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Cinema Law: The Problem of Joint Ownership on a Film

Q: Our short film is now in post and we plan to submit it to festivals. I wrote the script…

8 years ago
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Cinema Law: What Does “Work For Hire” Mean for Moviemakers?

Q: I was hired to work on a film as a DP and the contract stated that it was a…

8 years ago
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Cinema Law: Who Owns the Copyright to Behind the Scenes Footage?

Welcome to Cinema Law, where you ask the questions of our resident team of legal experts and, each week, they’ll…

13 years ago
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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…

15 years ago