Entertainment Law & Lawyers
Film, music, media contracts, and entertainment industry disputes.
An entertainment lawyer is involved in many aspects of law, including labor law, immigration, securities law, contract law, intellectual law and property law.
The industry areas entertainment lawyers advise on include:
- music,
- film,
- TV,
- theatre,
- financial institutions,
- advertising and marketing,
- digital media,
- telecoms,
- publishing,
- design,
- photography, and
- visual arts.
The entertainment industry has experienced rapid change over recent years. Entertainment lawyers help you to keep pace with the many technical and legal developments in the area. Entertainment lawyers covers the underlying contractual and copyright issues that affect all aspects of entertainment law as well as analysing the areas of music, film and TV, and computer games in depth.
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Services provided by Entertainment lawyers to the entertainment industry generally include:
- contractual and IP issues in entertainment agreements
- mobile content
- personality rights
- moral rights
- recording agreement
- co-production agreement
- Interactive Entertainment Works
- Publishing and Developing Contract.
Entertainment lawyers cover all aspects of entertainment, music and sports law, offering specialist advice to all clients. Entertainment lawyers can help with copyright issues, as well as copyright infringement. Entertainment lawyers also offer wills and probate.
Entertainment lawyers cater to a wide variety of clients, including:
- Recording Artists
- Composers
- Record Producers
- Video Directors
- Film Directors
- Film and TV Producers
- Film and TD Production Companies
- Writers and Managers
- Record Companies
- Publish Companies
- Agents and Merchandisers
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Media and entertainment lawyers ensure that their clients needs are comprehensively met affording them protection beyond their immediate requirements. Entertainment lawyers have a thorough grasp of the commercial and legal issues surrounding the media and entertainment industry and provide practical advice to clients on all matters relating to creative arts such as music, dance, films, theatre, mobile phones, digital technology and television.
Entertainment lawyer Services
Entertainment lawyers expertise extends to advising film companies, record labels, directors, artistes, producers, agents and includes:
- Advertisements and Promotions
- Agreements for Provision of Online Services
- Buy-out of Rights
- Censorships
- Clearance Rights
- Commercial Broadcasting
- Commercial Media Contracts and Transactions
- Competition Law Compliance
- Copyright Law
- Copyright Infringement
- Digital Rights
- Endorsements
- Film Distribution
- Film Finance
- Film Production Film
- Transactions
- Franchise Agreements
- Image Rights Protection
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Internet Law
- Joint Ventures
- Licensing
- Media Contracts
- Media Disputes
- Merchandising and Endorsement Agreements
- Label Structures
- Mobile Content Agreements
- Music Contracts
- Music Distribution
- Music Publishing
- Music Video Production
- Personality Licensing/Product Licensing
- Offshore Transactions
- Online Trading
- Performing Rights
- Phonecasting
- Podcasting
- Publishing Agreements
- Privacy and Data Protection Compliance
- Product Placements
- Recording Contracts
- Ringtone Agreements
- Sponsorship Agreements
- TV Production
- Wap
- Web Agreements
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Advice on the following entertainment law issues are generally provided by Lawyers practising in the area of entertainment law:
•Advertising and Promotions
•Buy-Out of Rights
•Censorships
•Commercial Broadcasting
•Commercial Media Contracts
•Copyright Law and Infringement
•Film Finance, Production and Distribution
•Image Rights Protections
•Intellectual Property Rights
•Internet Law
•Joint Ventures
•Licensing
•Media Contracts
•Media Disputes
•Media Management
•Music Production, Publishing and Distribution
•Product / Personality Licensing
•Performing Rights
•Phonecasting
•Privacy and Data Protection Compliance
•Sponsorship Agreements
•TV Production
Lawyers practising in the area of entertainment law are generally experienced in resolving disputes in all aspects of media law. They can specialise in dealing with reputation management issues including defamation (libel and slander), breach of confidence, invasion of privacy and handling hostile media coverage, including injunction proceedings.
Lawyers practising in the area of entertainment law also represent clients in negotiating and advising upon commercial deals.
Clients can range from celebrities, sports stars, comedians and musicians, to national newspapers and international brands.
Most media and entertainment law services generally include:
- Reputation ManagementDefamation (including internet libel)
- Pre-publication advice
- Malicious falsehood
- Privacy and breach of confidence (including expertise in "phone hacking" claims)
- Injunctions
- Complaints to Ofcom and the Press Complaints Committee
- Crisis management
- Protecting victims of harassment
- SportsSponsorship agreements - Merchandising and endorsement agreements
- Broadcast sponsorship agreements
- Film and TelevisionRights and content clearance
- Talent agreements
- Finance and production agreements
- MusicMusic management agreements
- Performance/Touring agreements
- Recording agreements
- Licensing agreements
- Royalty audits
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