Digital Media Law

JUNE 16, 2009

There are casting notices out there for SAG new media productions under the “SAG New Media Contract.” First, this is not the new media sideletter recently negotiated with the AMPTP (major studios) as part of the theatrical contract. Rather, it’s a new media contract (the SAG New Media Agreement) that’s been available to independent producers for a number of years—that is, producers who are not signatories to the theatrical and/or agreements.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Not too long ago , I wrote an ebook for creators and distributors of online media content. If you’re producing content on the internet, whether it’s YouTube videos, blogs, podcasts, or social-media haiku, you’re distributing content. – The Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’s Legal Survival Guide is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media.

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Media Law Prof Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is accepting applications for a Pro Bono Director to run a media law network to support local journalists. More information about the position and the newly established media law network here

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Media Law Prof Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Neill, New Media Rights, California Western School of Law, Teri Karobonik, New Media Rights, and Marlena Balderas, New Media Rights, have published Comments of New Media Rights to the Request for Comments on Department of Commerce Green Paper Arthur H.

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Gordon P. Firemark

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The world’s largest conference and tradeshow for podcasters, bloggers and online media content producers. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been asked back to speak at the New Media Expo conference. This time around I’ll be doing double-duty, giving a solo presentation and joining a panel of social media lawyers. My solo talk is entitled: Disorder in the Courts: Ten legal cases every podcaster, blogger or new media producer should know about.

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Gordon P. Firemark

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The world’s largest conference and tradeshow for podcasters, bloggers and online media content producers. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been asked back to speak at the New Media Expo conference. This time around I’ll be doing double-duty, giving a solo presentation and joining a panel of social media lawyers. . I’ll review recent cases affecting podcasters, bloggers, and Internet media/Web TV producers. About New Media Expo.

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Gordon P. Firemark

JUNE 18, 2015

Fundamentally, these are the same regulations that apply to all media, old, new and emerging. Worth reading if you’re putting out any kind of media. And, if you’re curious about other laws, rules and regulations that apply to new media, check out my e-book The Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’s Survival Guide. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.

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Digital Media Law

DECEMBER 11, 2008

SAG eventually does a deal with the studios, will SAG and its smaller rival, AFTRA, peacefully share jurisdiction in new media? Although no one else has publicly raised this issue to my knowledge, buried in the SAG deal on the table are the seeds of a scathing fight for control of the future of new media. The issue is which union has jurisdiction over original programming made for new media. Tags: SAG AMPTP new media AFTRA strike When (if?)

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Gordon P. Firemark

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Since the development of the Internet and the World-Wide-Web, there’s been this peculiar distinction between “old”, or “traditional” or “mainstream” media and the “new” forms such as blogs, podcasts, Internet radio, and video sharing, such as seen on services like YouTube. In old-media, there were only a few channels, one-or-two local newspapers, so they didn’t have to try very hard.

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Gordon P. Firemark

JULY 13, 2011

I’m thrilled to announce that my book, the Podcast, Blog & New Media Producers’ Legal Survival Guide is now available in the Amazon Kindle Store. Interested? Click Here Also available is my White Paper: 6 Ways to Finance a Feature Film

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Gordon P. Firemark

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

If you’re a Web-TV producer, blogger, podcaster, or any other kind of producer, and you’re sharing your content online, you need to attend this, the flagship conference for New Media. My talk is entitled: “Ten Legal Cases every Blogger, Podcaster or Media Producer should know about” I’m also appearing on a panel: Social Media and the Law: Emerging Legal Issues and Obligations.

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Digital Media Law

JUNE 30, 2010

In the “While you were out” department, the American Federation of Musicians and the studios signed a new deal. The New Media template adopted by the above the line unions and guilds and by IATSE has now been adopted by the Musicians as well. For instance, when a television show is streamed on ad-supported new media (such as the free version of Hulu), the above the line unions and guilds receive residuals but IATSE and AFM don’t.

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Gordon P. Firemark

APRIL 11, 2011

Composer and Music Licensing Agreements for Film, TV, & New Media. Event: Composer and Music Licensing Agreements for Film, TV, & New Media is a post from: The Law Offices of Gordon P. What: This coming weekend, April 16th, I’ll be conducting a workshop for California Lawyers for the Arts entitled. This workshop is part of CLA ‘s 4-Part Series, titled “ Music Industry Legal & Business Workshops.&#.

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Media Law Prof Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Tali Teeni-Harari and Sharon Yadin, both of the Peres Academic Center, are publishing Regulatory Literacy: Rethinking Television Rating in the New Media Age in volume 88 of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review (2019). Here is the abstract. Rating

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Media Law Prof Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Davey have published New Media and the Courts: The Current Status and a Look at the Future. The Conference of Court Public Information Officers report on new media and Karen Salaz, Thomas Hodson, and Chris J. Here is the abstract.

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Thompson On Hollywood

MAY 19, 2009

At Monday's New Media Panel at the American Pavilion, I debated the merits and weaknesses of fast vs. slow journalism, blogs vs. print, the future of newspapers and the value of Twitter and Facebook with critic James Rocchi (MSN Movies and AMCtv.com), The Wrap editor Sharon Waxman, the LAT reporter John Horn and Spoutblog critic/blogger Karina Longworth.

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Media Law Prof Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Text of a new draft media law from the Fiji Islands here. Amnesty International notes that the proposed statute makes it possible for the government to imprison those to criticize it

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Thompson On Hollywood

JULY 14, 2009

Fast Company reports that old media is followed by new media. But new media is catching up on posting original content. Filmmaker Magazine editor Scott Macaulay tells journos to update and modernize and get with the new media program. Tags: Bloggers Media New Media Web/Tech film writers Filmmaker Magazine headlines new media old media USA Today Wopular USA Today launches a headline aggregator.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 8, 2011

Just as webcasters thought that they had their royalty obligations figured out, there comes news that the already complicated world of digital media royalties may well become more complicated. The withdrawal from ASCAP applies only to "New Media" licensing. But SESAC is still a fairly large organization, in business for a long time, and most media companies are accustomed to dealing with it.

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Media Law Prof Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Marvin Ammori, Stanford Law School, Center for Internet & Society; Democracy Fund; has published The 'New' New York Times: Free Speech Lawyering in the Age of Google and Twitter at 127 Harvard Law Review 2259 (2014). Here is the abstract

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THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Middle Pictures claims Paramount's activity is a "systematic scheme designed to deprive content providers of their rightful profit participation." read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online

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Media Law Prof Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Glenn Greenwald, who worked with Edward Snowden on the NSA leak story, and who recently left work at the Guardian newspaper, is working with Pierre Omidyar of eBay, to set up a new company to promote the work of independent

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Media Law Prof Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Kirill Chmel and Nikita Savin, both of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, and Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, have published Making Politics Attractive: Political Satire and Exposure to Political Information in

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Thompson On Hollywood

JULY 21, 2009

Among the many new movie ventures going up online, this spiffy site displays HD shorts. This fascinating cooperative animation venture could yield many imitators.

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Digital Media Law

JANUARY 1, 2009

BTW, there are three UPDATES below—a new "SAG Statement" item 3 items down, some further discussion about the cbs.com item 11 items down, and some corrections and further analysis in the Asner item about 15 items down. Next, the email says that “jobs would continue … on more than 800 independent new media projects under SAG’s new media agreement.” SAG Statement : SAG can’t wait three years to negotiate new media.

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New Media and Technology Law

JANUARY 4, 2016

Digital media marketers are aggressively increasing the use of so-called sponsored content, or native advertising to reach new customers. Particularly with the growing use of ad blockers on web and mobile browsers, marketers have sought to present advertising in a new form that can circumvent automated blocking and somehow capture the attention of users who may face a barrage of digital display ads everyday.

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Gordon P. Firemark

JANUARY 26, 2020

Firemark - Los Angeles Entertainment Lawyers - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media. I am thrilled to have been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in Entertainment law.

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New Media and Technology Law

JULY 29, 2008

Welcome to the Proskauer New Media and Technology Law blog, presented by Proskauer Rose's Technology, Media and Communications Law practice group. This blog will cover legal developments related to technology, media and communications, including Internet and emerging technologies, new distribution platforms, electronic and online commerce, technology-based marketing, mobile issues and the like.

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Thompson On Hollywood

MAY 4, 2009

Amazon's new, bigger Kindle is trying to save newspapers. Tags: Amazon Facebook Indies Media New Media Amazon Facebook Francis Ford Coppola Kindle new media Tetro twitter I'm shocked, shocked! Social communities Facebook and Twitter don't have viable business models. Even YouTube didn't make money on the millions who viewed Susan Boyle's video. Francis Ford Coppola has posted the first three minutes of Tetro.

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Thompson On Hollywood

MARCH 21, 2009

With more pressure on newspapers to figure out how to survive the transition from print to digital, editors are starting to deal--often awkwardly--with new realities: The Wall Street Journal alerts its writers that breaking news is good news. The big established media should not lose track of their prime asset: authority. The venerable New York Times has issued guidelines for bloggers. Facebook Media new media New York Times Reuters Twitter Wall Street Journal

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2009

These revised guidelines directly impact the established practices of broadcasters and new media companies. It is vital that media companies, in particular new media, understand the key provisions of these guidelines to make sure that they don’t become a target of any FTC enforcement action. For broadcast advertising, the new guidelines make clear that endorsers can themselves be liable for misleading statements made during a product pitch.

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Gordon P. Firemark

AUGUST 21, 2020

” Gordon Firemark's practice covers the fields of Theatre, Film, Television and New Media. Firemark - Los Angeles Entertainment Lawyers - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The Commission is worried about the future of the broadcast media, and they are trying to figure out what they can do. Last week, the Commission announced two more actions - the appointment of a Senior Advisor to the Chairman to study "the future of media in a changing technological landscape", and a workshop on "Capitalization Strategies for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses."

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Copyrights & Campaigns

MARCH 15, 2009

Apparently blog etiquette demands that I announce I will be speaking on a panel at SXSW Interactive this Tuesday in Austin: New Threats to New Media: Fair Use on Trial Room Hilton B Tuesday, March 17th 10:00 am - 11:00 am Remix culture has spawned numerous fights over copyrighted content. Copyright experts and artists will highlight key ingredients for fair use and survival tips for new media makers.

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Gordon P. Firemark

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Firemark - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media. Happy Holidays to All! Happy Holidays 2013 is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. Entertainment Law

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Thompson On Hollywood

JULY 1, 2009

Tags: Breaking News Media Michael Jackson New Media New York Times Gannett Michael Jackson New Media New York Times Spin TMZ Vibe

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Gordon P. Firemark

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Firemark - Los Angeles Entertainment Lawyers - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The post Happy Holidays! originally appeared on Entertainment Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark. Entertainment Law Offices of Gordon P. Entertainment Law

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Gordon P. Firemark

JANUARY 4, 2017

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Thompson On Hollywood

JULY 10, 2009

As film critics lose their staff jobs, 80-year-old eminence grise Andrew Sarris (recently laid off from The New York Observer) tells the NYT about the Golden Days of film criticism. New York freelance journalist/critic Anthony Kaufman admits that he's hurting during the recession. In media news, the NYT wants to charge a $5 monthly access fee. And during a recession, Gawker Media's canny Nick Denton sees his ad revenues rise by 35 %.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

FCC Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker recently delivered a speech in Washington, DC, where she addressed calls for the government to take action to assist the traditional media deal with the economic issues brought about by the new media. While the Commissioner's speech did not detail those efforts, calls have, for the most part, not suggested direct government subsidies to support traditional news media sources.

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Gordon P. Firemark

APRIL 16, 2020

Firemark - Los Angeles Entertainment Lawyers - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media. Join me for “Keep your digital business legal, protected & growing in challenging times without incurring staggering legal fees” on March 23rd, at 11am (Pacific).

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Gordon P. Firemark

APRIL 28, 2021

Firemark - Los Angeles Entertainment Lawyers - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media. The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app. Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/132.

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Gordon P. Firemark

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Firemark - Los Angeles Entertainment Lawyers - Theatre, Film, TV & New Media. September 30th is International Podcast Day… And I’m presenting a webinar about… You guessed it. Podcasting. More information RIGHT HERE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. The post In honor of International Podcast Day… originally appeared on Entertainment Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark. Entertainment Law Offices of Gordon P.

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