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A day before a crucial deadline, the music industry is pulling no punches. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online MORE
Employer pressure to overwork their voices has caused performers to taste blood, faint, lose their voices for months at a time and suffer permanent damage, says the union. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. Tech Tech Business THR Online SAG-AFTRA Labor MORE
in Los Angeles (aka "The Strip"), I spot an obvious sign that the music industry is not broken. While some may decry the ease at which an album can be made as being a major cause of our troubled industry, I think it is the saving grace. However, the music industry never has been able to support every musician, artist and songwriter. As I ponder the tumultuous past year in the music business, I have to wonder if the business is as broken as all the pundits claim it is. MORE
A piece from KPBS.org on the re-emerging Mexican film industry MORE
We welcome Mark Mulligan's Music Industry Blog to the blog role, a good starting place is " Why The 'Music As Free' Argument Just Doesn't Hold Water " (and neither does the Music is Water argument!) Tags: music is not water mark mulligan music industry blog Thanks to Dean Kay for the t/o). MORE
New Wave Entertainment claims manager Paul Brown improperly took actors Laura Prepon and Tommy Dewey with him when he left for Industry earlier this year. MORE
It's been a while since we published an episode of our Entertainment Industry Insights podcast, so we're re-launching with a new season starting now. Entertainment Industry Insights MORE
The Australia-based company Legaler, which markets a secure online videochat platform for lawyers, announced today that it will create a cryptocurrency for the legal industry that will be used for transactions between lawyers and clients and by lawyers to purchase features and services within the Legaler ecosystem. The post Legaler Plans Launch of Legal-Industry Cryptocurrency and Blockchain-Based Legal Charity appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. MORE
Eriq Gardner Tax judge determines that documentaries can be for-profit activity after all, and that one lawyer/documentarian can deduct her losses in her tax statement. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Home Movies Business MORE
Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast. In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I speak with Broadway Producer Ken Davenport. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast: Ken Davenport is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. Episode 3: Ken Davenport. MORE
In the entertainment industries, this misclassification is prevalent. Lately, I’ve had several conversations with clients about whether the folks they hire to work on their films and theatre projects are properly classified as employees or independent contractors. MORE
MP3Tunes and its founder Michael Robertson can't escape a determination of owing tens of millions of dollars to record labels and music publishers. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Tech Business THR Online MORE
The Web publication Legal IT Insider has announced a new international competition to pick the best legal industry videos. The Legal Industry Video Awards 2014 is accepting submissions from law firms, legal service providers, in-house legal and legal vendors. The awards are open to anyone in the legal industry. MORE
Annnouncing a new occasional podcast featuring interviews with Entertainment Industry Thought Leaders. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast, Episode 001: Adam Leipzig is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast MORE
By Eriq Gardner The music industry, which has struggled financially in recent years, may be aroused at the prospect of winning money from the porn industry. Warner Bros. and a number of other record labels filed a lawsuit last week. MORE
“Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free," says the RIAA. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online MORE
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. MORE
The cable industry The Hollywood Reporter notes the results of a new study that finds that pay TV (including cable and satellite) lost net subscribers from its total number of customers for the first ever at the end of 2013. MORE
The post Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast – The Dealmaker’s Ten Commandments with Jeff B. We’ll talk about hollywood then, hollywood now, and the hollywood of the future, and get some dealmaking pointers from Jeff Entertainment Industry Insights J eff B. Cohen is a former child actor. You may remember him as the young actor who played the role of “Chunk” in the iconic 1980s film The Goonies. . MORE
The post Industry News: Uptime Legal Acquires JurisPage appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. Uptime Legal Systems, a Minnesota company that provides private cloud services to small and mid-sized law firms, today announced it has acquired JurisPage, a New York City website design, internet marketing and SEO company for lawyers. JurisPage was founded in 2013 by lawyer Andrew Cabasso and website designer Sam Brodie. Its services include web design, […]. MORE
Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast. In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I speak with Nat Mundel , Founder of Voyage Media, and Co-Founder of TODpix. Nat’s recipe for success in the modern entertainment industry. MORE
Internet Industrial Policy — Artist Rights Watch. [Editor Charlie sez: Scott Cleland takes an excellent deep dive into the “leechonomics” of the safe harbors afforded to the special people who are members of the Internet Association and the Digital Media Association. MORE
Jones of Premiere Talent, issued a gloomy “State of the Industry&# message last March, which has been circulating around town among established actors and hopefuls alike. Sadly, this situation “trickles down&# to all entertainment industry workers, including writers, directors, crew, and even professionals like accountants, lawyers and the like. Talent agent James J. MORE
The West Hollywood restaurant is under investigation by the L.A County Department of Public Health. read more. THR, Esq. Culture Culture THR Online Power Lunch MORE
How many lawyers does it take to make this list? One hundred, to be exact, as THR presents the town’s top attorneys (their favorite jokes included). read more. The Business Music Power Lawyers 2014 Movies THR, Esq. THR Weekly Magazine Business MORE
Big data was a solution pitched and sold to the music industry as a panacea to fan engagement problems. via @agraham999: ‘ BIG DATA IS ABOUT TO BECOME A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.’ . One of the big pitches we have heard for years from digital services is how they can provide artists with data resources to connect with fans. MORE
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. MORE
No industry is immune,” the company says. The transformation will “introduce revolutionary change to even the most staid industries.” Casper is overturning the mattress industry and doesn’t have a single showroom … Tesla is now valued at more than General Motors.” In short, every industry is driven by technology these days — so every company needs to become a “tech company” to compete. MORE
If you’re an owner or general-counsel to a small-, mid-sized or even a large entertainment industry business, you are probably overwhelmed with a workload that at times seems insurmountable. Introduction. MORE
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. MORE
SAG-AFTRA and the advertising industry have agreed to postpone their previously-scheduled early negotiations of the union’s commercials agreement, the union announced Saturday. MORE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigators were commended at a ceremony today by representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shutting down one of the largest U.S.-based Collaboration with industry is absolutely critical to conducting effective intellectual property enforcement,” said ICE-HSI Executive Associate Director Peter Edge. WASHINGTON – U.S. MORE
This capability has evoked the early development of new applications and technological developments involving many industries beyond financial services. . Healthcare – Blockchain presents a very efficient and elegant solution to many of the regulatory and operational issues that the healthcare industry is facing in this turbulent time. What are the cross-industry upsides of blockchain? Other industries also see the potential for lower operational costs as well. MORE
A for-profit membership organization aimed at driving technology innovation and adoption in the legal industry made its formal launch yesterday. The post New Organization Aims to Kickstart Innovation in Legal Industry appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. Called Evolve Law, its primary focus will be on promoting collaboration among a “community” of lawyers, law firms and innovative legal technology companies in order to speed adoption of new technology. MORE
Pepperdine Law School’s Straus Institute has launched an innovative new Dispute Resolution Project relating to the Entertainment, Media and Sports Industries. The institute launches this summer with a lead-off program in London (info at [link] ), and will continue with inter-disciplinary coursework and other programming like Speaker Event, Industry Expert Conversations,Continuing Legal Education Conferences, and webinars. MORE
The 9th Circuit decides that making porn actors wear condoms doesn''t run afoul of the First Amendment read more. The Business Movies THR Online THR, Esq. Business MORE
Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast. In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I spoke with Eric Sherman. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I spoke with Eric Sherman. MORE
A music industry coalition has written to USTR Bob Lighthizer on the issue: January 22, 2018. Dear Ambassador Lighthizer: On behalf of the North American music community, we are writing to express our united resolve that strong copyright protection for creative industries be central to the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) modernization agenda. Our economic contributions depend on the protection of our industry’s creative content through copyright. MORE
A Justice Dept. lawyer asks the judge to make a prediction and block the $85 billion Time Warner merger while the defense rips "preposterous" notions from a government "ignoring" tech behemoths. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
High-level executives are said to have been duped. An anonymous plaintiff is now testing a little-known law in California. read more. THR, Esq. Culture Movies Culture Business THR Online MORE
Do internships at profit-making industries need to be paid? That question is currently being considered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The matter is on appeal from the decision of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York in Glatt v. MORE
That came not long after ReInvent Law NYC, another conference that focused on innovation and disruption in the legal industry. The post Citing Legal Industry Disruption, West, Lexis Open their Data to Free Access appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. Last month, Harvard Law School hosted the conference, Disruptive Innovation in the Market for Legal Services, featuring Harvard Business School Prof. Clayton M. MORE
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Gordon P. Firemark
AUGUST 6, 2013
Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast. In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I speak with Nat Mundel , Founder of Voyage Media, and Co-Founder of TODpix. Nat’s recipe for success in the modern entertainment industry.
Gordon P. Firemark
JUNE 11, 2013
Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast. In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I speak with Broadway Producer Ken Davenport. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast: Ken Davenport is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. Episode 3: Ken Davenport.
Gordon P. Firemark
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Annnouncing a new occasional podcast featuring interviews with Entertainment Industry Thought Leaders. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast, Episode 001: Adam Leipzig is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast
Gordon P. Firemark
JULY 10, 2015
The post Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast – The Dealmaker’s Ten Commandments with Jeff B. We’ll talk about hollywood then, hollywood now, and the hollywood of the future, and get some dealmaking pointers from Jeff Entertainment Industry Insights J eff B. Cohen is a former child actor. You may remember him as the young actor who played the role of “Chunk” in the iconic 1980s film The Goonies. .
Gordon P. Firemark
APRIL 9, 2013
Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast. In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I spoke with Eric Sherman. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I spoke with Eric Sherman.
Digital Media Law
JULY 21, 2012
SAG-AFTRA and the advertising industry have agreed to postpone their previously-scheduled early negotiations of the union’s commercials agreement, the union announced Saturday.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 26, 2018
A music industry coalition has written to USTR Bob Lighthizer on the issue: January 22, 2018. Dear Ambassador Lighthizer: On behalf of the North American music community, we are writing to express our united resolve that strong copyright protection for creative industries be central to the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) modernization agenda. Our economic contributions depend on the protection of our industry’s creative content through copyright.
Media Law
JULY 17, 2013
The post Box Makes Push Into Legal Industry appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites.
Gordon P. Firemark
JUNE 11, 2012
In the entertainment industries, this misclassification is prevalent. Lately, I’ve had several conversations with clients about whether the folks they hire to work on their films and theatre projects are properly classified as employees or independent contractors.
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 20, 2014
A piece from KPBS.org on the re-emerging Mexican film industry
Media Law
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The Australia-based company Legaler, which markets a secure online videochat platform for lawyers, announced today that it will create a cryptocurrency for the legal industry that will be used for transactions between lawyers and clients and by lawyers to purchase features and services within the Legaler ecosystem. The post Legaler Plans Launch of Legal-Industry Cryptocurrency and Blockchain-Based Legal Charity appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
High-level executives are said to have been duped. An anonymous plaintiff is now testing a little-known law in California. read more. THR, Esq. Culture Movies Culture Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 12, 2010
By Eriq Gardner The music industry, which has struggled financially in recent years, may be aroused at the prospect of winning money from the porn industry. Warner Bros. and a number of other record labels filed a lawsuit last week.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
DealFatigue
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
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.
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 17, 2009
We welcome Mark Mulligan's Music Industry Blog to the blog role, a good starting place is " Why The 'Music As Free' Argument Just Doesn't Hold Water " (and neither does the Music is Water argument!) Tags: music is not water mark mulligan music industry blog Thanks to Dean Kay for the t/o).
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
The West Hollywood restaurant is under investigation by the L.A County Department of Public Health. read more. THR, Esq. Culture Culture THR Online Power Lunch
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
“Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free," says the RIAA. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online
DealFatigue
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
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.
DealFatigue
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
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.
Gordon P. Firemark
MARCH 9, 2018
It's been a while since we published an episode of our Entertainment Industry Insights podcast, so we're re-launching with a new season starting now. Entertainment Industry Insights
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 31, 2016
A day before a crucial deadline, the music industry is pulling no punches. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 22, 2018
A Justice Dept. lawyer asks the judge to make a prediction and block the $85 billion Time Warner merger while the defense rips "preposterous" notions from a government "ignoring" tech behemoths. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Television Tech Business THR Online
New Media and Technology Law
MARCH 15, 2017
This capability has evoked the early development of new applications and technological developments involving many industries beyond financial services. . Healthcare – Blockchain presents a very efficient and elegant solution to many of the regulatory and operational issues that the healthcare industry is facing in this turbulent time. What are the cross-industry upsides of blockchain? Other industries also see the potential for lower operational costs as well.
Music Technology Policy
MAY 23, 2016
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigators were commended at a ceremony today by representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shutting down one of the largest U.S.-based Collaboration with industry is absolutely critical to conducting effective intellectual property enforcement,” said ICE-HSI Executive Associate Director Peter Edge. WASHINGTON – U.S.
Media Law
MAY 3, 2016
The post Industry News: Uptime Legal Acquires JurisPage appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. Uptime Legal Systems, a Minnesota company that provides private cloud services to small and mid-sized law firms, today announced it has acquired JurisPage, a New York City website design, internet marketing and SEO company for lawyers. JurisPage was founded in 2013 by lawyer Andrew Cabasso and website designer Sam Brodie. Its services include web design, […].
Gordon P. Firemark
JUNE 30, 2009
Jones of Premiere Talent, issued a gloomy “State of the Industry&# message last March, which has been circulating around town among established actors and hopefuls alike. Sadly, this situation “trickles down&# to all entertainment industry workers, including writers, directors, crew, and even professionals like accountants, lawyers and the like. Talent agent James J.
Media Law
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
The Web publication Legal IT Insider has announced a new international competition to pick the best legal industry videos. The Legal Industry Video Awards 2014 is accepting submissions from law firms, legal service providers, in-house legal and legal vendors. The awards are open to anyone in the legal industry.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
A for-profit membership organization aimed at driving technology innovation and adoption in the legal industry made its formal launch yesterday. The post New Organization Aims to Kickstart Innovation in Legal Industry appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. Called Evolve Law, its primary focus will be on promoting collaboration among a “community” of lawyers, law firms and innovative legal technology companies in order to speed adoption of new technology.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2015
New Wave Entertainment claims manager Paul Brown improperly took actors Laura Prepon and Tommy Dewey with him when he left for Industry earlier this year.
Gordon P. Firemark
JUNE 14, 2012
Pepperdine Law School’s Straus Institute has launched an innovative new Dispute Resolution Project relating to the Entertainment, Media and Sports Industries. The institute launches this summer with a lead-off program in London (info at [link] ), and will continue with inter-disciplinary coursework and other programming like Speaker Event, Industry Expert Conversations,Continuing Legal Education Conferences, and webinars.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2014
The 9th Circuit decides that making porn actors wear condoms doesn''t run afoul of the First Amendment read more. The Business Movies THR Online THR, Esq. Business
Film and Television Law Blog
JANUARY 20, 2014
Do internships at profit-making industries need to be paid? That question is currently being considered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The matter is on appeal from the decision of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York in Glatt v.
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 19, 2014
The cable industry The Hollywood Reporter notes the results of a new study that finds that pay TV (including cable and satellite) lost net subscribers from its total number of customers for the first ever at the end of 2013.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2016
MP3Tunes and its founder Michael Robertson can't escape a determination of owing tens of millions of dollars to record labels and music publishers. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Tech Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
MAY 14, 2018
Big data was a solution pitched and sold to the music industry as a panacea to fan engagement problems. via @agraham999: ‘ BIG DATA IS ABOUT TO BECOME A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.’ . One of the big pitches we have heard for years from digital services is how they can provide artists with data resources to connect with fans.
Pathgather
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
No industry is immune,” the company says. The transformation will “introduce revolutionary change to even the most staid industries.” Casper is overturning the mattress industry and doesn’t have a single showroom … Tesla is now valued at more than General Motors.” In short, every industry is driven by technology these days — so every company needs to become a “tech company” to compete.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 30, 2014
How many lawyers does it take to make this list? One hundred, to be exact, as THR presents the town’s top attorneys (their favorite jokes included). read more. The Business Music Power Lawyers 2014 Movies THR, Esq. THR Weekly Magazine Business
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 16, 2018
Internet Industrial Policy — Artist Rights Watch. [Editor Charlie sez: Scott Cleland takes an excellent deep dive into the “leechonomics” of the safe harbors afforded to the special people who are members of the Internet Association and the Digital Media Association.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 25, 2012
Eriq Gardner Tax judge determines that documentaries can be for-profit activity after all, and that one lawyer/documentarian can deduct her losses in her tax statement. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Home Movies Business
Media Law
APRIL 1, 2014
That came not long after ReInvent Law NYC, another conference that focused on innovation and disruption in the legal industry. The post Citing Legal Industry Disruption, West, Lexis Open their Data to Free Access appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. Last month, Harvard Law School hosted the conference, Disruptive Innovation in the Market for Legal Services, featuring Harvard Business School Prof. Clayton M.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 5, 2016
Employer pressure to overwork their voices has caused performers to taste blood, faint, lose their voices for months at a time and suffer permanent damage, says the union. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. Tech Tech Business THR Online SAG-AFTRA Labor
The Digital Lowdown
DECEMBER 12, 2014
in Los Angeles (aka "The Strip"), I spot an obvious sign that the music industry is not broken. While some may decry the ease at which an album can be made as being a major cause of our troubled industry, I think it is the saving grace. However, the music industry never has been able to support every musician, artist and songwriter. As I ponder the tumultuous past year in the music business, I have to wonder if the business is as broken as all the pundits claim it is.
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