The creative industries require innovate solutions. As traditional entertainment providers face an ever changing marketplace, technologies have added a new dimension to content and their relationship with consumers. Our specialists offer a complete legal service to those working in the entertainment industry.
Our Clients
- Newspaper and Magazine Publishers
- Online Publishers of Consumer based products
- Games Developers and Publishers
- Record Labels
- Music Publishers
- TV and Film Production Companies
- Concert Promoters and Festival Organisers
- Advertising Companies
- Theatres
- Live Music Venues
- Management and Agency Companies
- Tour Companies
- Songwriters
- Animators
- Screenwriters/Illustrators
Work Types
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Music:-
- Copyright Clearances, including PRS and MCPS Licensing
- Licensing Deals
- Recording Agreements
- Publishing Agreements
- Band Agreements
- Management Contracts
- Merchandise Arrangements
- Tour Arrangements
- Promotor and Venue Arrangements
- Consumer Ticket issues for live events
- Compliance and regulatory issues for live events
- Broadcast Arrangements
- Use of corporate vehicles for alternative structured recording, artist and publishing arrangements
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Publishing:-
- Production and Distributor Arrangements
- Rights Clearance
- Advertisement Agency Arrangements
- Defamation and Reputation Management
- Compliance with Advertising Codes and Media Regulatory Bodies
- Digitisation of Content
- Data Protection and Privacy
- Rights Syndication
- Sub-licensing Management
- Title Acquisitions/Disposals
- Consumer Issues
- Editorial Control and Managing Content
- Advertiser Funded Publishing
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Games:-
- Development Agreements
- Publishing Agreements
- Rights Clearances
- Licensing Arrangements
- Brand Protection
- Regulatory and Consumer Advice
- Online and User Generated Gaming Issues
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Film & TV:-
- Option Agreements
- Development Agreements
- Production and Distribution
- Broadcast Agreements
- Rights Clearances
- Advertising Arrangements
- Commissioning Agreements
- Distribution Agreements
- Merchandising
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Recent Deals:-
- Advising an online publisher on the negotiation of a first of its kind project involving the digitisation of historical archives to be made available to the consumer market using innovative online products.
- Having done so for many years, we continue to look after all legal aspects of the T in the Park Music Festival including sponsorship, branding, rights clearances, broadcast arrangements as well as issues relating to infringement and counterfeit tickets.
- Contracts relating to the recording of a major Scottish release album sales of which went platinum.
- Advising a major newspaper and magazine publishing group on various issues arising from making its products available digitally.
- Advising a TV production company on contractual issues surrounding a deal to produce and distribute a new children's television programme.
- Collaboration & intellectual property agreement between an academic institution and the BBC to bring together games developers for the design and development of new interactive technologies.
- Sponsorship Agreements, Supporter's Agreements and Team Participant Agreements for a UK Digital Games Competition.
- Advising the first games company in the UK to have a game launched on the iphone.
