TIFF Spotlight: Darius Films
Yes, we know, TIFF is over. Hundreds of films are screened during the 10 days of the Festival, but that […]
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TIFF Spotlight: Maple Pictures’ Made in Dagenham
(From Tiff.net): In 1968, the female workers at Dagenham’s Ford factory in the UK went on strike in protest of […]
New CAVCO Policy re Proof of Canadian Citizenship
The Canadian Audio-visual Certification Office (CAVCO) has announced a new policy (CAVCO Public Notice 2010-01) relating to the submission and retention […]
Life Story Rights – Some Considerations
Diane Krausz has posted a valuable item: Whose Life is it Anyway? Clearance of Life Story Rights in Film. The […]
Canadian Copyright and Derivative Rights in Non-Fiction Books
Matt Galsor (writing at Law Law Land) answers the question: I Want to Write a Screenplay About a Guy Who […]
A US Perspective on Tax Credits
Writing at the NYSBA’s The Entertainment, Art and Sports Law Blog, Bennett Liebman reports on the recent expansion of New […]
Official Logos in Film and TV Productions
Last week’s news story about the FBI demanding that Wikipedia remove from its website a high-quality image of the FBI’s […]
US Anti-circumvention Rulemaking, Documentary Films and Canadian Copyright
Last week’s promulgation by the United States’ Librarian of Congress of a rule which creates an exemption for certain classes […]
Collecting Entertainment Law Questions and Answers 07.29.10
Given the volume of material available, we’ve decided to make our round-up of entertainment law questions posed and answered a […]
Collecting Entertainment Law Questions and Answers
Never let it be said that entertainment lawyers are unwilling to give freely of their time and advice (readers should […]
Litwak on Investing in Film and Defaulting Distributors
Mark Litwak is a treasure: a resource for both entertainment lawyers and their clients. He’s the author of numerous books […]
Post-Mortem Rights of Publicity
Marie-Andree Weiss wrote an interesting post recently comparing the treatment of post-mortem rights of publicity in California and New York […]