Entertainment Law and Business

Jay Shanker

Intellectual Property

Juris Publishing, Inc.

Entertainment Law and Business is a handy resource for both the experienced and novice practitioner. It provides a broad survey of the entire industry and creative rights laws. It includes incisive summaries of all of the important areas of creative rights law: copyrights, the protection of ideas, trademark, publicity and privacy, and the major international treaties. It also provides an overview of all the major fields of entertainment (and related field of interest for entertainment practitioners) along with illustrative agreements. 
This is not an esoteric academic treatise. The book aims to aid the practitioner in the practical aspects of entertainment. Hence, the authors have attempted to highlight the key features of the major agreements in each field. They provide insights not only into what the individual provisions of the agreement attempts to regulate, but also the concerns that lie behind those provisions. They point to the types of negotiating strategies important in each agreement, passing on their experience to the practitioner. 
All of the accompanying sample forms and documents are conveniently included on CD-ROM in RTF (Rich Text Format). RTF allows the user to open each sample clause for use/editing in either Microsoft Word or Corel Wordperfect.

Entertainment Law & Business - 3rd Edition

David E. Guinn

Harold Orenstein

Juris Publishing

The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Dealmaking, is the go-to desk-side resource for legal practitioners involved in entertainment industry transactions. Executives, investors, financial advisors as well as entrepreneurs seeking to enter the entertainment industry will find this handbook equally useful. Created by a dream team of practitioners who work in leading industry law firms and companies, this volume offers readers an unprecedented opportunity to benefit from the business acumen and expertise of top lawyers in the many industry sectors covered by this volume. 
 The EG2EL: Dealmaking volume offers a broad survey of the key business and legal transactions at the core of entertainment law dealmaking, while also providing detailed information. From Book Publishing through to Motion Pictures to Music and Television through all the key industry fields The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Dealmaking addresses the issues that typically arise in the practice of entertainment law and the practical and ethical roles of the lawyer involved in industry dealmaking. Most importantly, the Guide provides inside information on the practical aspects of how to make projects happen. Eighty-four contract forms and sample documents acquaint readers with the major agreements used in the field, and are provided free with the purchase of the EG2EL: Dealmaking volume. The authors analyze their key features, discuss the most effective negotiating strategies to employ, cover the most important provisions of the contracts and unlock the logic behind them. Written to take the place of an actual consult with a seasoned professional, the Guide will quickly prove to readers there is no better one-stop resource to be found in the marketplace. 
 In addition, the companion second volume, The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property, may be purchased with the Dealmaking volume as a set at the featured discounted price. The EG2EL: IP volume examines the fundamental intellectual property law principles and issues of copyright, trademark, unfair competition and rights of publicity, which are the foundation for a substantial part of the industry's functioning. EG2EL: IP provides a concise but comprehensive road map to the intellectual property law landscape most relevant to entertainment industry transactions to establish the parameters of those underlying rights essential to secure most industry project financing. 
 To paraphrase renowned industry attorney Peter Dekom from his introduction to these volumes, the entertainment industry offers huge rewards to the successful, but perhaps has never been more perilous a business for the uninitiated. The information available in these volumes can help serious creatives, entrepreneurs, executives, and legal professionals survive and successfully navigate these industry landscapes. Rich in information, broad in scope, focused on what you need to know, the volumes will repay the purchaser many times over giving you the information and resources you need throughout the course of your professional practice or entertainment careers.

The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Dealmaking

Kirk Schroder

Humor & Entertainment

Product Description The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property, is a must-have desk-side resource for legal practitioners involved in the entertainment industry whether engaged in full time or occasional industry transactions. Executives, investors, financial advisors, and creators actively involved (or seeking to become involved) in any or all major sectors of the entertainment industry will likewise find it an indispensable reference. The book provides a broad survey overview of Copyright, Trademark and Publicity and Privacy Law, illuminating the key intellectual property rights concerns which are the cornerstones of virtually every transaction in the entertainment industry. Detailed but accessible, EG2EL: IP seeks to aid the practitioner in navigating fundamental intellectual property rights issues in the key fields of entertainment. Whether the reader is looking for a comprehensive introduction to any one of the key intellectual property disciplines featured, or merely a quick reference or refresher on a single intellectual property law issue which may surface in a prospective transaction, this volume is a superb one-stop reference. The authors, Jay Shanker, Paul Supnik and Jonathan Reichmann, are highly experienced practitioners renowned for their work and acumen as legal counselors and advisors to clients ranging from independent creative artists to multinational media companies. Each brings decades of experience to their commentary, gleaned from their handling of hundreds of transactions in intellectual property and entertainment industry projects. In addition, the companion volume, The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Dealmaking, may be purchased with EG2EL: IP as a set at the featured discounted price. EG2EL: Dealmaking addresses issues that generally arise in entertainment law contracting and the practical and ethical roles of the lawyer in industry dealmaking. Most importantly, it provides inside information on the practical aspects of how to make projects happen. Eighty-four contract forms and sample documents, provided free with the purchase of the EG2EL: Dealmaking volume, acquaint readers with major agreements used in the field. The authors analyze their key features, discuss the most effective negotiating strategies to employ, cover the most important provisions of the contracts and unlock the logic behind them. Written not only for lawyers in the industry, but to help their clients (and prospective clients) supplement an actual consultation with a seasoned professional, these Guides will quickly prove to readers there is no better one-stop resource to be found in the marketplace. Rich in information, broad in scope, focused on what you need to know, the volumes will repay purchasers many times over -- giving you the information and resources you need throughout the course of your professional practice or entertainment careers. Review Many complicated intellectual property law issues of concern to entertainment industry clientele (and more) are masterfully addressed in the Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property. Having spent my legal career tackling many of the topics addressed by these volumes, I can t think of a more comprehensive Entertainment Industry legal reference to keep within reach of my desk or yours. --Michael Sinder, New York Theater Attorney, former Director of Business affairs for Frankel Green Theatrical Management, and Wm. Morris agentThe Essential Guide to Entertainment Law is just that and is worth its weight in gold. --Gay Frederickson, Film Educator and a Producer of Godfather II, Apocalyse Now, and The Outsiders About the Author Jay Shanker is a veteran entertainment industry attorney whose practice encompasses a wide array of film, television, theater, music, live entertainment, new media, fine arts, publishing and sports industry transactions for individual and corporate clients, including both public and priva

The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property

Paul Supnik

Jonathan Reichman

Reference

EG2EL, LLC

A comprehensive guide to intellectual property law concepts and issues which frequently arise in entertainment industry business and finance transactions, including matters of copyright, trademark, rights of privacy and rights of publicity concerns. Written by experienced legal practitioners for lawyers and non-lawyers actively engaged in entertainment industry representation and project undertakings, this book (the companion volume to EG2EL: Dealmaking) offers thorough and practical insights for navigating the Law of Ideas, rights analysis and protections, based on the authors' combined decades of experience in the field.

Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property

The Essential Guide to Entertainment Dealmaking volume offers a broad survey of the key business and legal transactions at the core of entertainment law dealmaking, while also providing detailed information about the major Entertainment law practice areas, including film, television, videogames, music, book publishing, theatre and industry taxation. This Guide addresses the fundamental issues that typically arise in the practice of entertainment law and the practical and ethical roles of the lawyer involved in industry dealmaking. Most importantly, this Guide provides inside information on the practical aspects of how to make projects happen. Eighty-four sample contract forms acquaint readers with the major agreements used in the field, and accompany the purchase of Dealmaking (alone or as part of the EG2EL two-volume set). The authors analyze key features of the forms and unlock the logic behind them, while discussing effective negotiating strategies to employ in basic dealmaking scenarios. The companion second volume, The Essential Guide to Entertainment Intellectual Property, may be purchased with the Dealmaking volume as a set at the featured discounted price. The IP volume examines the fundamental intellectual property law principles and issues of copyright, trademark, unfair competition and rights of publicity, which are the foundation for a substantial part of the industry's functioning. IP provides a concise but comprehensive road map to the intellectual property law landscape most relevant to entertainment industry transactions to establish the parameters of those underlying rights essential to securing project financing, publication and distribution. IP may be purchased with the Dealmaking volume as a set at the featured discounted price. In 2021 The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law was ranked among the 21 best entertainment law books of all time by Bookauthority.

Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Dealmaking and Intellectual Property (2 Book Bundle)

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