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This is an invaluable collection of sample entertainment contracts accompanied by legalese-free discussions of their key concepts and terms. The 3rd Edition of this popular handbook is revised and expanded (adding 18 new contracts) making it the ultimate entertainment-law guide for all independent filmmakers, who, armed with it, can save themselves thousands of dollars in legal fees. Contracts for the Film and Television Industry contains 80 contracts covering: Basic provisions of entertainment contracts; Depiction and copyright releases; Literary submissions and sales; Artist employment; Collaborations; Music; Financing; Production; Distribution and exhibition; Merchandising; Retainers; and much more, including a glossary of relevant terms.

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Mark Litwak, a veteran entertainment attorney with offices in Beverly Hills, California, has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer three times by Super Lawyers magazine and rating service. He represents filmmakers, producers, directors, writers, production companies, television networks, and new media companies and also works as an arbitrator, expert witness, and producers representative, assisting filmmakers in the marketing and distribution of their films. Litwak is the author of six books, including Dealmaking in the Film and Television Industry and Reel Power: The Struggle for Influence and Success in the New Hollywood. A professor of entertainment and copyright law, Litwak has taught at UCLA, Loyola Law School, and other universities and lectured on entertainment and copyright law for the American Bar Association, California and Texas Bar Associations, the American Film Institute, Harvard University, the University of Southern California, the Toronto Film Festival, and the Royal College of Art in London. As an authority on the movie industry, Litwak has often appeared on national television and radio shows.

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