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If filming a character on the street and real-life people walk in and out of the frame in the background,…
Registering your film for copyright protection provides filmmakers with many benefits and very few disadvantages.
If there’s one thing both Alex Gibney and Scientology should agree upon, it’s the value of the First Amendment: freedom…
Q: What are the rules regarding wiretapping in documentaries? When people think of wiretapping, they imagine federal agents sitting in…
Q: I’d like to use a camera-mounted drone for an upcoming film shoot, but I’m not sure what I need…
Welcome to "Cinema Law," MovieMaker's blog where you ask questions of our legal experts and they provide answers. Using a…
I've heard that some moviemakers create an LLC for their movies.
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What are your rights as soon as you sell your script? Attorney Chad Fitzgerald gives some legal advice on how…
I rejected the score of one composer for another. Do I still need to pay him the original amount, or…