In response to the increasing convergence of technologies in the entertainment industries, this thoroughly updated
and revised fifth edition makes the casebook more timeless. Providing contract templates covering book publishing,
recording contracts, actor agreements, video game agreements, and internet agreements, among others, this new edition
is more useful and illustrative of the business of entertainment for lawyers, students, and industry professionals
than its competition. Introductions, notes, and cases are fully updated to take into account recent changes in
the industry. This classic casebook is essential to students at law schools throughout the country and to industry
professionals trying to keep up with this ever-changing field of law.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Dedication to Don Biederman
Don Biederman Remembered and Missed
Introduction: An Overview
Chapter 1 Representing Talent
Chapter 2 Talent Contracts
Chapter 3 Entertainment Rights: Rights of Publicity, Property, and Ideas
Chapter 4Contract Performance and Exploitation Obligations
Chapter 5 Remedies
Chapter 6 Literary Publishing
Chapter 7 Music Publishing
Chapter 8 Sound Recordings
Chapter 9 Film
Chapter 10 Television
Chapter 11 The Internet and the Digital World
Table of Cases
Index
About the Authors
