DEFINITION

• Entertainment, Sports, & Leisure Law covers such areas as visual entertainment (motion pictures, television, cable and radio), performing arts (theater, music and personal appearances), media (new technologies, visual arts and publishing), and sports (professional and amateur).

• Included under these rather broad categories are the type of services or legal assistance that attorneys provide to entertainment professionals such as contract negotiation, agent representation, labor law, merchandising and licensing.

• Because so many areas of law are covered under the umbrella of Entertainment Law, either federal or state law might apply, depending on the issue.

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RELATED PRACTICE AREAS

Business & Commercial Law
Contract Law
Intellectual Property Law
Employment Law -- Employee

BUZZWORDS

Agent - One who is authorized to act for or in place of another; a representative.

Contract - An agreement between two or more parties creating obligations that are enforceable or otherwise recognizable by law.

Copyright - A property right in an original work in any tangible medium of expression (musical, literary or artistic). The holder has an exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform and display the work (usually 50 years). Governed under the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 USCA Sec. 101).

Licensing - The sale of a license permitting the use of patents, trademarks, or other technology to another.