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New Hampshire Entertainment FAQ

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 New Hampshire Entertainment Forms

  1. Don’t enter into any oral entertainment agreements. Too frequently, people involved in the entertainment business rely on verbal deals. Even though this type of arrangement is legally binding, using it as your legal tool might cause pending disputes because of provisions that could be ignored during negotiations.
  2. Ensure that you control the preparation process. Even though you are planning to go through the New Hampshire Entertainment Forms’s draft carefully prior to signing it, it’s advisable to make several revisions to be on the safe side. After that, make the necessary adjustments to the stipulations along the way. By doing this, you’ll minimize the legal issues that might happen in the future, be it a performance contract or arts agreement.
  3. Ensure that each party of the document gains their fair share. You can do this by inviting a third-party auditing expert who can create an review document. For example, they can check whether an musician receives the proper amount of royalties from the film’s broadcasting. However, to avoid auditing, make sure you add proper wording in the contract concerning all financial matters from the outset. You can find all the required documents to close the deal in the entertainment industry in the US Legal Forms online catalog, bundled with information on how to prepare New Hampshire Entertainment Forms and other papers.
  4. Determine specific conditions regarding how to end the agreement. Before preparing New Hampshire Entertainment Forms, all parties in the contract need to spell out their expectations of how they prefer to terminate it. If you work, for instance, with a third-party representative, be sure they don’t have the right to extend the agreement on your behalf.