While a burgeoning practice area for some our entertainment practice focuses on the music, motion picture, television, live stage, satellite and cable industries. We have critical access to key players in the entertainment industry and provide clients with the progressive, time sensitive and dedicated counsel needed to thrive in today’s multi-disciplined, multimedia entertainment marketplace.
We help to shape and maintain the careers of recording artists, producers, record and publishing company executives, managers, production companies, publishers and songwriters in the music sector. We draft and negotiate record, publishing, producer, management, distribution, touring, merchandising, corporate sponsorship, booking, license and Internet agreements. We consult with artists and record publishing companies regarding their entertainment and Internet strategies and the protection of their intellectual property rights.
We provide counsel to actors, writers, directors, producers, managers, production and distribution companies, networks and studios in the film, television, cable, and interactive media sectors. From drafting and negotiating performer agreements and television series distribution agreements to complex revenue sharing cross-discipline license agreements, we cover all aspects of the entertainment business.
We provide progressive legal and business counsel to clients regarding:
Film, Television, and Video
- Financing strategies, implementation and agreements
- Production agreements: Cast, director and writer agreements; Literary option agreements; Producer agreements; Completion bonding agreements; Insurance obligations; Crew, location and other agreements; Music and other rights clearances
- Distribution agreements: Print and advertising fund agreements; Foreign sales agency agreements; Video distribution agreements; Negative pick-up agreements
- Tax Shelters
Music
- Music publishing
- Domestic and foreign administration and sub-publishing agreements
- Purchase and sale of catalogs
- Recording agreements
- Management agreements
- Merchandising agreements
- Copyright
- Shopping
Talent Representation
- Writers and songwriters
- Directors
- Producers
- Actors and actresses
- Musicians
- Minors' contracts
- Theater
- Approved production contracts for plays and musical plays
- Acting agreements
- Front money agreements
- Financing agreements
Internet and Gaming
- Digital distribution of content
- Video games
- Online commercial ventures
- Domain names / trademark disputes
- Advice concerning Digital Millennium Copyright Act issues
Nightclub Promotion and Restuarant and Bar Services
- Commercial Leases
- Liquor Licenses
- Marketing and Advertising
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