Clearance & Copyright

Basic Information

Title

Clearance & Copyright

Subtitle

Everything the Independent Filmmaker Needs to Know

Parallel Title

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Country

국외

Production Date

1996-**-**

Language

영어

Size (mm)

177 x 230

Pages

276쪽

ISBN/ISSN

1879505304

Edition

1st Edition

Master Files

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Producer

Michael C. Donaldson (저자), Silman James Press (발행처)

Description

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Contents

Contents

INTRODUCTION = xv ACKNOWLEGMENTS = xvii PART Ⅰ. GATHERING THE RIGHTS = 1 1. COPYRIGHT AND IDEAS = 3 WHAT IS COPYRIGHT? = 3 The Bad News = 4 The Good News = 4 Non-Disclosure Agreements = 7 PROTECT YOURSELF = 8 When Copyright Protection Starts = 9 Writers Guild Registration = 10 Self-Mailing = 10 The Ultimate Idea Protection: Hide Your Candle Under a Bush = 11 2. ACQUIRING THE RIGHTS TO SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEA = 12 WHAT RIGHTS TO ACQUIRE = 12 CHARACTER(S) = 16 WHOM TO CONTACT = 18 Books = 19 Plays = 20 Magazine Articles and Stories = 22 Songs = 23 Comic Books = 24 Old Movies = 25 OPTION AND PURCHASE = 26 3. PUBLIC DOMAIN = 28 WHAT IS PUBLIC DOMAIN? = 28 FACTS AND EVENTS = 31 The Amy Fisher Story = 32 Sensational Criminal Stories = 33 OLD PROPERTIES = 35 RECAPTURE = 36 BEWARE OF SHORTCUTS = 37 3.01. Annotation Guide for Scripts Based on Fact = 39 4. PERSONAL RIGHTS = 40 RIGHTS OF PEOPLE = 40 Right of Privacy = 41 Right of Publicity = 42 SOUNDALIKES AND LOOKALIKES = 43 DEFAMATION: LIBEL AND SLANDER = 44 False Light = 44 Defenses to Defamation and False Light = 45 THE RELEASE = 46 4.01. Life Story Rights Agreement = 48 PART Ⅱ. CONTRACTING WITH THE WRITER = 55 5. WORK FOR HIRE: HIRING A SCRIPTWRITER = 57 CHOOSING A WRITER = 57 WHAT IS WORK FOR HIRE? = 58 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR = 60 WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA (WGA) = 62 THE WORK FOR HIRE AGREEMENT = 63 COLLABORATION = 64 5.01 Writer Agreement - Work for Hire = 65 Exhibit A: Credit Determination = 73 Exhibit B: Certificate of Authorship = 76 5.02. Collaboration Agreement = 77 6. BUYING SOMEONE ELSE'S COMPLETED SCRIPT = 80 SPEC SCRIPTS = 80 PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST UNSOLICITED SCRIPTS = 83 6.01. Option and Purchase Agreement = 85 Exhibit A: Assignment (Short Form) = 94 6.02. Submission Agreement = 95 7. PROVISIONS COMMON TO MOST AGREEMENTS = 97 CONTRACTS AND NEGOTIATION = 97 Offers and Counteroffers = 98 Written vs. Oral = 98 The Structure of a Contract = 99 International = 101 BOILERPLATE = 101 7.01. Boilerplate Provisions = 103 PART Ⅲ. DEVELOPMENT AND PREPRODUCTION = 109 8. REGISTERING COPYRIGHT OF THE SCRIPT = 111 WHY REGISTER YOUR SCRIPT? = 111 INSTRUCTIONS TO FILL OUT COPYRIGHT FORMS = 113 Overview = 113 Step-by-Step Guide = 114 Fees = 121 The Deposit Requirement = 121 8.01. Form PA for a Script = 122 8.02. Continuation Sheet = 124 8.03. Script Registration Cover Letter = 126 9. CHAIN OF TITLE = 127 WHAT IS CHAIN OF TITLE? = 127 RECORDING CHAIN OF TITLE DOCUMENTS = 133 DOCUMENT COVER SHEET = 133 9.01. Document Cover Sheet = 137 10. OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE RIGHTS IN YOUR FILM = 138 INVESTORS = 138 THE DIRECTOR = 141 ACTORS = 143 COMPOSER = 143 CREW = 144 NAME AND LIKENESS = 145 11. TITLE CLEARANCE = 146 TITLE REPORT = 146 MPAA TITLE REGISTRATION = 148 11.01. Title Report = 151 11.02. Opinion Letter = 154 12. E&O INSURANCE = 155 BUYING E&O = 156 TIPS ON FILLING OUT YOUR E&O APPLICATION = 158 12.01. E&O Insurance Form = 161 PART Ⅳ. PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND POST PRODUCTION = 169 Rules to Live by on the Set = 177 13. ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CAMERA SEES = 173 CLEARANCE = 173 FAIR USE = 174 PARODY, SATIRE, HUMOR = 176 POSTERS, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, AND MAGAZINE COVERS = 176 Knock-offs = 181 TRADEMARKS = 183 PRODUCT PLACEMENT = 185 DISTINCTIVE LOCATIONS = 186 SCRIPT CLEARANCE = 188 13.01. Individual Release = 190 13.02. Location Agreement = 191 13.03. Excerpts from a Script Clearance Report = 193 14. HIRING A COMPOSER TO WRITE ORIGINAL MUSIC = 197 A WORTHWHILE SEARCH = 198 THE PACKAGE DEAL = 199 14.01. Composer Agreement or Music Package Agreement = 200 15. CLEARING ALL THE MUSIC IN YOUR FILM = 203 CLEARING PRE-EXISTING MUSIC = 203 Public Performing Rights = 208 Reproduction Rights = 208 Out-of-Context Rights = 209 Adaptation Rights = 209 Other Deal Points = 209 CLEARING THE USE OF A SPECIFIC RECORDING = 211 MUSIC CLEARANCE HELP = 214 DOES FAIR USE AVOID THE NEED TO CLEAR? = 216 15.01. Synchronization and Performance Rights Agreement = 217 15.02. Motion Picture Master Use License = 220 16. PARODY = 222 A TRUE PARODY DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CLEARED = 223 WHAT PARODY IS NOT = 225 PARODY IN A FILM SCORE = 226 17. CLEARING FILM CLIPS = 227 FAIR USE REVISITED = 227 CLEARING CLIPS WITHOUT ACTORS OR MUSIC-STOCK FOOTAGE = 228 WRITERS AND DIRECTORS = 230 CLIPS WITH ACTORS = 230 CLIPS WITH MUSIC = 232 17.01. Film Clip Release = 233 17.02. Personal Release = 235 PART Ⅴ. YOUR FILM IS COMPLETE = 237 18. REGISTERING COPYRIGHT FOR YOUR COMPLETED FILM = 239 FORM OF NOTICE FOR MOTION PICTURES = 239 APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION OF YOUR COMPLETED FILM = 240 FILLING OUT FORM PA FOR YOUR COMPLETED FILM = 241 DEPOSITING YOUR COMPLETED FILM WITH THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE = 244 EXCEPTIONS TO THE NORMAL DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FILM = 245 Mailing = 246 SPEEDING UP THINGS AT THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE = 246 18.01. Request for Special Handling = 248 18.02. Sample Registration Cover Letter = 249 19. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT = 250 WHAT IS INFRINGEMENT? = 251 WHAT IF THE COPYRIGHT TO YOUR FILM IS INFRINGED? = 257 20. LEGAL REFERRAL SERVICES = 259 Appendix A: GLOSSARY = 265 Appendix B: TABLE OF FORMS = 274 Appendix C: TABLE OF CASES = 275

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