by Gano Lemoine | Mar 11, 2011 | Copyright, Corporate Formalities, Corporate Governance, Fair Use, Film Producing, Filmmakers, Life Rights, LLC - Incorporation, Music Business, Music Licensing, Music Publishing, Novel Writing, Producing, Public Domain, Screenwriting, Television Production, Trademark, Uncategorized
Filmmakers and writers often let the contract and business details be a second – or third or forth priority, which is unfortunate. Neglecting contracts and business formalities may prevent getting investors into a movie, or may cause a host of other problems...
by Gano Lemoine | Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Filmmakers, screenwriters, novelists and other creative professionals spend countless hours studying their craft, hoping their diligent study and practice will increase their chances of success. And it will, absolutely. But equally important is the study of the...
by Gano Lemoine | Oct 26, 2010 | Copyright, Fair Use, Film Producing, Filmmakers, Parody, Producing, Public Domain, Publicity Rights, Screenwriting, Television Production, Trademark, Uncategorized
A recent question asked whether a project was a permissible “parody” of a preexisting work, or whether the project was too close to the original and was therefore an impermissible rip off – a/k/a copyright infringement. The answer can be maddeningly...
by Gano Lemoine | Oct 25, 2010 | Music, Music Business, Music Licensing, Music Publishing, Uncategorized
A fantastic article in The Economist on the changing music industry. It’s not dying, but the change is a killer for many. Thanks to Mark Mazzetti of Record Company in a Box for forwarding....
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...