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What is entertainment law? 

Entertainment law generally encompasses industries involving motion pictures, television, music, publishing, and theatre. These industries have special economic and business considerations that involve nearly every area of law including copyright, trademark, trade secret, rights of privacy and publicity, securities, tax, tort, corporate law, labor law, constitutional law, international law, and so forth. The law of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents each play a role in protecting creative rights.

The personal service agreement is a primary legal instrument in the entertainment industry. This agreement is negotiated between an artist and a company that manufactures, promotes, and distributes the artist's goods or services. The agreement often commits the artist to produce exclusively for one company for a certain period of time. Personal service agreements are often governed by statutes, and are often the subject of litigation because of the restrictions placed on the rights of artists to perform or create for other entities.

How are royalties earned and collected? 

A significant amount of income for entertainers can be acquired in the form of profits from a royalty agreement. The first step to a royalty agreement begins, for example, when a songwriter pens their original piece. From being produced in tangible form, the artist receives a copyright. The writer then may wish have their song exposed and published by a recording company. The songwriter will assign a copyright to a publisher who will market and promote the material. Those that wish to use the copyrighted material will then begin the process of establishing royalty agreements and be issued a license. The proceeds from the sales and use of the copyrighted material by anyone will then be required to pay royalties to the publisher which represents the writer selected.

Tips for Preparing California Entertainment Forms

  1. Don’t opt into any verbal entertainment agreements. Too frequently, people working in the entertainment business prefer oral deals. Despite the fact that kind of arrangement is legally binding, using it as your legal tool might cause pending disagreements over clauses that could be ignored during negotiations on terms.
  2. Make sure to control the preparation process. Even if you intend to review the California Entertainment Forms’s content carefully before you sign it, it’s preferable to make several revisions to get. Then, make the necessary changes to the stipulations along the way. In this way, you’ll minimize the legal issues that might occur in the future, be it a entertainment contract or arts agreement.
  3. Make sure that each signer of the document receives their fair share. You can do this by inviting a third-party auditing professional who can prepare an review document. For example, they can verify whether an performer receives the right amount of royalties coming from a film’s distribution. However, to avoid auditing, make sure you incorporate proper wording in the contract regarding all financial matters from the start. You can find all the required documents to seal the deal in the entertainment industry in the US Legal Forms online catalog, along with the information about how to prepare California Entertainment Forms as well as other papers.
  4. Determine clear terms regarding how to end the contract. Before preparing California Entertainment Forms, all parties in the contract must outline their requirements of how they would like to terminate it. If you work, for example, with a third-party agent, ensure they don’t have the right to extend the agreement on your behalf.