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. Mr. Mundel’s vision is to streamline and democratize the entertainment industry by creating new business models, services and tools that help filmmakers more effectively develop, produce and distribute their projects. Nat’s recipe for success in the modern entertainment industry.

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Music Technology Policy

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The appeal turns in part on whether the Supreme Court will uphold the Federal Circuit’s definition of fair use for creators and reject Google’s dubious assertion of “industrial strength” fair use. Our conclusion was that the Supreme Court should affirm the Federal Circuit’s extensive analysis and hold for Oracle because Google masks its monopoly commercial interest in industrial-strength fair use that actually violates fair use principles.

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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. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast Episode 3: Ken Davenport In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I speak with Broadway Producer Ken Davenport. Episode 3: Ken Davenport.

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Music Technology Policy

AUGUST 24, 2019

artist glossary of industry terms Uncategorized Glossary of Industry Terms re-recording restrictions Taylor SwiftIf you’ve been following the Taylor Swift situation with her former label, you’ve probably seen the unsurprising news that Taylor plans to re-record some or all of her prior catalog. This raises the issue of the customary “re-recording restriction” and “re-producing restriction” found in artist and producer agreements respectively.

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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. Annnouncing a new occasional podcast featuring interviews with Entertainment Industry Thought Leaders. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast

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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. .

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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, Episode 002: How to Plan, Produce and Distribute Your Independent Film with Eric Sherman is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. Entertainment Industry Insights Podcast In this episode of Entertainment Industry Insights, I spoke with Eric Sherman.

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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.

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Media Law Prof Blog

APRIL 4, 2019

Just released by the House Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts: A report on the inquiry in the Australian music industry. Download it from links available here

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Gordon P. Firemark

OCTOBER 14, 2014

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. This past year, I’ve been very fortunate to be asked by a few small- and mid-sized entertainment businesses to handle some or all of their Business Affairs and Legal Affairs work; Work that traditionally would be handled by in-house counsel, but is noow being outsourced to me.

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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).

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Music Technology Policy

JUNE 4, 2019

With four pirate party MEPs pushing an anti-copyright agenda, they could build a stronger anti-copyright grouping, especially as the two Greens who supported the creative industries have both retired. [We are thrilled to have a guest post by my friend Dominic McGonigal , Chair of the erudite C8 Associates think tank based in London and Brussels.].

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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. It’s an important distinction, and one that can have costly consequences if not handled properly. California Law imposes strict penalties for misclassifying employees as independent contractors.

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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. The existing agreement remains in place through March 31, 2013. The parties need more time, said the union, to address “data challenges” regarding a study that may result in a revamp of the commercials residuals system, referred to as Gross Ratings Points (GRP).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Media Law

JANUARY 23, 2020

” But in a telephone conversation this morning with the two principals of the new practice, legal industry veterans Brad Blickstein and Beatrice Seravello , I came to the realization that this is something more than a PR consultancy. Blickstein and Seravello are both veterans of the legal industry.

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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.

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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

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Media Law

JULY 17, 2013

The post Box Makes Push Into Legal Industry appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. If you happened to read the June issue of Law Technology News, you may have noticed a three-page “advertorial” section on cloud computing for the legal profession sponsored by the file-sharing platform Box. Or if you visited the Box site recently, you may have noticed a new teaser on the front page inviting to learn more [.]

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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.

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Music Technology Policy

MARCH 25, 2020

Independent contractors, freelancers, and self-employed individuals – who make up a large portion of music industry workers – aren’t eligible for unemployment benefits from the Texas Workforce Commission. [This is an informative post from Rachel Rascoe at the Austin Chronicle about independent contractors filing for unemployment insurance. Although it focuses on Texas, it’s probably pretty much replicated process across all states.

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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

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Music Technology Policy

JULY 3, 2020

In case you were wondering why music industry leaders don’t stand up to Google instead of giving them more safe harbors, she just did. The music industry should quit banging its head into that same wall looking for results. Clearly, the infringement orgy YouTube has sponsored for so many years has brought independent musicians and record companies to their knees, as they accept bad deals to monetize the crumbs that are left on the floor from a devoured industry.

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Media Law Prof Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

Govern, Ave Maria School of Law; California University of Pennsylvania; CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice have published Florida and the Film Industry Mary Pergola Parent, University of Notre Dame, Department of Film, Television & Theatre, and Kevin H.

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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

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Media Law

MARCH 26, 2020

The document technology company Litera has acquired Best Authority, which is possibly the leading standalone product among legal professionals for generating tables of authorities in legal briefs. Best Authority, developed by Levit & James Inc. , is in use at over 90% of Am Law 100 law firms has over 1,000 customers in total. An add-in for Microsoft Word, it automatically finds and marks all the legal citations in a brief and generates a TOA.

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Media Law Prof Blog

MAY 11, 2010

Caleb M. Deats has published Talk that Isn't Cheap: Does the First Amendment Protect Credit Rating Agencies' Faulty Methodologies from Regulation?, forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review. Here is the abstract. This Note argues that courts should reject the Southern

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Music Technology Policy

MAY 4, 2019

Portia Sabin discusses the European Copyright Directive and the process that got the legislation passed in the European Parliament with Helen Smith of Impala, Crispin Hunt of Ivor Academy and Chris Castle. Article 13 Future of What chris castle Crispin Hunt European Copyright Directive Helen Smith

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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

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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.

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Media Law

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Michael Quartararo , an e-discovery industry veteran, has been named president of ACEDS and professional development. Two months ago here, I reported that Mary Mack, the executive director of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the leading membership and certification organization for e-discovery professionals, and Kaylee Walstad, who Mack brought on in 2018 as vice president of client engagement, would leave the organization at the end of October.

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Music Technology Policy

JULY 29, 2020

It’s so much of a business model–the antithesis of the public policy purpose of fair use–that Google lobbyists the CCIA refer to fair use as the bedrock of the “fair use industries.”. Look, it’s free speech…look it’s an industry. Google v Oracle News from the Goolag CCIA fair use fair use industriesThe U.S. Congress has finally gotten around to examining the monopoly power of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple.

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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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Media Law

APRIL 9, 2019

“I also used my articles, speaking engagements and social media activity to constantly engage leaders in the industry on innovation and change.” Sometimes news converges in fortuitous ways. Yesterday, I interviewed Felicity Conrad , cofounder and CEO of the pro bono technology startup Paladin , for next week’s LawNext podcast.

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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. 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 InsightsIn this solo-episode, I talk a bit about facing life's challenges and tests.

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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. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. The Business Business THR Online

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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.

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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. After reading all eleven interviews, it’s clear that none of us agree on what the long term and short term effects will be on the film business given the latest seismic shocks (and those to come) to the overall global economy.

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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.

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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.

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Entertainment Law

JANUARY 11, 2013

The industry argues tha numerous provisions of Measure B are excessively vague and burdensome, placing an intolerable restriction on freedom of expression. My good friends Paul Cambria of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, Louis Sirkin of Santen Hughes and Bob Corn-Revere of Davis Wright Tremaine filed an action today in California Federal court challenging Los Angeles County’s recent mandate requiring performers to wear condoms while shooting adult films in Los Angeles County, a.k.a.

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