits when things don't go as...
...Tags: By Eriq Gardner Hollywood has increasingly turned to brand integration as a way to recover revenue lost to piracy and technologies that let users zap commercials. Tags: Advertising Litigation Trademar
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Independent New Media Productions
There are casting notices out there for SAG new media productions under the “SAG New Media Contract.” of the SAG New Media Agreement, wages are freely bargained by the employer and the performer. Third, performers should recognize that independent producers are unlikely to make much, if any, money on these productions. Even the studios are shutting down their new media production entities (Stage 9, 60 Frames). A few notes may help clarify what these are, and help performers enforce a few of their rights. First, this is not the new media sideletter recently negotiated with the AMPTP (major studios) as part of the theatrical contract.
Digital Media Law
- Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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Ad agency claims it invented TV product integration
By Eriq Gardner No advertising agency would have the brass to claim to have invented the concept of integrating a product into a television show, right? Guess again. Delaware-based ad agency Denizen is suing media agency Mindshare for stealing an...
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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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Truth or Dare: Madonna Not in New Moon, Pattinson, Efron on Oscars, Spielberg's Lincoln
Production starts in two months.
Tags: Breaking News In Production Oscars Russell Crowe Steven Spielberg Twilight Madonna New Moon. Let's play a game of true or false.
Summit says NO, Madonna will not appear in Twilight sequel New Moon, despite what you may read .
Director Marc Forster has worked with screenwriter David Benioff, twice, on Stay and Kite Runner, but until the Quantum
Thompson On Hollywood
- Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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Using Music in Advertising or In a Video Production? Secure the Necessary Rights - ASCAP, BMI and SESAC Licenses Are Not Enough
you cannot put music in a recorded commercial or otherwise permanently fix it into a recorded audio or video production. Instead, to make such a production, the producer needs to get the rights to both the underlying musical composition (the words and musical notes) and, if you are planning to use a particular recording of a song, the rights to use that particular recording ( the " sound recording " or " master recording "). And, Using music in commercials is not as simple as just paying your ASCAP, BMI and SESAC royalties . While many broadcasters think
Broadcast Law Blog
- Thursday, March 4, 2010
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Produced By Conference: Are Boomers Abandoning Movies?
When I watch production credits go to people who have nothing to do with producing the film, it agitates me," said Eastwood. "I Tags: Clint Eastwood In Production Steven Spielberg Studios Clint Eastwood Doug Wick James Cameron Kathleen Kennedy Lucy Fisher Mark and Larry Gordon Peter bart Produced By Rob Loren At the Produced By conference on the Sony lot last weekend, which was organized by Gale Ann Hurd and the Producers Guild, some of the best and brightest in the profession complained that nobody wants to fund movies for grown-ups these days. At Peter Bart's panel, Who Does
Thompson On Hollywood
- Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Entertainment Law Update Podcast Launching
Tags: Blogroll Copyright Copyright Litigation DMCA DRM Digital/Internet Entertainment lawsuit Film/TV Music Music Business Right of Publicity branding entertainment law podcast mediation music publishing product placement recording agreement Launching April 20th, Entertainment Law Update is an audio podcast featuring Entertainment lawyers Gordon P. Firemark and Tamera H.
Current Trends
- Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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Co-Productions & Joint-Ventures: Issues
Co-Productions & Joint-Ventures: Issues The Director's Chair , June 20, 2006 Producers often realize that a co-production or joint venture is a useful method to develop a film project because of the complimentary skills and resources that each party brings to the table and some of the benefits derived from international and inter-provincial co-production treaties. Whether the co-production or joint-venture is simple or complicated, a number of important issues should be determined in advance so the parties understand the nature of their relationship, rights, obligations
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Music Licenses for Film Productions
It is likely that a filmmaker will need to enter into both (1) a master use and (2) a synchronization license for each of the musical pieces that he utilizes in the production. master use license is one which grants the licensee the right to use a specific recording in a production. film or television production). Intellectual Property: Music Licensing: Similar to the copyright that a filmmaker may have in his work, composers and artists performing music also have copyrights in their works. Accordingly, a filmmaker cannot generally take a commercial CD that he has purchased and utilize
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