Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries
In response to the increasing convergence of technologies in the entertainment industries, this thoroughly updated and revised fifth edition makes the casebook more timeless. Providing contract templates covering book publishing, recording contracts, actor agreements, video game agreements, and internet agreements, among others, this new edition is more useful and illustrative of the business of entertainment for lawyers, students, and industry professionals than its competition....
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A thoroughly revised and updated edition of a widely used and important case book covering virtually every area of the entertainment industries, including the monumental changes brought on by the Internet. Booknews The film, television, music publishing, literary publishing, theater, and new media industries continue to expand briskly, as does the need for guidance on intellectual property, contracts, and many other facets of entertainment law. This fourth edition starts with a new overview of attachments, preliminary injunctions, and summary judgements, because, the authors note, so many of the cases in the text deal with these. The text's first section deals with the general principles of representing talent, talent contracts, acquisition of rights, and other topics, and the second section delves into specific industries, including the Internet and emerging technologies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Global Overview1Standards Governing Preliminary Injunctions, Motions for Summary Judgment, and Attachments6Ch. 1Representing Talent13Ch. 2Talent Contracts67Ch. 3Acquisition of Rights: Rights of Personality and Identity157Ch. 4Acquisition of Rights: Ideas and Other Property281Ch. 5Contract Performance, Exploitation Obligations, and Limitations on Exploitation353Ch. 6Remedies431Ch. 7Literary Publishing525Ch. 8Music Publishing549Ch. 9Sound Recordings581Ch. 10Films625Ch. 11Television657Ch. 12The Internet, Multimedia, and Emerging Technologies689Ch. 13Theatre773Table of Cases803Index831
\ BooknewsThe film, television, music publishing, literary publishing, theater, and new media industries continue to expand briskly, as does the need for guidance on intellectual property, contracts, and many other facets of entertainment law. This fourth edition starts with a new overview of attachments, preliminary injunctions, and summary judgements, because, the authors note, so many of the cases in the text deal with these. The text's first section deals with the general principles of representing talent, talent contracts, acquisition of rights, and other topics, and the second section delves into specific industries, including the Internet and emerging technologies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
