Warner Brothers, New Line, and its affiliates (“Plaintiffs”) recently achieved a rare courtroom victory by obtaining a court order restraining distribution of a film they claimed unfairly competed with one of its titles. The target of their ire was The Global Asylum’s (“Asylum”) film The Age of Hobbits. Asylum was …
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Lucy Stille discuses the distinctions between agents and managers.
From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Barry Cole explains the closing of the gap between filmmakers and the troubles of obtaining licensing for music.
From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Music Supervisor Randall Poster discusses the financial realities of putting together a film’s soundtrack.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Ed Rosano on the pros and cons of attaining a festival music license.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Ed Rosano discusses music licensing pricing tiers.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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Going beyond the legal debates and jargon to provide filmmakers with tools that will facilitate their filmmaking, this panel will take the audience from the fundamentals of copyright law to the best practices to employ in the practical application of Fair Use, covering copyright law in a manner that is …
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Filmmaker Conference 2009 – Whats the Deal – Filmmaking 2.0
With the DVD business on life support and pre-sales drying up, what does a typical “sale” look like and how does it differ from what buyers might have been able to offer just last year? Is theatrical too pie in the …