• Class number: 2065
• Term: Summer 2013
• Instructor:
  • Dennis Greene

This course explores some of the legal, business and policy issues which lawyers encounter in the music, film, television, and sports industries. Topics include, but are not limited to, intellectual property issues in the entertainment industry; conflict of interest and other legal ethics issues; contractual rights and relations among entertainment industry workers, including agency and management agreements; analysis of the economic structure of the entertainment industry; film and television financing, production and distribution arrangements and agreements; a survey of the unions and guilds having jurisdiction over personnel in the entertainment industry, including the Writers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, American Federation of Musicians, and Actors' Equity. Students will participate in a simulated negotiation relating to the entertainment industry.

Course Schedule

• Date: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:00-9:00PM
• Location: Chase 210

Course Information

• Catalog number-Section number: 7870-15
• Course Type: Lecture
• Prerequisites: None
• Credits (min/max): 3/3
• Subjects:
  • Business
  • Intellectual Property

Enrollment

• Enrollment status: Open
• Current enrollment/capacity: 14/70
• Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
• Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/0

Grading

• Grade basis: Student option
• Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
• Exam type: PROCTORED (2013-08-05T18:00:00)