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No media producer wants to be sued! - - Clearing rights means keeping your media production free of any material likely to spark legal action. Yet, knowing which materials may permissibly be used in a production is a constant challenge to producers of books, art, music, film, websites, and all other media. The Permission Seeker’s Guide Through the Legal Jungle explains how to spot clearance problems in your media production and provides detailed guidance for seeking permission and clearing rights to use quotes, music, artwork, names, film clips, and many other protected materials.
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Every media producer eventually faces questions concerning the permissible use of other people’s material. The material might be a quote, real-life event, image, celebrity name, or other material protected by copyright or similar laws. These are rights clearance issues and no media producer – whether his/her title be writer, filmmaker, musician, visual artist, website developer, or creative guru - is immune from them.
The Permission Seekers Guide Through the Legal Jungle could soon become the “Bible" of the rights clearance community. The author is Joy R. Butler, a Harvard-educated entertainment attorney who regularly assists producer-clients with rights clearance issues.
In a formal yet welcoming writing style, Butler outlines a comprehensive plan for producers to keep their productions free of any material likely to spark a lawsuit. Each chapter of the 408-page reference book is broken up into digestible segments. The reader can use it encyclopedia style for a quick answer to an immediate question. Alternatively, producers can read it cover to cover for a more complete overview of the rights clearance landscape.
For media producers who don’t know what questions to ask, the detailed table of contents and full index will get them thinking of what rights issues they may confront. An initial checklist highlights common issues and then points the reader to specific chapters and sections for additional information.
The book summarizes relevant rights clearance laws including copyright, trademark, privacy, and defamation and uses numerous illustrative examples from real-life cases. Throughout the book, there are practical guidelines and tips for the permissible and affordable incorporation of other people’s stuff into your productions. A fifty-page appendix includes sample licensing fees, useful organizations, and model license and permission forms.
The book’s inviting cover emphasizes the challenge of clearing rights. If you look at the cover closely, you can detect the hypnotic eyes of a tiger staring at you through a canvass of earth-tone colors. It reminds us that rights clearance can be a jungle with hidden dangers for the unprepared. But as Butler’s title promises, this book will guide you through that jungle.
The Permission Seeker’s Guide Through the Legal Jungle includes six parts, an appendix, and a full index.
The author, Joy R. Butler, is an entertainment and business attorney who regularly helps media and entertainment companies clear rights. She is an active participant in discussions about entertainment and media. Publications that have quoted Ms. Butler on entertainment law issues include the New York Times, Washington Lawyer, The Motley Fool, Independent Film & Video Monthly, and the Orlando Sentinel. Ms. Butler is also the author of The Musician’s Guide Through the Legal Jungle. Ms. Butler is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
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