All posts tagged "copyright"
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Cinema Law: Enforcing Your Rights (When They Haven’t Been Paid For)
Q: I did CGI work for a film and our contract states that they don’t acquire the copyright in my work until they pay me,...
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Cinema Law: Can I Fictionalize A Reality TV Idea Without Infringing Its Copyright?
Q: I wrote a novel about a fictional reality TV dating show that bears similarities to The Bachelor and other similar shows. Should I consider...
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First Draft: What Are Your Protected Rights as a Screenwriter?
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Hollywood is a pretty big and intimidating place for many....
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Slate Up: How to Protect Your Screenplay Before Submitting It
In partnership with Film Slate Magazine, we’re publishing “Slate Up,” a fortnightly series with practical filmmaking advice and musings. New articles, written by the team at...
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Cinema Law: Who Owns a TV Show?
Q: Last year, I joined a small team as an actor producing a not-very-good TV show. At the end of its run, I took over...
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Cinema Law: Do You Need Adaptation Rights for Fact-Based Material?
Q: I’m really interested in making a film about a real-life event, but I can’t afford to secure the rights to the book that recounts...
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Cinema Law: Do You Need to Copyright Your Festival Submission?
Q: I’m about to send my film to a festival for consideration. How can I copyright it? I want to make sure it’s protected before...
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Cinema Law: Protection for Behind-the-Scenes Footage
Q: About 20 years ago, a U.S. film production had done a location shoot in Japan, and I was one of the local hired crew....
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Cinema Law: Plagiarism or Idea Theft?
Q: What is the distinction between plagiarism and idea theft? A: First of all, “plagiarism” is a term commonly used to describe the copying of...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
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Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
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How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...