"I think only people in the theater know what a producer is. The public does not know. It knows a writer writes, and an actor acts, and a director tells them what to do. A producer raises money. Well, he does, and in some cases thats all he does. But the workers in the ...
The City of New York has agreed to relax its film permit requirements. According to the Associated Press, Filmmakers and photographers using handheld equipment on city streets will no longer be required to obtain permits. In January, 2006 The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of an award-winning filmmaker detained by police ...
Professor Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog has an interesting article about the simmering dispute over copyrights in photographs of public-domain works of art. It seems a public interest group recently downloaded scores of photographs from the Smithsonian Institution and posted them on the photo-sharing site
82% of the American Federation of Musicians local 802 members voted today to approve a new contract with Broadway Producers. The three year agreement is the conclusion of negotiations between the Union, the League of American Theatres and Producers, Disney Theatricals, and Musical Rights, Inc. The new agreement preserves the musician’s health plan, which ...
The Wall Street Journal reports that a 12-year-old girl and her grandparents have sued the Chicago Board of Education alleging that a substitute teacher showed “Brokeback Mountain†in class. The complaint claims that Jessica Turner was traumatized after viewing the movie in her 8th grade class last year. They want $500,000 in damages for the ...
Congratulations to Naoko and Bob Marino on the birth of their baby girl, Hana. Hana was born on April 4th, 2007! Bob is a musician, musical director and teacher. He's also ...
Did you know that in ten states it’s against the law to impersonate a music band? New Jersey recently became the tenth state to pass a "Truth in Music" bill. Led by a lobbying effort from vintage singing groups like the Drifters and Sha Na Na, musicians have pushed for legislation making it illegal to use ...
Did you know that in ten states it’s against the law to impersonate a music band? New Jersey recently became the tenth state to pass a “Truth in Music” bill. Led by a lobbying effort from vintage singing groups like the Drifters and Sha Na Na, musicians have pushed for legislation making it illegal to ...
On Monday, June 4th, 2007, Gordon Firemark will present “All the World's a Stage†- Basics of Theatre Law for Hollywood lawyers. The Theater is among the first-developed of America’s entertainment industry businesses, and a significant body of law exists surrounding this business, yet the legal, regulatory and ...
This program will familiarize the entertainment law practitioner with the issues, customs and practices influencing the modern American theater industry, and how they differ from practices in Music, Film and Television.