Law and Business of the Entertainment Industries

In response to increasing convergence of technologies in the entertainment industries, this thoroughly updated and revised fourth edition in also carefully reorganized and conveniently reformatted. Moreover, this new easy to read single-column format makes the volume a more accessible resource for lawyers, students, and industry professionals. The fourth edition is divided into two parts--one dealing with general principles and the other dealing with specific entertainment and related industries--and over fifty new cases have been added. The case material covers recent changes in the entertainment business--among them innovations, consolidations, copyright issues, and globalization--and each is analyzed in detail. FREE semi-annual supplements are available.


About the Authors

DONALD E. BIEDERMAN is Professor of Law and Director of the National Institute of Entertainment & Media Law at Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles. MARTIN E. SILFEN is an entertainement attorney and Adjunct Professor of Law at William and Mary Law School. ROBERT C. BERRY is Professor of Law at Boston College Law School. He represents and consults widely in entertainment and sports law. EDWARD P. PIERSON is Executive Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs at Warner/Chappel Music, Inc., Los Angeles, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law. JEANNE A. GLASSER is the Vice President and General Counsel of Mona Lisa Sound, Inc. She is also an original member of iPath.com Attorney Network and Member of the New York Bar.



Hardcover: 864 pages

Praeger Publishers; 4th edition (May 30, 2001)