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KNOW THE VALUE OF YOUR SCREENPLAY

By November 13, 2014 Posted in Copyright

One of the challenges new screenwriters face is that they tend to have a poor understanding of what their script is worth on the market.  As a result, they either ending up selling their script for much less than they should, or else put such a high price on it, […]

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IF A PRODUCER GIVES ME NOTES ON MY SCRIPT, IS HE NOW A CO-AUTHOR?

By September 26, 2014 Posted in Copyright

Question of the Day: Larry, About six months ago I sent my screenplay to an independent producer.  He said he liked it, but that it wasn’t in good enough shape to submit to studios.  He gave me a bunch of notes on improving the script, things like adding characters, deleting […]

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SPEAKING AT COMIC-CON 2014

By July 12, 2014 Posted in Copyright

If you’re coming to Comic-Con 2014 (and I hope you are) I’ll be speaking at the Comic Book Law School panel on Hot Topics in the Law.  The panel is Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Room 30CDE.  Please come and say, “Hi,” if you see me. Here are the details: […]

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WHY ADAM CAROLLA DOES NOT NEED TO PUT GAFFER TAPE ON HIS NIKES.

By July 11, 2014 Posted in Copyright

I was listening to the Adam Carolla podcast this morning (as I do most mornings when walking my dogs) and Adam, as he is wont to do, began to rant. And this rant captured my attention because it had to do with legal issues and movies, two of my favorite […]

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