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

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.