Legal Entertainment Resources:General Resources: Entertainment Law Articles & News Letters

• FindLaw Library Thousands of legal documents online with information on hundreds of subjects.

• BackStage Pass/All Access Entertainment Law & Finance news.
• The Basic Art of Negotiation by Howard M. Frumes. Suggestions, tips, and tricks for making negotiation smooth and successful.
• Contract and Intellectual Property Law, Raymond Nimmer [Draft] Published in Berkeley Technology Law Journal, volume 13, no. 3, Fall 1998. A research article on the interaction of contract and intellectual property law.
• The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer Published quarterly by the Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries of the American Bar Association.
• Entertainment Industry On-line Information about all aspects of the entertainment industry available based on subscription agreements. (There is a fee for this service).
• Entertainment Law Insider's Tips Message board hosted by Mark Litwak, esq.
• Entertainment Law Update From the Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark, an online newsletter for professionals in the film, television, music, theater and book publishing field(s).
• Entertainment Technology Online Publications for entertainment professionals.
• E-Wrongs About E-Rights Electronic Publishing: Fiction and Fact. Prepared by the ASJA Contracts Committee. Provides information about rights in electronic publishing and myths attached to it.
• Fall protection for the entertainment industry under the OSH Act of 1970 by Raymond E. Donnelly. Letter concerning application of OSHA to construction and entertainment industry.
• Interactive Media Weekly Recap By Catherine Kirkman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Weekly newsletter about legal issues in media. 1995 issues available for download or can receive via email.
• Legal Ease: "The Power of the Spoken Word" by Dinah Perez. Information on enforcing oral contracts.
• Legal Insights for Entertainment and Multimedia A periodic newsletter about entertainment legal issues, published by Mark Litwak, Attorney at Law.
• Media Central Industry news for media professionals.
• Multimedia Entertainment On-Line News Published by Idell, Berman & Seitel, San Francisco, California. Hollywood industry news, including recent court cases and legal issues.
• Potential Pitfalls in Multimedia Product Development: Clearing the Necessary Content Rights By Paul Norris and Mark Bolender. How to ensure that all content in a multimedia product is used without infringing copyrights.
• Sample Legal Agreements A collection of sample documents posted on SurfView courtesy of John W. Cones.