Law And Business of the Entertainment Industries

by Biederman, Donald E.

• ISBN13: 9780275992057
• ISBN10: 0275992055
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

In response to the increasing convergence of technologies in the entertainment industries, this thoroughly updated and revised fifth edition makes the casebook more timeless. Providing contract templates covering book publishing, recording contracts, actor agreements, video game agreements, and internet agreements, among others, this new edition is more useful and illustrative of the business of entertainment for lawyers, students, and industry professionals than its competition. Introductions, notes, and cases are fully updated to take into account recent changes in the industry. This classic casebook is essential to students at law schools throughout the country and to industry professionals trying to keep up with this ever-changing field of law.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Dedication to Don Biederman	xvii
Don Biederman Remembered and Missed	xxi
Introduction: An Overview	1	(4)
PART ONE	5	(1000)
Representing Talent	7	(72)
A Business of Intermediaries	7	(3)
Attorneys	10	(18)
Establishing an Attorney-Client Relationship	10	(1)
Duty of Competence	11	(1)
Conflicts of Interest	11	(1)
Multiple Client Representation	12	(1)
The Comments to MRPC 1.7---A Better Understanding of Conflicts of Interest	13	(1)
Other Noteworthy Conflicts of Interest Issues	14	(2)
Music Lawyer as Manager or Agent	16	(1)
Special Considerations Regarding Lawyer Conduct	16	(1)
Merging the Roles of Various Entertainment Representatives	16	(1)
Advertising and Solicitations	17	(1)
Compensation for Attorney Services and Retention Agreements	18	(2)
Sanctions	20	(8)
Agents and Personal Managers	28	(33)
Union Regulation of Agents	28	(1)
State Regulation of Agents	29	(1)
New York General Business Law	29	(9)
California Labor Code	38	(23)
Business Managers	61	(18)
Talent Contracts	79	(106)
Introduction	79	(4)
Contracts with Minors	83	(9)
California Provisions on Minors	85	(1)
New York Provisions on Minors	86	(6)
Contract Duration	92	(26)
The California Seven-Year Statute	92	(13)
Statutory Termination Rights in California	105	(13)
Contract Formality and Availability of Injunctive Relief	118	(19)
The New York Experience	118	(2)
Oral Agreements	120	(8)
California Injunction Statutes	128	(9)
Credit Issues	137	(44)
By Contract	137	(14)
By Statute/Common Law	151	(1)
Right to Claim Credit	152	(13)
Right to Disclaim Credit	165	(16)
Favored Nations Clauses	181	(4)
Entertainment Rights: Rights of Publicity, Property, and Ideas	185	(200)
Introduction	185	(1)
Personal Rights: Privacy	185	(25)
Introduction: Common Law	185	(2)
The First Cases: Roberson and Pavesich	187	(4)
Statutory Protection	191	(9)
Defensive Aspects	200	(10)
Personal Rights: Publicity	210	(59)
At Common Law	211	(18)
Statutory Recognition	229	(2)
Other Statutory Enactments on Right of Publicity	231	(9)
Additional Recognition of the Right at Common Law	240	(14)
Post-Mortem Availability	254	(1)
At Common Law	254	(1)
Under Statute	255	(1)
Rights of Deceased Personality; California Civil Code Astaire Celebrity Image Protection Act	256	(3)
Conflicts Problems	259	(1)
Defensive Aspects	260	(1)
Public Figures/Newsworthiness	260	(2)
Advertising and Promotion	262	(7)
Personal Rights: The Lanham Act and Other Federal Legislation	269	(29)
Introduction: A National Remedy	269	(2)
Use of Section 43(a) by Celebrities and Entities	271	(9)
Defensive Matters	280	(18)
Acquisition of Rights: Ideas and Other Property	298	(87)
Ideas	298	(2)
Copyright Law: Idea versus Expression	300	(13)
Idea Submissions	313	(1)
Implied Contract	313	(15)
Confidential Relationships	328	(19)
Negotiated Acquisitions	347	(1)
The Scope of Acquired Rights: By Contract	348	(17)
The Scope of Acquired Rights: Legally Imposed Limitations	365	(20)
Contract Performance and Exploitation Obligations	385	(76)
Delivery Standards	385	(6)
Delivery Clauses	386	(1)
Book Publishing	386	(1)
Music Publishing	386	(1)
Recorded Music	387	(2)
Film	389	(2)
The Company's Obligations	391	(32)
The Fiduciary Duty Claim	391	(18)
The Obligation to Exploit	409	(14)
Limits on Exploitation	423	(38)
Creative Control	423	(4)
The Cimino and Beatty Arbitrations	427	(4)
Mutilation	431	(5)
Censorship and Regulation of Content and Attendance	436	(15)
Private Actions Against Creators and Distributors	451	(10)
Remedies	461	(96)
Self-help	461	(10)
Rescission/Reversion	471	(12)
Injunction	483	(17)
Damages	500	(22)
Bankruptcy	522	(29)
The Availability of Bankruptcy Protection	522	(15)
The Consequences of Bankruptcy	537	(6)
Protective Registration	543	(8)
Arbitration	551	(6)
Literary Publishing	557	(78)
Introduction	557	(1)
The Business of Literary Publishing	558	(3)
The Scope of Literary Publishing Contracts	561	(5)
Paperback Licensing	561	(1)
Foreign Licensing	562	(1)
Merchandise Licensing	562	(1)
Motion Picture/Television Licensing	563	(1)
Other Media Licensing	563	(1)
Author-Literary Agent	564	(2)
Publisher--Author Agreement in Detail	566	(55)
Rights Granted and Assigned	566	(1)
Delivery of Satisfactory Manuscript	567	(3)
Delivery Standards	570	(32)
Non-Compete Clause	602	(1)
Publication	602	(1)
Copyright	603	(1)
Royalties and Other Payments	603	(1)
Warranties and Indemnities	604	(1)
Future Revisions	605	(1)
Option for Next Book	605	(1)
Other Provisions	606	(15)
The Impact of Custom and Usage	621	(9)
The ``Next Book'' Option	630	(5)
Music Publishing	635	(70)
An Overview of the Music Publishing Industry	635	(6)
Sources of Revenue	641	(2)
Small Performance Fees	642	(1)
Co-publishing Agreements	642	(1)
Principal Types of Agreements	643	(2)
Songwriter Agreement	643	(1)
Administration Agreement	643	(1)
Collection Agreement	644	(1)
Foreign Subpublishing Agreement	644	(1)
Catalog Purchase Agreement	644	(1)
Negotiation of a Co-Publishing Agreement	645	(12)
Example of Co-publishing Agreement (Year-to-Year Term)	648	(9)
Computation of Foreign Income (``Receipts'' versus ``At the Source'')	657	(1)
Music Publisher Obligation	658	(9)
The Obligation to Exploit	658	(1)
The Obligation to Account and Pay	659	(8)
Performing Rights	667	(17)
Blanket Licensing	671	(12)
Split Licensing	683	(1)
Sampling	684	(21)
Sound Recordings	705	(34)
Development of the Industry	705	(3)
Contracts in the Record Industry	708	(21)
Some Background Statistics	708	(1)
Quick Economics	708	(2)
Artist Recording Agreement	710	(1)
Parties and Exclusivity	711	(1)
Term	712	(1)
Delivery	712	(1)
Technically and Commercially Satisfactory	713	(1)
Territory	713	(1)
Delivery Commitment for Albums	714	(1)
Video	714	(1)
Creative	714	(1)
Grant of Rights	715	(2)
Web Site	717	(1)
Release and Commercial Availability Commitment	718	(1)
Recording Fund and Advances	718	(2)
Per Record Costs	720	(1)
Royalties	720	(3)
Deficit Tour Advance	723	(1)
Statements, Reserves, and Audit Rights	723	(1)
Controlled Compositions	724	(3)
Warranties, Representations, and Indemnity	727	(1)
Injunctive Relief	727	(1)
Notices	728	(1)
Logos, Artwork, Merchandise, etc.	728	(1)
Miscellaneous	728	(1)
Love and Affection	729	(1)
Royalty Calculations	729	(10)
Film	739	(110)
The Changing Scene in the Motion Picture Industry	739	(4)
Producing Films	743	(59)
The Evolution of the Studio Model	743	(1)
Producing Films: The Studio Model	744	(1)
Acquisition of Underlying Rights	744	(17)
The Production/Financing/Distribution Deal	761	(2)
Writers, Directors, and Performers Agreements	763	(36)
Gross Receipts/Net Profits	799	(3)
Contracts of Adhesion/Unconscionability: The Buchwald Case and After	802	(38)
Producing Films: The Independent Model	840	(6)
Financing Independent Films	840	(5)
Insurance	845	(1)
The International Market	846	(3)
Television	849	(48)
The Television Business	849	(7)
The Changing Face of the Television Industry	849	(2)
Broadcast Television	851	(2)
Cable and Satellite Television	853	(3)
Creating and Acquiring Programming	856	(3)
Dealmaking in the Television Industry	856	(2)
The Development Deal	858	(1)
Deficit Funding	858	(1)
Syndication	859	(2)
The Ratings Game	861	(2)
International Markets	863	(1)
Ancillary Markets	864	(1)
Federal Communications Commission	865	(2)
Licensing	865	(1)
Control of Broadcast Television	866	(1)
Controlling Cable Television	866	(1)
Issues in Television Distribution	867	(30)
Antitrust: Block Booking	867	(5)
Antitrust: Geographical Restrictions	872	(5)
Piracy: Unlawful Interception and Retransmission of Signals	877	(10)
Infringement: Unaccredited Copying of Uncopyrighted Works	887	(10)
The Internet and the Digital World	897	(108)
Introduction	897	(4)
Personal Jurisdiction	901	(12)
Regulating Content and Controlling Distribution of Information Online	913	(12)
Censorship	913	(10)
Control of Access: Framing and Linking	923	(2)
Liability of Internet Service Providers	925	(10)
Defamation	925	(7)
Privacy	932	(1)
Consumer Profiles	932	(1)
Spamming	933	(2)
Copyright Infringement	935	(63)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act	936	(11)
The Impact of Internet-Specific Technologies	947	(1)
MP3	947	(49)
DeCSS	996	(2)
DRM Controversy	998	(1)
Agreements Entered into over the Internet	998	(7)
Table of Cases	1005	(12)
Index	1017	(4)
About the Authors	1021