CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF
“Clearance is an entertainment business term of art. Clearance relates to the analysis and activities necessary to ensure that a project...
THE SUN IS SETTING ON THE 'HOBBIT LAW': A WORD TO CONTRACTORS & PRODUCERS IN THE SCREEN INDUSTRY
If you work in the Aotearoa screen sector, this should be on your radar. We’re about to see some changes to the traditional arrangements...
ED SHEERAN - MAGPIE, SQUIRREL, OR MUSICAL GENIUS: A CURIOUS CASE OF MUSIC COPYRIGHT
In recent weeks, in proceedings at times resembling a kind of bizarre daytime TV courtroom musical dramedy, Ed Sheeran has been variously...
LIFE BELOW THE LINE - THE SEQUEL - NZ TECHO SUMMER 2018 ISSUE 72
In the Winter 2017 edition of NZTecho, I commented on the “Hollywood Model” as an approach to managing short term projects utilising the...
FUTURE LIFE BELOW THE LINE - NZ TECHO WINTER 2017 ISSUE 72
In a May 2015 New York Times article intriguingly entitled “What Hollywood can teach Us About the Future of Work” writer Adam Davidson...
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION - NZ TECHO SUMMER 2017 ISSUE 71
Most of you will have come across a clause in an independent contractor agreement under this heading, which includes words along the...