Nova Scotia Changes Film/TV/Digital Tax Credit
The Nova Scotia government has announced changes, effective December 1, 2010, to its Film Tax Credit and Digital Media Tax […]
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New Telefilm Canada Guidelines for International Treaty Co-Productions
Telefilm Canada has revamped its international treaty co-production materials: new guidelines (published November 29, 2010) updated FAQs revised forms and […]
Structuring Option Prices for Entertainment Contracts
Matt Galsor at Law Law Land put up a nice post on formulas for determining the purchase price when optioning […]
US States Moving Away from Film and TV Tax Credit Incentives?
According to Tom Moroney writing at Bloomberg Businessweek (hat tip: Entertainment Law Reporter), the climate in the United States for lucrative […]
Title Dispute – Similar or Identical Titles for Film and TV Projects
Aaron Moss, writing at Law Law Land, has a great post about identical or similar movie titles: Reuse and Confuse? […]
Collecting Entertainment Law Questions and Answers 11.08.10
A round-up of questions and answers provided by entertainment law blogs (readers should note that the links below are to […]
Entertainment Contracts – Get It In Writing
If there’s a single maxim by which entertainment lawyers live, it’s surely “get it in writing”. And if anyone needed […]
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 […]
Secrets of Reality TV Participant Contracts
How much would it cost a reality show participant who revealed a secret storyline twist before the episode was broadcast? […]
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 […]