- "Entertainment law, also referred to as media law, is legal services provided to the entertainment industry."
Involves the study of legislation, regulation, and policy that govern the production, distribution, and consumption of media.
Overview of Media Law and Policy: Introduction to media regulation, historic and current legal and policy frameworks, and principles of media freedom and responsibility.
Constitutional Protections: Explanation of First Amendment, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech. Also includes legal cases that define and clarify these protections.
Defamation: The laws governing defamation in media communications. Includes categories of defamation, defenses against defamation claims, and sample cases.
Intellectual Property: Laws that regulate the protection of ideas and creative works, including trademark, copyright, and patent laws. Also covers fair use principles that permit limited use of copyrighted material.
Privacy: The laws and policies that protect citizens' privacy rights. Includes privacy laws, torts, and other legal protections.
Broadcast Regulation: The laws that govern broadcast media, including regulation of content, ownership, and licensing.
Internet and Social Media: Explanation of current laws, policy frameworks, and court precedents related to online media, including social media platforms.
Journalism Ethics: Principles and standards of journalistic conduct and ethics. Covers the importance of honesty, integrity, and impartiality in media communications.
- "These services in entertainment law overlap with intellectual property law."
- "Intellectual property has many moving parts that include trademarks, copyright, and the 'right of publicity'."
- "The practice of entertainment law often involves questions of employment law, contract law, torts, labor law, bankruptcy law, immigration, securities law, security interests, agency, right of privacy, defamation, advertising, criminal law, tax law, International law (especially private international law), and insurance law."
- "Much of the work of an entertainment law practice is transaction based, i.e., drafting contracts, negotiation and mediation."
- "Some situations may lead to litigation or arbitration."
- "These services in entertainment law overlap with intellectual property law."
- "Intellectual property has many moving parts that include trademarks, copyright, and the 'right of publicity'."
- "The practice of entertainment law often involves questions of employment law, contract law, torts, labor law, bankruptcy law, immigration, securities law, security interests, agency, right of privacy, defamation, advertising, criminal law, tax law, International law (especially private international law), and insurance law."
- "Much of the work of an entertainment law practice is transaction based, i.e., drafting contracts, negotiation and mediation."
- "Some situations may lead to litigation or arbitration."
- "Entertainment law, also referred to as media law, is legal services provided to the entertainment industry."
- "Intellectual property has many moving parts that include trademarks, copyright, and the 'right of publicity'."
- "The practice of entertainment law often involves questions of employment law, contract law, torts, labor law, bankruptcy law, immigration, securities law, security interests, agency, right of privacy, defamation, advertising, criminal law, tax law, International law (especially private international law), and insurance law."
- "Much of the work of an entertainment law practice is transaction based, i.e., drafting contracts, negotiation and mediation."
- "Some situations may lead to litigation or arbitration."
- "Entertainment law, also referred to as media law, is legal services provided to the entertainment industry."
- "Intellectual property has many moving parts that include trademarks, copyright, and the 'right of publicity'."
- "The practice of entertainment law often involves questions of employment law, contract law, torts, labor law, bankruptcy law, immigration, securities law, security interests, agency, right of privacy, defamation, advertising, criminal law, tax law, International law (especially private international law), and insurance law."
- "Much of the work of an entertainment law practice is transaction based, i.e., drafting contracts, negotiation and mediation."