| General Articles by Mark Litwak...
Filmmaker's Bill of Rights
Purchasing Life Story Rights
Breaking Into Show Biz
Contract Law as A Remedy for Story Theft
Glossary of Industry Terms
Movie Merchandising
Protecting Film Investors
Internet Distribution - The Promise and the Pitfalls
Copyright Registration of Scripts & Films
Obtaining Music for a Motion Picture Soundtrack
Financing Motion Pictures
Protecting Your Stories
Documentary Filmmakers Adopt Position on Fair Use
Film Articles by Mark Litwak...
Dealmaking Tips for Film and Television:
The Acquisition/Distribution Agreement
The Film Distribution Deal:
Tactics and Strategy
International Co-Production Checklist
Self-Defense for Filmmakers
Distribution and the Indie Filmmaker
Script Annotation Guide
Optioning Literary Material
Multimedia Articles By Mark Litwak...
Negotiating the Electronic Publishing Agreement
Publishing Agreement Checklist
Copyright Registration of Multimedia Works
Copyright Notice for Multimedia Works
Legal Roadmap for Multimedia Productions
Published Articles by Mark Litwak
When Changing Names is Not Enough (91k PDF File)
Focus In (September 2005)
Implications of the Grokster Ruling (92k PDF File)
Focus In (August 2005)
Organizing Your Company (51k PDF File)
Focus In (July 2005)
Financing Independent Films (51k PDF File)
Focus In (June 2005)
Soft Money in Hard Time (284k PDF File)
Moviemaker Magazine (Winter 2004)
The Brave New World of Production Incentives (942kb PDF File)
Focus In (October 2004)
Filmmaker Self Defense Checklist (903kb PDF File)
Focus In (July 2004)
How Distributors Evaluate Films (1,950kb PDF File)
Focus In (June 2004)
Runaway Home (1.5mb PDF File)
Los Angeles Lawyer (May 2004)
Protecting Your Stories (200k PDF File)
Focus In (May 2004)
The Hollywood Shuffle: Protecting Film Investors (176k PDF File)
Vanderbilt Law Journal, Vol. 2, Number 1 (Winter 2000)
Self Defense for Screenwriters
The Independent (March 2002)
Minimizing the Risk for Motion Picture Investors
Los Angeles County Bar Association (April 2001)
Internet Distribution: The Promise and the Pitfalls
Imagine 2000 (July 2000)
Internet Distribution: How To Protect Your Internet Rights
MovieMaker (February 2000)
Tactics and Strategy in Negotiating the Independent Distribution Agreement: Part 1
Entertainment And Sports Lawyers, Vol. 16, Number 4 (Winter 1999)
How to Think Like an Investor
MovieMaker (December 1999)
Investor Advice For Choosing Indie Films
Entertainment Law & Finance (June 1999)
Terms of Engagement: The Scope of Employment in Multimedia
Los Angeles County Bar Association (April 1997)
Tactics in the Distribution Deal
MovieMaker (March/April 1996)
Rights Minded: Negotiating Multimedia Program Agreements
Los Angeles Daily Journal (January 19, 1996)
Negotiating Electronic Publishing Agreements
The Multimedia Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 1 (November 1995)
Filmmaker’s Guide to Negotiating the Distribution Deal, Part One
Drama-Logue (June 1995)
Licensing Content for Multimedia Applications
IMA Interactive Multimedia News (November/December 1994)
Getting the Goods for Multimedia
The Independent (August/September 1994).
Potholes on the Information Superhighway: A Road Map to Legal Issues in Multimedia Productions
New Matter (1994)
Let’s Make A Deal, The Acquisition/Distribution Agreement
The Independent (October 1993)
Lessons in Self-Defense: Distribution Contract and Arbitration Clauses
The Independent (July 1993)
Chasing Money: How to Attract Capital to Your Movie By Thinking Like an Investor
Drama Beat Newspaper
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