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...
NEGOTIATION - NZ TECHO SPRING 2016 ISSUE 70
Given that a significant portion of many lawyers’ time is spent in some form of negotiation – with other lawyers, Judges, or in...
CONTRACTS IN PLAIN ENGLISH - NZ TECHO WINTER 2016 ISSUE 69
As with the careers of many people, I didn’t start off in my line of work doing what I do now – providing “transactional” advise to...
TRANSMEDIA, SUMMITS AND SYMPOSIUMS
The second half of 2014 was notable for a number of interesting conferences focused on the entertainment industries. This is a tribute to...
BACK TO THE FUTURE
A decade ago, Chris Anderson, then editor of Wired Magazine, and a former journalist at the Economist, published “The Long Tail: Why the...