Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries, 5th Edition

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.

Acknowledgments Dedication to Don Biederman Don Biederman Remembered and Missed Introduction: An Overview Part One Chapter 1 Representing Talent Chapter 2 Talent Contracts Chapter 3 Entertainment Rights: Rights of Publicity, Property, and Ideas Chapter 4 Contract Performance and Exploitation Obligations Chapter 5 Remedies Chapter 6 Literary Publishing Chapter 7 Music Publishing Chapter 8 Sound Recordings Chapter 9 Film Chapter 10 Television Chapter 11 The Internet and the Digital World Table of Cases Index About the Authors