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Item is good for 27 routes, rollover orange dots above to see which ones! LAW 297 Entertainment Law Law School Recommended for route(s): [ Litigation ] Business Law: Media, Entertainment, Sports Why it is relevant for ... [ Litigation ] as a Foundational Course : Students interested in an entertainment law practice need a solid understanding of the entertainment industry. This course studies the entertainment industry from both a macro level (by looking at the organization of the motion picture, TV and music business) and a micro level (by examining the principal provisions in industry contracts). General course Description: Entertainment law is not, in and of itself, a separate legal discipline. Instead, the practice of entertainment law lies at the intersection of various traditional legal disciplines, such as contract, tort, copyright, trademark, antitrust, secured transactions, etc., and applies those disciplines to a unique business setting. This course is intended to approach the study of entertainment law from a practical perspective, applying the principles of traditional legal disciplines to avoid problems and find solutions in various facets of the entertainment industry. To accomplish the necessary background, it studies the entertainment industry from both a macro level (i.e., the organization of the motion picture, television and music business, including the function of studios, producers, networks, record companies, agencies, managers, lawyers and labor unions) and a micro level (i.e., examining actual agreements in order to understand the principal components of motion picture talent, production and distribution contracts, television series contracts, music and book publishing contracts). The course also examines key litigation issues that affect the industry, such as the interaction of the First Amendment and the right of publicity, the right of privacy and libel, the anti-SLAPP laws, the "final cut" and profit participation cases. The impact of the digital media (including the internet) are, of course, analyzed, along with the future of the entertainment industry, including convergence, holograms, syntho-thespians and the like. The class includes guest speakers from the entertainment industry to embody both business and legal considerations. The overall goals of this course are (1) to expose students to the unique and increasingly complex structure of the entertainment business; (2) to foster an understanding of the role the law and entertainment lawyers play in that unique business structure; (3) to strengthen students' ability to draft key documents and craft persuasive legal arguments to accomplish the goals they may seek to achieve as lawyers in the entertainment industry; and (4) to develop the analytical and problem-solving skills necessary to make them into effective entertainment lawyers. Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law |