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My “On The Page” Interview is Up!

Author: Gano LemoineOn: Oct 16Categories: 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,...

“On The Page” Interview to Air October 15th

Author: Gano LemoineOn: Oct 07Categories: 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...

Copyright Clearance – An issues list, and “fair use.”

Author: Gano LemoineOn: Sep 19Categories: 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...

First the Contract, Then the Work

Author: Gano LemoineOn: Sep 10Categories: 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...

Life Rights, Privacy Rights and the Right of Publicity

Author: Gano LemoineOn: Apr 19Categories: Life Rights, Novel Writing, Privacy Rights, Publicity Rights, Screenwriting

A question I’m often asked is whether a writer or filmmaker needs to purchase the “life rights” for a story waiting to be told. This question comes up when someone wants to tell a story involving real life events, and therefore involving...