Our Lead Entertainment Attorney, David Yung Ho Kim, was commissioned by KOTRA (an organization operated by the South Korea government) to write an article on music publishing in the U.S. so that it could be added to KOTRA’s annual “Soft IP Handbook” publication and that publication came out today. If you can read Korean, feel...Read More
And … we are back! It’s been a long while … or at least it seems so … that we’ve posted, and now we’re back, for your learning and/or entertainment pleasure. 🙂 We have been busy with clients and writing (other stuff … yea, we attorneys often write articles for various publications out there, if not...Read More
Whether you’re talent, a producer, songwriter or other creative, it is EXTREMELY important that when looking for an attorney you hire an attorney who practices only in entertainment law. I’ve seen SO MANY cases where the client ends up hiring a general practice attorney (aka an attorney who advertises that he/she practices in three or...Read More
Recently, I’ve been getting a few inquiries about whether it’s legally ok to use a segment of a real story that has been posted on the Internet for one’s screenplay (script) and so I’ll go ahead and address life story rights for film in today’s entertainment attorney blog post. 🙂 Right off the bat, it’s important...Read More
I get inquiry after inquiry from filmmakers about what’s kosher to show on the camera, and what’s not; what needs permission from the appropriate rights holder or licensor and what doesn’t. And so, I thought, hmm … why don’t I just address those questions here, or at least the basics. (If you have more questions,...Read More
