Entertainment Law Basics

DeLong Grant Law Partners

Film

• Distribution• Rights clearance• Publicity issues• Title interpretation• Structuring production• Financing

• Life story rights• Optioning• Investors• Union and Guild• Error and omission• Underlying rights

Counseling and Representing

• Actors• Writers• Directors• Producers

Intellectual Property Protection

• Copyright• Patent• Trademark

Recording Agreements and Licensing

• Recording agreements• Touring agreements• Music licenses• Production agreements

Royalties

• Public performances• Mechanical• Synchronization fees• Print music income