New/Digital Media

The firm’s 40 plus years of experience in the entertainment industry has placed us at the forefront of the development, licensing and exploitation of content in digital media. Our experience in all areas of entertainment helps us guide clients across the full legal and business landscape of digital content and helps our clients make the most of their opportunities.

Representing both content owners and technical innovators across a wide variety of platforms and business models, we advise clients about :

• licensing rights in creative content for use on the web and other digital platforms, such as mobile devices
• creating sites that feature user-generated content
• engaging writers, artists, web-producers and other creative people for innovative projects
• producing webisodes
• making the most of fair use
• complying with privacy and publicity rights of individuals and celebrities
• the legality of proposed business models
• complying with laws and regulations pertaining to internet projects such as the DMCA and laws about private information
• negotiating music catalog licenses and internet streaming and downloading transactions
• creating and updating terms of use and privacy policies.

Clients range from multinational corporations to early stage venture companies that offer news, music, satire, commentary, children’s programming, and other forms of information and entertainment.

See also:
Book Publishing | Copyright | Licensing | Merchandising & Celebrity Endorsements | Motion Pictures | Music | Privacy & Publicity Rights