fandomhigh | Lawyering Up, Week 5: Wed, Period 2 (2/6)

"Entertainment law," Nathan said as he passed that week's handouts around, "focuses on law as it applies to movies, television, music - if it entertains you, there's a lawyer involved somewhere in it. If said lawyer is lucky enough to be with the right performer or studio, there's a nice chunk of change to be made here. If that's the sort of thing you're into."

Nathan leaned against the front of his desk. "Entertainment Law is big news at the moment thanks to a little thing you may have heard of called the WGA strike. This is contract law at its most nitty-gritty, with both sides bringing out their biggest guns to try to get the best agreement.

"That's where you come in," Nathan said. "Pair up. One of you gets to represent the studios. The other the writers. Try to figure out a deal that both of you can live with so the strike can be brought to a close. Who knows? Come up with a good enough idea and maybe we'll send it on to Hollywood. Wouldn't be the first time a bunch of school kids were smarter than the networks."

[ooc: OCD ~~a-coming~~ is up!]

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"I believe we made that quite clear in our proposal," Ronan said. "0.6% of the residuals from DVD and other home video sales. A similar system of residuals from internet markets."

Hey, now, can't blame a girl for wanting everything be laid out and plain crystal clear to know that they were all for sure on the same page here, right? "I agree with the 0.6% is completely acceptable," because, really, she did. What the heck was up with the prudish entertainment people? If she were in the writer's camp, she'd totally feel entitled to more, and if she were in the other camp, she'd be willing to give it. She sighed slightly, shaking her head at the system, which more and more she realized just direly needed her. "Internet markets can be a little trickier, though. You wanna talk about the changing frontiers, well..." Her eyes widened, and she gave an affected little grunt.

"My point," Ronan said, "our point, is that it was that same hesitation to commit over the idea of the 'unproven market' that left the Writer's Guild saddled with an unfair policy over residuals from home video releases. What we're saying is that we don't want to see the same thing happen again."

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