Archive for the ‘Channels’ Category
May 24, 2013
Chicago’s leading Entertainment Law firm, Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler, is pleased to announce its inaugural Entertainment Law Seminar: What In-House Lawyers Must Know About Exploiting Creative Content
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Tags: intellectual property, Internet Protocol, LAw, Lawyer, Lawyers and Law Firms, Seminar, Services, Sound recording and reproduction
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April 9, 2013
Five Legal Questions To Ask BEFORE Crowd-funding You Next Film (or Creative) Project Intro I recently had the opportunity to share the stage at a Chicago VentureShot Community panel presentation on crowdfunding an independent film project. My client successfully raised enough funds to produce his film through the Crowdfunding site KickStarter.com. Due to the unpredictable […]
Posted in Arts, Blogging, Budgets, Business Models, Channels, Content, Copyright, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Distribution, Documentary Films, Entertainment, Fair Use, Film & Filmmaking, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Film School, Finance, Marketing, Media, Music/Score, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Ownership, Platforms, Production, Script Writing, Short Films, State Incentives, Tax Credit, Theaters, trademarks, Video, Work-For-Hire |
Tags: Copyright, Creative, Crowd-funding, Film, Filmmaking, Finance, Kickstarter, LAw, LEgal, Project, Questions, Script, trademark
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February 20, 2013
Are you getting the most out of your online marketing efforts? Last year, Google announced a change to its search rankings algorithm, lowering results for known pirate sites. Critics asked why the company would not do the same for Youtube, since that site is widely viewed as a repository for pirated films and music. Read […]
Posted in Business Models, Channels, Content, Copyright, Distribution, Documentary Films, Film Production Incentives, Film School, Marketing, Media, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Ownership, Platforms, Production, Short Films, Video |
Tags: Distribution, Film, filmmaker, Filmmaking, Independent, Marketing, media, monetizing content, Technology, YouTube
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May 4, 2012
One of the definitive features of Social Media, and arguably the most contagious, is the ability to express one’s approval and share that with others by clicking “like,” friending, following, pinning or mentioning, among many others. However, unlike other issues that have dealt with the murky area of postings on social networks such as Facebook, […]
Posted in Blogging, Channels, Content, Fair Use, Marketing, Media, Uncategorized |
Tags: Constitution, employee, employer, Facebook, first amendment, free speech, job, LAw, LEgal, like, Social Media, Virginia, workplace
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April 12, 2012
April 11, 2012 Via Chris Henson, New Orleans Indie Movie Examiner “The film industry in New Orleans, and in Louisiana in general, is booming. But it is not only the major studio productions coming to the Crescent City. Independent filmmaking has also exploded in the area. Non-profit organizations like the New Orleans Video Access Center […]
Posted in Budgets, Business Models, Call For Entries, Casting, Channels, Content, Copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Distribution, DMCA, Documentary Films, Fair Use, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Finance, Licensing, Marketing, Media, Music/Score, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Ownership, Platforms, Production, Script Writing, Short Films, State Incentives, Tax Credit, Theaters, Theatrical Release, trademarks, Video, Work-For-Hire |
Tags: deal, deal making, Film, filmmaker, Finance, new Orleans, Novac, production, Video
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March 27, 2012
Pinterest tightens copyright rules CBS News Unfortunately, given that consumers are putting masses of copyrighted photos onto their boards, that becomes a problem. After all, Pinterest doesn’t want to take the legal heat for making coin on the backs of someone else’s intellectual property. See Also: Pinterest Terms Of Service Get Updated If Web movie views double, […]
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Tags: Copyright, intellectual property, LAw, Legal Information, Netflix, Pinterest, Services, World Wide Web
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October 18, 2011
Although major motion pictures are known for carefully planning out scenes months in advance, Christopher Nolan‘s “The Dark Knight Rises,” which is scheduled to be shot in New York, may get a dose of gritty authenticity by using the protests as a backdrop or a stand-in for something that already exists in the film. See […]
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September 7, 2011
The Weinstein Company‘s new endeavor will use existing digital distribution channels to deliver new films. have The new as-yet-unamed venture will be headquartered in New York and run by industry veterans Tom Quinn ( Magnolia) and legal consultant Jason Janego. http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/09/06/weinstein_co._launches_indie_label_poaches_magnolias_tom_quinn/
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April 8, 2011
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of advocacy groups filed an Amicus (friend of the court) brief Thursday, arguing that the infringement claims made by Viacom in the appeal of Viacom v. YouTube threaten the “safe harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The EFF argues that services like YouTube have […]
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Tags: Amicus, Copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Middle East, Viacom, Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube Inc., YouTube
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December 22, 2010
What defines the “Indie” aesthetic? Some say, its an a edginess that eschews mainstream roles and requirements. Others say its a certain purity of purpose that comes from being unsigned and undiscovered. Still others have posited that the word is nothing more than its root definition: independent, original, obscure and wholly lacking dependence on mainstream […]
Posted in Budgets, Business Models, Channels, Content, Distribution, Documentary Films, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Production, Short Films, Theatrical Release, Uncategorized, Video |
Tags: Arts, DVD, Filmmaking, Independent film, Independent music, movie, Online Communities, Twitter
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