Hollywood and the Law /

Since the earliest days of cinema the law has influenced the conditions in which Hollywood films are made, sold, circulated or presented - from the talent contracts that enable a film to go into production, to the copyright laws that govern its distribution and the censorship laws that may block exh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: McDonald, Paul (Editor), Carman, Emily (Editor), Hoyt, Eric (Editor), Drake, Philip (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
Motion picture industry > Law and legislation > United States.
Motion pictures > Law and legislation > United States.
Entertainment & media law.
Film theory & criticism.
Film & Video/History & Criticism.
Entertainment.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion picture industry > Law and legislation.
Motion pictures > Law and legislation.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on ContrIbutors; INTRODUCTION ON THE LEGAL LIVES OF HOLLYWOOD; PART 1 OWNERSHIP AND INFRINGEMENT; 1 ONE LAW TO RULE THEM ALL COPYRIGHT GOES HOLLYWOOD; 2 THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF TRADEMARK LAW IN TINSELTOWN; 3 PIRACY AND THE SHADOW HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD; PART 2 COMPETITION AND CIRCULATION; 4 THE PRESERVATION OF COMPETITION; 5 CONTROLLING CONTENT GOVERNMENTAL CENSORSHIP, THE PRODUCTION CODE AND THE RATINGS SYSTEM; 6 HOLLYWOOD EMBASSIES, LABOUR AND INVESTMENT LAWS AND GLOBAL CINEMA EXHIBITION; PART 3 NEGOTIATION AND LABOUR; 7 ASSET OR LIABILITY?
  • 8 DOING THE DEAL9 WILL WORK FOR SCREEN CREDIT; INDEX.

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