indie law

  • Movie News

Your Video Just Went Viral. Are You Sure You Own It?

Over the course of the last decade, the entertainment landscape has undergone a seismic shift. The traditional channels for discovering…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Indie Law: Five Ways Shady Producers Bilk Investors

I've seen so many examples of producers bamboozling investors that I feel as if there must be a class somewhere…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Film Labor Laws: What Moviemakers Should Know

A typical film production, even a relatively small, independent one, often sprouts from the initiative of one or two individuals.…

4 years ago
  • Summer 2019

Indie Law: Our Entertainment Law Expert Pulls Your Legal Questions From The MM Mailbag

For this edition of Indie Law, we asked readers to send us their burning legal questions to be answered by…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Indie Law Mailbag: Get Your Pressing Indie Law Questions Answered

Are you an indie moviemaker kept up at night by one nagging legal question that you worry will derail your…

5 years ago
  • Cinema Law

Indie Law: How to Secure and Hold the Rights to Your Project

In the documentary on legendary producer Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Evans explains early and often that the key to success…

5 years ago
  • MM Guide 2019

Indie Law: Make Your Feature’s Development Less Dicey With Loyal Legal Counsel and Financing Foresight

Development is the time when your indie’s budget needs to be put to the test. It’s also the time when…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Indie Law: Learn Why These Three Types of Attorneys Will Give Your Production a Boost, and How To Pick Them

Selecting an attorney, or attorneys, to work with throughout the moviemaking process is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Likewise, investing in the right attorney…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Indie Law: Put the Green in Greenlight With This Guide to the Most Effective Film Financing Tactics

You went to film school, not business school—yet all the sudden you’re confronted by a bevy of fancy financial terms…

6 years ago
  • Other

Cinema Law: Unions For Dummies

Do you need a union to make your film? You must have asked yourself this before. We’ll answer, but first,…

6 years ago