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		<title>Why did SAG and AFTRA merge?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akua Boyenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Federation of Radio and Television Artists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a huge turnout, over 80% of the voters from SAG and AFTRA chose merger, when in 1999 and 2003 they couldn’t get 60%. So what changed? Why now? And what does it mean to you? Clearly the two unions are stronger and more unified when combined. The New York Times described the merger as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Online Era</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akua Boyenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Best Buy’s CinemaNow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent deals indicate movies on the Internet are ready to become a gold mine for film producers. For years, it seemed like Netflix and iTunes were the only providers of online movies; and unfortunately, they did not pay producers a lot of money. But suddenly new Web-based services are appearing everywhere and are aggressively buying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hybrid Deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akua Boyenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[day and date releases]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[independent film's distribution deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Spacey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sundance Film Festival starts this week and the hot topic is &#8220;hybrid deals&#8221; &#8211; making a deal to open your film in theaters and on VOD the same day. Everyone wants to repeat the recent success of &#8220;Margin Call&#8221; (starring Kevin Spacey) which was made for $3.4 million, opened “day and date” taking in $5.3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiating Music for Films</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akua Boyenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally, there are two ways to obtain music for a film. The first way is to hire someone (i.e. composer) to create music specifically for your film. The second way is to use pre-existing music (i.e. music not created for the film). The scope of this article is limited to the very basic issues affiliated with using pre-existing music in film.
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		<title>The New Music Business Model: The 360 Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akua Boyenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CD sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digiatlage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet piracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the onslaught of the digital age and internet piracy, the traditional economic structures of the music industry have changed dramatically. As a result, CD sales have been plummeting for several years and major record companies have been forced to create new business models in order to increase financial profits.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Protect Your Ideas, Treatments and Screenplays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akua Boyenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers and Producers are always concerned that their work (i.e. ideas, treatments, and screenplays) will be stolen. Unfortunately, whenever you convey your idea to someone, there is really no one way to protect it. However, there are specific steps that you can take to increase legal control of your work.]]></description>
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