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Here are three reasons — though not very obvious ones — why CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN should play the long game by switching sides and supporting a plan for athlete compensation. read more. The Business THR, Esq. Television Labor THR Weekly Magazine Business MORE
As fans of The Hobbit scanned the red carpet at the film’s premiere in Wellington last night, some New Zealand activists are still bitter about the outcome of a failed unionization attempt in 2010, even as NZ Actors Equity is finally making progress in negotiations with the country’s producers association. Normal. false. false. false. MORE
Gene Green (D-TX) has signed on to co-sponsor the union-busting so-called “Internet Radio Fairness Act.” ” As MTP readers will remember, the union-busting bill is opposed by the AFL-CIO, and for good reason–it undermines the protections of assembly and expression guaranteed to unions under the Wagner Act (aka the National Labor Relations Act). In a startling discovery, Rep. MORE
From Buzzfeed: Four Google employees who lost their jobs last month say the company terminated their employment because they were involved in protected labor activity. Now they're asking the NLRB to investigate Google's actions. More here MORE
The BBC may be facing a strike called by three unions right at the time it plans to broadcast a number of events celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. The unions want to call attention to what they consider offers MORE
Gabrielle Union sued after BET upped the episode count to 20 in season four, claiming she was ensured a 13-episode per season maximum. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online MORE
The union makes clear that any such effort will encompass all of its members, and emphasizes that the goal is “creating one media and entertainment union for all actors, performers and broadcast journalists.” Joining SAG and AFTRA to create a single union is essential to performers’ maximizing their power. What’s less obvious from the piece is how creation of a new, merged union would increase union leverage. MORE
It’s really stunning that Tim Westergren and Pandora’s Minister of Truth Mollie Starr have been absolutely silent about the IRFA court packing and union busting sections. Westergren and Starr need to take ownership of the entire bill and explain why it is that they feel the need to be able to hold the threat of criminal prosecution under the Sherman Act over the heads of artist unions. MORE
Fifty crew members walk off Wednesday's shoot; the group is demanding a union contract for the reality show with pension and health benefits. A union drama unfolded Wednesday in the Santa Monica Mountains high above Malibu as a small group of below-the-line workers picketed at the state park where NBC's The Biggest Loser is produced. MORE
Two prominent Hollywood unions are investigating the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick, The HollywoodReporter (exclusive) has learned, with the moves coming in the wake of reports over the weekend that star Lindsay Lohan suffered from “exhaustion and dehydration” from overwork and that two crew members went to the hospital for the same reason. The producer of the biopic about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton denies any violations or knowledge of union inquiries. MORE
MTP readers will remember the #irespectmusic campaign has brought together over 10,000 music makers and music lovers who let the U.S. Congress know that they’d like Congress to get artists paid for radio play. MORE
What''s worse than being compared to Vladimir Putin? read more. The Business THR Online THR, Esq. Television Business MORE
Legislation is “a backdoor attempt at bankrupting labor unions,” say Congressional Democrats. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Home Business THR Online Labor Politics MORE
Unions The two principal music industry unions are the American Federation of Musicians (“AFM”) for musicians and the American Federation of Television and Recording Artists (“AFTRA”) for vocalists. Any artist who has recorded a major label album has likely already joined one or both unions. Knowing whether a musician is a union member is important because union membership carries with it various restrictions such as a minimum fee to perform at recording sessions (i.e., MORE
Source) John Kelly: The Facts | American Civil Liberties UnionFacts 1) As the General in charge of the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility, Kelly publicly criticized efforts to close Guantanamo (Source) and was accused by Obama Administration officials of working to undermine the President’s efforts to close the facility. Source) 2) and publicly criticized the integration of women into military ground combat units, arguing it would lead to lower standards. MORE
For a fee, BondIt will front the security deposit required by SAG-AFTRA and other unions, relieving a cash flow problem that confronts independent productions. read more. The Business DGA Movies THR Online THR, Esq. Actors Equity SAG-AFTRA Labor Business IATSE MORE
The new SAG-AFTRA Code of Ethics and Conduct is voluntary and marks a step into new territory for the union; it’s opposed by two associations of personal managers, including one that helped draft it. read more. The Business THR Online THR, Esq. SAG-AFTRA Labor Business MORE
Google Backed Netcoalition’s Anti-Union Dirty Tricks Campaign. As you will see it clearly refers to a “host of union thugs” who had the temerity to oppose Net Coalition backer Google and other giant consumer electronics companies. Who is in the “host of union thugs”? So speaking of thugs, why would Google have its henchmen start a union busting campaign in the entertainment industry, particularly the television business? MORE
” This workshop is focusing on SoundExchange and the union IP funds. This is a “how to” event led by Don Pitts of the ATX Music Office, Sean Glover of SoundExchange and TALA volunteer attorney Chris Castle to help Austin artists sign up for SoundExchange and the union IP funds. Search the SoundExchange and IP Fund Sites: SoundExchange and the unions may be holding money for you now! ”) and the unions searchable list is here. MORE
The suit filed by former SAG president Ed Asner and others bears down on the union’s top two staffers –- and comes just as the SAG-AFTRA election process is beginning. read more. The Business WGA DGA THR, Esq. SAG-AFTRA Labor Business MORE
Eriq Gardner Producers continue to fight with Taymor over authorship, but make a deal with stage directors union over royalties. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business Julie Taymor Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark MORE
SAG-AFTRA complained after learning footage of at least 18 celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt was to have been auctioned by Julien's Friday and Saturday. read more. The Business Movies THR, Esq. Labor Business MORE
The fur – and feather boas – are flying in New York, where the Broadway musicians’ union is waging what the New York Times in a story Sunday calls “an unusually aggressive, political-style campaign” against the producers of the musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.” The dispute centers on the use of recorded music as a substitute for some of the 18 or 19 live musicians generally required under the union contract for Broadway musicals. MORE
Ondřej Zezulka, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, has published The Digital Footprint and Principles of Personality Protection in the European Union as Charles University in Prague Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2016/III/2. Here is the abstract. MORE
Television Television THR Online BET Gabrielle UnionThe actress claims the network is combining seasons four and five to lower her pay and extend her contract. read more. THR, Esq. MORE
Details have been posting throughout the day on my THR piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles. If you work in tech, check out my book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets MORE
This time, though, Markham Erickson’s NetCoalition is distributing hate pieces on ”union thugs” The Google-dominated NetCoalition lobbying group is run by this man: This is Markham Erickson, who, in another life, might have auditioned for Paul Revere & The Raiders. MORE
VFX vet Scott Ross and others outlined a plan that involves the formation of a VFX union for VFX artists and of a trade association for visual effects facilities, all aimed at addressing the troubled VFX business model. Normal. false. false. false. However, panelists also acknowledged the difficulty of achieving either goal. Pi Day – a multi-city international meeting of VFX artists – took place Thursday evening amid rising concern about the state of the industry. MORE
Lantern Capital made a successful $310 million bid for Weinstein Co. assets, but where will the proceeds go? read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Business THR Online MORE
Victor Miller, the original film's scriptwriter, is looking to reclaim rights, but will he be able to take the hockey-masked "Jason" with him? read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Business THR Online Labor MORE
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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 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). MORE
Corporate, Gangsta Capitalism can vote with there money in an unfettered manner and unions in the non-right to work states are without the power to require workers, who benefit from a union as part of their contract with management, to be required to pay union dues. Supreme Court Delivers a Sharp Blow to Labor Unions - The New York TimesThis was the decision I was fearing the most, the other shoe of the Citizens United Decision has fallen. MORE
Without apparent input from indies, the major studios and IATSE agreed to a provision that appears to hike residuals for small-budget producers while leaving majors untouched. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online IATSE Labor MORE
SAG/AFTRA tentative agreement includes 2% annual wage bumps and 1.5% P&H increase. Details in my THR piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles. MORE
A new lawsuit comes after Nu Image almost went to trial earlier this year bringing several other big name indie producers in tow. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online Labor MORE
Hidden in the deceptively named “Internet Radio Freedom Act” is one of the most insidious anti-union provisions we’ve seen in many years. Enter Pandora the Union Buster. In fact, Sirius is actually suing SoundExchange and A2IM on this basis because the unions, SoundExchange and some labels had the temerity to stand up and advise their members about the bad effects of direct licensing. (So “Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts. MORE
The studios make their move to dismiss a lawsuit from a guild that claims that musicians haven't been properly compensated. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Music Business THR Online Labor MORE
Stavroula Karapapa, University of Reading; Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation, is publishing The Press Publication Right in the European Union: An Overreaching Proposal and the Future of News Online in Non-Conventional Copyright: Do New and Non-Traditional Works Deserve MORE
Union Related Topics THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Television Television THR Online BET Gabrielle UnionThe actress claims the network is combining seasons four and five to lower her pay and extend her contract. read more. THR, Esq.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Legislation is “a backdoor attempt at bankrupting labor unions,” say Congressional Democrats. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Home Business THR Online Labor Politics
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THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2016
Gabrielle Union sued after BET upped the episode count to 20 in season four, claiming she was ensured a 13-episode per season maximum. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online
Digital Media Law
MARCH 16, 2013
VFX vet Scott Ross and others outlined a plan that involves the formation of a VFX union for VFX artists and of a trade association for visual effects facilities, all aimed at addressing the troubled VFX business model. Normal. false. false. false. However, panelists also acknowledged the difficulty of achieving either goal. Pi Day – a multi-city international meeting of VFX artists – took place Thursday evening amid rising concern about the state of the industry.
Digital Media Law
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
As fans of The Hobbit scanned the red carpet at the film’s premiere in Wellington last night, some New Zealand activists are still bitter about the outcome of a failed unionization attempt in 2010, even as NZ Actors Equity is finally making progress in negotiations with the country’s producers association. Normal. false. false. false.
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 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).
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 11, 2012
Hidden in the deceptively named “Internet Radio Freedom Act” is one of the most insidious anti-union provisions we’ve seen in many years. Enter Pandora the Union Buster. In fact, Sirius is actually suing SoundExchange and A2IM on this basis because the unions, SoundExchange and some labels had the temerity to stand up and advise their members about the bad effects of direct licensing. (So “Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts.
Media Law Prof Blog
DECEMBER 3, 2020
From Buzzfeed: Four Google employees who lost their jobs last month say the company terminated their employment because they were involved in protected labor activity. Now they're asking the NLRB to investigate Google's actions. More here
Digital Media Law
NOVEMBER 10, 2010
Fifty crew members walk off Wednesday's shoot; the group is demanding a union contract for the reality show with pension and health benefits. A union drama unfolded Wednesday in the Santa Monica Mountains high above Malibu as a small group of below-the-line workers picketed at the state park where NBC's The Biggest Loser is produced.
Digital Media Law
JUNE 19, 2012
Two prominent Hollywood unions are investigating the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick, The HollywoodReporter (exclusive) has learned, with the moves coming in the wake of reports over the weekend that star Lindsay Lohan suffered from “exhaustion and dehydration” from overwork and that two crew members went to the hospital for the same reason. The producer of the biopic about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton denies any violations or knowledge of union inquiries.
Digital Media Law
APRIL 7, 2010
The union makes clear that any such effort will encompass all of its members, and emphasizes that the goal is “creating one media and entertainment union for all actors, performers and broadcast journalists.” Joining SAG and AFTRA to create a single union is essential to performers’ maximizing their power. What’s less obvious from the piece is how creation of a new, merged union would increase union leverage.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 26, 2012
This time, though, Markham Erickson’s NetCoalition is distributing hate pieces on ”union thugs” The Google-dominated NetCoalition lobbying group is run by this man: This is Markham Erickson, who, in another life, might have auditioned for Paul Revere & The Raiders.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 11, 2014
For a fee, BondIt will front the security deposit required by SAG-AFTRA and other unions, relieving a cash flow problem that confronts independent productions. read more. The Business DGA Movies THR Online THR, Esq. Actors Equity SAG-AFTRA Labor Business IATSE
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 4, 2014
The new SAG-AFTRA Code of Ethics and Conduct is voluntary and marks a step into new territory for the union; it’s opposed by two associations of personal managers, including one that helped draft it. read more. The Business THR Online THR, Esq. SAG-AFTRA Labor Business
Digital Media Law
MAY 16, 2011
The fur – and feather boas – are flying in New York, where the Broadway musicians’ union is waging what the New York Times in a story Sunday calls “an unusually aggressive, political-style campaign” against the producers of the musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.” The dispute centers on the use of recorded music as a substitute for some of the 18 or 19 live musicians generally required under the union contract for Broadway musicals.
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Google Backed Netcoalition’s Anti-Union Dirty Tricks Campaign. As you will see it clearly refers to a “host of union thugs” who had the temerity to oppose Net Coalition backer Google and other giant consumer electronics companies. Who is in the “host of union thugs”? So speaking of thugs, why would Google have its henchmen start a union busting campaign in the entertainment industry, particularly the television business?
Digital Media Law
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
SAG/AFTRA tentative agreement includes 2% annual wage bumps and 1.5% P&H increase. Details in my THR piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JUNE 4, 2020
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 20, 2012
The BBC may be facing a strike called by three unions right at the time it plans to broadcast a number of events celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. The unions want to call attention to what they consider offers
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
The studios make their move to dismiss a lawsuit from a guild that claims that musicians haven't been properly compensated. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Music Business THR Online Labor
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
” This workshop is focusing on SoundExchange and the union IP funds. This is a “how to” event led by Don Pitts of the ATX Music Office, Sean Glover of SoundExchange and TALA volunteer attorney Chris Castle to help Austin artists sign up for SoundExchange and the union IP funds. Search the SoundExchange and IP Fund Sites: SoundExchange and the unions may be holding money for you now! ”) and the unions searchable list is here.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 13, 2017
Victor Miller, the original film's scriptwriter, is looking to reclaim rights, but will he be able to take the hockey-masked "Jason" with him? read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Business THR Online Labor
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 29, 2010
Unions The two principal music industry unions are the American Federation of Musicians (“AFM”) for musicians and the American Federation of Television and Recording Artists (“AFTRA”) for vocalists. Any artist who has recorded a major label album has likely already joined one or both unions. Knowing whether a musician is a union member is important because union membership carries with it various restrictions such as a minimum fee to perform at recording sessions (i.e.,
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Without apparent input from indies, the major studios and IATSE agreed to a provision that appears to hike residuals for small-budget producers while leaving majors untouched. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online IATSE Labor
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Gene Green (D-TX) has signed on to co-sponsor the union-busting so-called “Internet Radio Fairness Act.” ” As MTP readers will remember, the union-busting bill is opposed by the AFL-CIO, and for good reason–it undermines the protections of assembly and expression guaranteed to unions under the Wagner Act (aka the National Labor Relations Act). In a startling discovery, Rep.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 17, 2014
Here are three reasons — though not very obvious ones — why CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN should play the long game by switching sides and supporting a plan for athlete compensation. read more. The Business THR, Esq. Television Labor THR Weekly Magazine Business
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Stavroula Karapapa, University of Reading; Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation, is publishing The Press Publication Right in the European Union: An Overreaching Proposal and the Future of News Online in Non-Conventional Copyright: Do New and Non-Traditional Works Deserve
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 29, 2015
A new lawsuit comes after Nu Image almost went to trial earlier this year bringing several other big name indie producers in tow. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online Labor
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JUNE 20, 2020
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Ondřej Zezulka, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, has published The Digital Footprint and Principles of Personality Protection in the European Union as Charles University in Prague Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2016/III/2. Here is the abstract.
Digital Media Law
OCTOBER 20, 2010
Details have been posting throughout the day on my THR piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles. If you work in tech, check out my book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
What''s worse than being compared to Vladimir Putin? read more. The Business THR Online THR, Esq. Television Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Eriq Gardner Producers continue to fight with Taymor over authorship, but make a deal with stage directors union over royalties. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business Julie Taymor Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 12, 2012
It’s really stunning that Tim Westergren and Pandora’s Minister of Truth Mollie Starr have been absolutely silent about the IRFA court packing and union busting sections. Westergren and Starr need to take ownership of the entire bill and explain why it is that they feel the need to be able to hold the threat of criminal prosecution under the Sherman Act over the heads of artist unions.
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 11, 2014
MTP readers will remember the #irespectmusic campaign has brought together over 10,000 music makers and music lovers who let the U.S. Congress know that they’d like Congress to get artists paid for radio play.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JUNE 27, 2018
Corporate, Gangsta Capitalism can vote with there money in an unfettered manner and unions in the non-right to work states are without the power to require workers, who benefit from a union as part of their contract with management, to be required to pay union dues. Supreme Court Delivers a Sharp Blow to Labor Unions - The New York TimesThis was the decision I was fearing the most, the other shoe of the Citizens United Decision has fallen.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 6, 2013
The suit filed by former SAG president Ed Asner and others bears down on the union’s top two staffers –- and comes just as the SAG-AFTRA election process is beginning. read more. The Business WGA DGA THR, Esq. SAG-AFTRA Labor Business
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Source) John Kelly: The Facts | American Civil Liberties UnionFacts 1) As the General in charge of the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility, Kelly publicly criticized efforts to close Guantanamo (Source) and was accused by Obama Administration officials of working to undermine the President’s efforts to close the facility. Source) 2) and publicly criticized the integration of women into military ground combat units, arguing it would lead to lower standards.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 2, 2013
SAG-AFTRA complained after learning footage of at least 18 celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt was to have been auctioned by Julien's Friday and Saturday. read more. The Business Movies THR, Esq. Labor Business
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