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TIFF Spotlight: Darius Films

Yes, we know, TIFF is over. Hundreds of films are screened during the 10 days of the Festival, but that […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino
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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 […]

By Bob Tarantino

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