Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
July 19, 2014
A production company in California, Bengal Mangle Productions, has filed a lawsuit against Seth MacFarlane alleging copyright infringement over the 2012 movie about a foul-mouthed stuffed toy “Ted”.
Posted in Arts, Content, Copyright, Entertainment, Film & Filmmaking, Film School, Media, Ownership, Script Writing, Video |
Tags: Arts, Character, Commericalization, Copyright, Distribution, Exploitation, Film, Film Production, filmmaker, Filmmaking, Infrignement, intellectual property, Literature, MacFarlane, Scripts, Ted
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December 13, 2013
News of Paul Walker’s death was tragic and unsettling. As an avid car enthusiast, I am a big fan of the “Fast” franchise of adrenaline pumping car chase movies. I’m sure I join his many fans in mourning our loss. Which got me thinking about whether the installment of the film franchise in which he […]
Posted in Arts, Content, Documentary Films, Entertainment, Film & Filmmaking, Media, Production, Short Films, Uncategorized |
Tags: Arts, Commericalization, Copyright, Distribution, Film, Film Festival, Film Finannce, Film Production, filmmaker, Filmmaking, Risk Management
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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
Posted in Arts, Business Models, Channels, Content, Copyright, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Distribution, DMCA, Documentary Films, Entertainment, Events, Fair Use, Film & Filmmaking, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Film School, Finance, International, Licensing, Marketing, Media, Music/Score, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Ownership, Platforms, Production, Script Writing, Short Films, Theaters, Theatrical Release, trade secrets, trademarks, Uncategorized, Video |
Tags: intellectual property, Internet Protocol, LAw, Lawyer, Lawyers and Law Firms, Seminar, Services, Sound recording and reproduction
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May 2, 2013
The Business of Independent Film For the past few years, the business of creating independent film has faced many challenges. Outside financing has suffered from the “Great Recession” as banks stopped lending, Federal Section 181 film tax credits have evaporated, State film Tax credit programs have imploded from scandal and debate rages about the effectiveness […]
Posted in Arts, Budgets, Business Models, Content, Documentary Films, Entertainment, Events, Film & Filmmaking, Film Festivals, Finance, Marketing, Media, Production, State Incentives, Tax Credit, Video |
Tags: Film Festival, Great Recession, Independent film, Movies, San Francisco International Film Festival, Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh, Ted Hope
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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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March 13, 2013
What does it mean to be a creative professional in Chicago? That is the topic for discussions during the Chicago Tribune’s Trib Nation event Chicago Forward: The Future of the Arts in Chicago being held tonight, March 13, 2013 at 6:00 PM. In the Chase Auditorium at 10 South Dearborn. The event proposes to discuss […]
Posted in Arts, Business Models, Content, Copyright, Distribution, Documentary Films, Fair Use, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Film School, Finance, Licensing, Marketing, Media, Music/Score, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Platforms, Production, Script Writing, Short Films, State Incentives, Theaters, Theatrical Release, trademarks, Uncategorized, Video, Work-For-Hire |
Tags: Arts, Band, Choreography, Concerts, Creative, Culture, Dance, Development, Film, History, Museums, Music, Musicians, Playwrights, Professional, Theater, Venues
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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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October 16, 2012
A federal district court in Tennessee has determined that cast decisions are protected by the First Amendment against claims of racial discrimination under Sec. 1981. This was a case of first impression. Reality television is so popular with both audiences and participants that prospective contestants are suing to get on TV. Recently, two such men […]
Posted in Content, Media, Production |
Tags: cast, casting, Constitution, discrimination, Fist Amendment, free speech, SLAPP, television, Tennessee
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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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