The Screenwriter’s Legal Guide
Product Description
This authoritative guide will help both fledgling and established writers to negotiate the best deal, protect their work, and get fair compensation for it. One of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood provides easy-to-understand, expert advice on all the legal issues involved in the business of screenwriting. He gives an enlightening explanation of the screenwriter’s position in the industry and then provides a thorough discussion of contracts, options, and working with agents and lawyers. This book shows screenwriters what to give up as a lost cause and what to hold out for.
• Includes current Writer’s Guild minimums and recent legal development
• “A book that should be in every screenwriter’s library.”–Syd Field, author of Selling a Screenplay
• This replaces 1-58115-021-0
The Screenwriter’s Legal Guide
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By NikiiBabie, October 23, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
Great book detailing the ins and outs of entertainment scriptwriting contracts and negotiations. Recommend this highly!
Rating: 5 / 5
By Hengky Tanoyo, October 24, 2009 @ 12:21 am
As a budding screenwriter, I find this book helpful in a way that I can enrich myself with the knowledge that otherwise has to be earned through hours of lawyer’s consulting fees. the
Rating: 4 / 5
By Anonymous, October 24, 2009 @ 1:46 am
How do you know if you’re getting a fair deal? How do you protect your original creation? And what does it mean when they tell you you’re going to get a share of “Net Profits?” This is an invaluable resource for screenwriters. Stephen Breimer is an entertainment lawyer who really knows his stuff. It’s great that he took the time to make this information available (for a lot less money than he’d charge for an hour of his time!). Screenwriters, don’t be taken! Check it out (or better, buy it!).
Rating: 5 / 5