International Entertainment Law

by Donald E. Biederman, Lionel S. Sobel

Overview

Because entertainment is one of America's most vital and important industries, the legal implications of the international aspects of the business are of vital importance. This is the first casebook to deal with international entertainment law, focusing on cross-border transactions and disputes. It tracks the development of most entertainment projects—from the initial acquisition of necessary legal rights, to the ultimate exhibition, performance, or sale of entertainment. International Entertainment Law is an essential resource for those who represent, or hope to represent, individual entertainers or entertainment companies in international litigation, dealmaking, or multinational public policy.

Weaving together a wide variety of materials—including cases, statutes, treaties, government reports, articles, and original pieces prepared just for this volume—Sobel and Biederman provide indispensable legal information on a broad range of issues. Topics covered include intellectual property, labor relations, taxation, finance, international trade, domestic content requirements, and censorship. Information is drawn from worldwide sources including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the European Union, the World Trade Organization, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Professors, students, and practitioners of entertainment law will benefit from the wealth of information on the international aspects of this exciting field of legal study and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275976163
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

LIONEL S. SOBEL is Distinguished Scholar at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California. He is also Editor of Entertainment Law Reporter.

DONALD E. BIEDERMAN is Professor of Law and Director of the National Entertainment and Media Law Institute at Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Acquisition of Rights
Celebrity Names and Likenesses
Right of Publicity
Privacy
Internet Domain Names
Personal Reputations
Finance
Presale Financing
Government Incentive Financing
Co-Production Financing
Production
Distribution
Copyright Barriers to International Distribution
Trade Law Barriers to International Distribution
Performance, Exhibition, and Sale
Domestic Content Requirements
Government Regulation of Offensive Content
Performance, Reproduction, Transmission, and Sale