by Gano Lemoine | Oct 24, 2010 | Copyright, Film Producing, Filmmakers, Life Rights, LLC - Incorporation, Music Licensing, Novel Writing, Privacy Rights, Producing, Public Domain, Publicity Rights, Screenwriting, Television Production, Trademark
Saturday I attended the 2010 USC Institute on Entertainment Law & Business – terrific speakers on the state and future of the industry. The quality of the topics was exceeded only by the high caliber and knowledge of the speakers. Highlights included…...
by Gano Lemoine | Oct 16, 2010 | Copyright, Film Producing, Filmmakers, Life Rights, LLC - Incorporation, Music Licensing, Novel Writing, Privacy Rights, Producing, Public Domain, Publicity Rights, Screenwriting, Television Production, Trademark, Uncategorized
My interview with screenwriting teacher and consultant Pilar Alessandra is now up and available! Our wide ranging conversation was focused on Legal and Business Do’s and Don’ts for screenwriters, and covered many hypotheticals and real world, practical...
by Gano Lemoine | Oct 7, 2010 | Copyright, Film Producing, Filmmakers, Life Rights, Music Licensing, Privacy Rights, Producing, Public Domain, Publicity Rights, Screenwriting, Television Production, Uncategorized
This week I had the honor of being interviewed on Pilar Alessandra’s excellent Podcast “On The Page,” a fantastic source of information about the craft and business of screenwriting. www.onthepage.tv The topic for the interview was “Legal and...
by Gano Lemoine | Sep 19, 2010 | Copyright, Film Producing, Filmmakers, Life Rights, Music Licensing, Novel Writing, Privacy Rights, Producing, Public Domain, Publicity Rights, Screenwriting, Television Production, Trademark
Whether you are a producer, director, screenwriter, novelist, or photographer, it is imperative you stay focused on copyright, privacy and publicity clearance issues. Having an unlicensed piece of footage in your film may mean the difference between a sale or...
by Gano Lemoine | Sep 10, 2010 | Copyright, Film Producing, Filmmakers, LLC - Incorporation, Music Licensing, Novel Writing, Privacy Rights, Producing, Publicity Rights, Screenwriting, Television Production
Before you start – or have someone else start – filming, or writing, or composing, or doing whatever creative thing that’s being contemplated – get the necessary contracts drafted and signed! At first blush, this advice may seem elementary and...
by Gano Lemoine | Jul 25, 2010 | Copyright, Filmmakers, Life Rights, Novel Writing, Privacy Rights, Screenwriting, Uncategorized
Special thanks to the Pacific Northwest Writers Association for including me in their Breaking into Screenwriting Panel Friday! I greatly enjoyed hearing from my fellow panel members, Pat White, Diane Mettler, Bill Schreiber and Royce Buckingham. While they focused on...