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We assist clients with negotiating and drafting a variety of agreements that address media and publishing issues, including agreements with agents, publishers, networks, and cable broadcasters.  Our lawyers represent authors and other creators with respect to publishing and usage rights for their books, cutting-edge software, video and game creations, and other creative work product.  We also represent purchasers and vendors of multimedia services and have expertise in First Amendment, defamation, and privacy disputes. 

Our work with respect to broadcast activities takes many forms, from negotiating exclusive event and content agreements with major networks, to securing the necessary rights from actors appearing in our clients’ television commercials, to protecting the right to publish and distribute content in various formats over the internet.  Our lawyers are experienced in identifying and helping our clients acquire all of the media rights necessary to implement creative advertising and marketing campaigns, and we provide such services to a number of Fortune 500 companies.

Authors, especially those new to the publishing world, frequently have questions about protection of their manuscript, fair royalty rates, electronic publishing, and the meaning of the many subsidiary rights that publishers typically seek to control, among other matters.  Our attorneys help large institutional and commercial clients, as well as individual authors, in taking a literary work from the concept stage through printing and distribution.  When possible, our lawyers may assist clients in finding appropriate agents and marketing consultants.  When publishing agreements are negotiated, our experienced lawyers strive to produce agreements that maximize the future potential of the creative work, while reserving the proper level of control for the author.