For the entertainment industry I like to believe
that the stickiest area in the business is entertainment law. We so often see
people neglect that they are in a business and outright show no respect to all
the legal matters that allows the business of entertainment to function.
In the course of enlightening myself on current issues in entertainment
law I found that there is a wealth of information out there. I also realized
that sometimes just listening to experts your able to understand that legal
mumbo jumbo just a little better than beating yourself over the head with a
book.
I found a couple podcast in which I was able to take away a plethora of
information that I would like to share with you. In my research I found this
common denominator that not only linked to different aspects of law but be a
link to half of America. What’s that? “Social Media”
Within the podcast there was a range of topics from copyright infringement, royalties, IP Law, criminal law, and much more. For me it was mind blowing to
see how a lot of these topics stemmed from social media with cases deriving
from use of social media, digital download, to those well-known YouTube videos.
In the Lawyer to Lawyer podcast it was so overwhelming to see how
research and statistics has began to prove that social media is not only a
cause of legal issues like we see in entertainment law but how now social media
has become the solution to solve cases.
Drawing your attention back to Entertainment Law social media has become
the driving force behind fan generation, music & art distribution, among
other things. What has me curious is to see how social media overtime could
become the solution for a lot of entertainment legal cases. We’ve seen over the
past couple of year with the rise of social media how vocal celebrities have
become and wiling to share information.
At this point as aspiring entertainment lawyer it has me wondering what’s
the future of litigation and for the entertainment industry are some of our
most valuable tools also our biggest nightmare.
For more info here are links to the podcast:
Podcast 1: Episode 32- Lawyers, Libel, Logos and Lollipops
Podcast 2: Liability After Facebooks’s IPO
Podcast 3: Torts Law Center Podcast
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