The biz : the basic business, legal and financial aspects of the film industry in a digital world / Schuyler M. Moore.

"Revised and updated to reflect the latest case law, this 6th edition of The Biz incorporates much new material, including new chapters on securities laws, artificial intelligence (including copyright and guild concerns), defamation, and union strikes, and new sections on non-fungible tokens, v...

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Main Author: Moore, Schuyler M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, [2023]
Edition:6th edition, expanded and updated.
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Table of Contents:
  • Jargon translation guide
  • The basics
  • Sources of financing
  • Entities
  • Securities laws
  • The budget
  • Guilds
  • Loans and security interests
  • Completion guarantees
  • Distribution agreements
  • Video on demand
  • Virtual reality and the metaverse
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Four ways to calculate net profits (depending on who's asking)
  • GAAP accounting principles for film companies
  • Contingent payments to talent and licensors
  • Law of ideas
  • Copyright
  • Right of publicity
  • Defamation
  • Trademark
  • Credits
  • Talent
  • Litigation
  • Bankruptcy
  • Taxation
  • Union strike.