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- 21:03, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Trickle-Down - Page 7.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Sure, the music company and its entertainment lawyer may have a valid point that the artist should be required to share in some of the down-side risk that the recorded finished product will not sell. But by that analy)
- 21:03, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Trickle-Down - Page 6.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=And the music artist should take heart, I suppose. Getting the “back-end payment”, “net profits”, or “points” bum’s contract rush from a company happens to music artists and other types of artists in al)
- 21:02, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Trickle-Down - Page 5.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=It is astounding, however, how many artists, typically without music or entertainment lawyer counsel, will agree to be paid for their hard work and their music or other work-product by “points” or “net profits�)
- 21:01, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Trickle-Down - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=There are contractual ways for musical and other artists to even the proverbial scales of justice regarding their royalties, “net profits”, “points”, or other form of contingent compensation - typically best d)
- 21:00, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Trickle-Down - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=“Where is all of this money going?”, asks the artist-side music and entertainment lawyer, particularly. Well, we know or suspect where it is going. It is true that launching and promoting albums, and developing ar)
- 20:59, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Trickle-Down - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=But one cannot argue with the equation. As argued and hammered-out between music or other entertainment lawyer counsel in the contract negotiation, a larger up-front advance to the artist or group at least reduces the)
- 20:59, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Trickle-Down - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Reports in the press of contract disputes of years past - one favorite of this music, film and entertainment lawyer which is entitled “Dixie Chicks Sue Sony” - discussed another installment in the seemingly-perenn)
- 20:58, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - This Article Is Brought To You By The Letter Blank - Page 6.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=But seriously folks, in defense of Oprah and the trademark and entertainment lawyers that love and enable her, it is apparently not her or her entertainment or trademark counsel or entities that initiated the aggressi)
- 20:56, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - This Article Is Brought To You By The Letter Blank - Page 5.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=The point is, there is something disturbing about this O lawsuit filed in the district court in Manhattan, from the perspective of an entertainment lawyer and trademark lawyer, and perhaps to others as well. What if a)
- 20:55, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - This Article Is Brought To You By The Letter Blank - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=And what’s next? Will the adjudicated winner of the O litigation also be awarded a legally-sanctioned monopoly as trademark or service mark over the corresponding three dashes in “- - -”; that is, in the Interna)
- 20:54, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - This Article Is Brought To You By The Letter Blank - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=One must understand, therefore, that the prospect of trying to protect, let alone enforce and prevent others from using - a one-letter trademark or service mark, is the trademark lawyer’s or entertainment lawyer’s)
- 20:53, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - This Article Is Brought To You By The Letter Blank - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Let’s back up a step. Generally speaking, as entertainment lawyers or trademark lawyers will advise, one acquires trademark rights or service mark rights under U.S. law, by consistently using a trademark or service )
- 20:53, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - This Article Is Brought To You By The Letter Blank - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Most of the American public including most all entertainment lawyers, heard about one of Oprah Winfrey’s well-publicized litigations a number of years ago. My understanding was that she was sued in Texas by a commer)
- 20:52, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Written Agreement Amongst Band Members - Page 6.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=In the meantime, all bands and groups, whether on the cusp of their first demo-shopping or record label A&R campaign, or otherwise, should carefully deliberate upon the question of what written agreement should be dra)
- 20:51, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Written Agreement Amongst Band Members - Page 5.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=There should be plenty of time in the future for the band or group to consider the technicalities regarding rules of attorney-client music lawyer representation, and the question of “who represents who?”, although)
- 20:50, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Written Agreement Amongst Band Members - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Oftentimes, the music lawyer or entertainment attorney discovers, band or group members want to send out their demo’s to record label A&R executives but just “don’t want to think about” what would happen, for )
- 20:49, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Written Agreement Amongst Band Members - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=When business partners or stockholders agree amongst themselves in connection with a business formation, they do so in one or more signed writings. So, too, the music lawyer or entertainment attorney suggests, should )
- 20:48, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Written Agreement Amongst Band Members - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Written agreements should be considered required for any collaborative commercial endeavor between two or more people, including demo-shopping and A&R inquiries to record labels – from the music lawyer’s perspecti)
- 20:47, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Written Agreement Amongst Band Members - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=As a music lawyer and entertainment attorney, I have seen references to the above-mentioned “Written Agreement Amongst Band Members” document, as both “Inter-Band Agreement”, and “Intra-Band Agreement”. Ra)
- 20:46, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Need For An Entertainment Lawyer In Film Production - Page 5.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Therefore, for a film producer to try to “fake it” oneself is simply to put many problems off for another day, as well as create an air of non-attorney amateurism to the motion picture production file. It will be )
- 20:45, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Need For An Entertainment Lawyer In Film Production - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=A film producer does not want to suffer a back claim for talent compensation, or a disgruntled location-landlord, or state child labor authorities - threatening to enjoin or shut the motion picture production down for)
- 20:45, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Need For An Entertainment Lawyer In Film Production - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=As both entertainment lawyers and securities lawyers will opine, botching a solicitation for film (or any other) investment can have severe and federally-mandated consequences. No matter how great the film script is, )
- 20:44, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Need For An Entertainment Lawyer In Film Production - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=The film and entertainment lawyer can therefore spare the motion picture producer many of those pitfalls. How? By clear thinking, careful planning, and - this is the absolute key - skilled, thoughtful and complete doc)
- 20:43, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - The Need For An Entertainment Lawyer In Film Production - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Does the film producer really need a film lawyer or entertainment attorney as a matter of professional motion picture practice? An entertainment lawyer’s own bias and my stacking of the question notwithstanding, whi)
- 20:42, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing and Digital and Electronic Rights, Part II - Page 5.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Needless to say, once the author makes the publisher commit, presumably through publishing lawyer or entertainment attorney counsel, to a development budget or other marketing or “release” commitment for the digit)
- 20:41, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing and Digital and Electronic Rights, Part II - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=If the true answer to the question is “none”, then the author can use the “trophy” argument stated above. If the true answer is, alternatively, “some”, then the author has a negotiating opportunity to comp)
- 20:40, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing and Digital and Electronic Rights, Part II - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=An author may think that small “portfolio” uses (e.g., tucked inside greeting cards, on an author’s personal web site, etc.) are so minor, that they will never compete with publishing rights granted for the same)
- 20:39, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing and Digital and Electronic Rights, Part II - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Nevertheless, electronic media and specifically the digital right and electronic right, have already changed our history. You can be sure that they will have some effect, at a minimum, on most author’s individual pu)
- 20:38, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing and Digital and Electronic Rights, Part II - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Part I of this article discussed how phrases like the “digital right” or “electronic right” should not be assumed to be self-defining, even by and between publishing lawyers and entertainment attorneys, and ho)
- 20:37, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing And Digital And Electronic Rights, Part I - Page 5.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Accordingly, what you will probably see is a proverbial “kitchen sink” electronic right clause which has been newly-drafted and perhaps even insufficiently reviewed by the company-side publishing lawyers and enter)
- 20:37, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing And Digital And Electronic Rights, Part I - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Using the approach outlined in Section #1 above, the author and the author’s publishing lawyer or entertainment attorney counsel must separately tease apart each use and component of the electronic right and digital)
- 20:36, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing And Digital And Electronic Rights, Part I - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=The above list is illustrative but not exhaustive. Any author and any publishing lawyer and entertainment attorney will likely think of other elements of the electronic and digital right and other uses as well. The nu)
- 20:35, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing And Digital And Electronic Rights, Part I - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=The fact of the matter is, this is a great era for authors as well as author-side publishing lawyers and entertainment attorneys, and they should seize the moment. The fact that “industry-standard” definitions of )
- 20:34, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Publishing And Digital And Electronic Rights, Part I - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=The following publishing industry article addresses some of the legal issues arising for publishing lawyers, entertainment attorneys, authors, and others as a result of the prevalence of e-mail, the Internet, and so-c)
- 20:31, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Personal Service Contracts - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=And many entertainment lawyers can speak to this phenomenon from their own “personal” experience. Many of us entertainment attorneys, in New York and elsewhere, have drafted, edited, negotiated, and reviewed hundr)
- 20:31, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Personal Service Contracts - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=The answer is, if the hiring party furnished the personal services agreement to an artist, then the contract is one-sided in the hiring party’s favor! That was a rhetorical question. And the ability to answer it is )
- 20:30, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Personal Service Contracts - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Again, it would be beyond the scope of this article to set forth an exhaustive list of all contractual traps for the entertainment attorney to avoid in personal service agreements, as a matter of New York law or other)
- 20:29, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Personal Service Contracts - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=An entertainment attorney will opine that personal services agreements in New York, California or elsewhere can be fairly complex in regard to the issues that they present - yes, even if the total compensation payable)
- 20:28, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part III - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=If one doesn’t incorporate or form a limited liability company (LLC), the business will likely be what is known as either a sole proprietorship (if a 1-person company), or a general partnership, de facto or otherwis)
- 20:27, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part III - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=There are some disadvantages to the limited liability company (LLC), too. The LLC can take more time to finalize, and in some cases can be more expensive to form and/or file with the government - as compared to an S-c)
- 20:26, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part III - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=One had to make a formal written “election” (or in some cases, “elections”) to qualify as an S-corp. If one didn’t do so in time by a strict deadline, one would lose S-corp status and be “doubly” taxed l)
- 20:25, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part III - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Part II of this article discussed how individuals historically incorporated their businesses in the hopes of avoiding personal liability, but then often became dissatisfied with the so-called “double taxation” the)
- 20:24, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part II - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=In this regard, a number of business owners, including some in the entertainment business, realized that they would have oddly been better off from a tax perspective if not incorporated - a bizarre result if there eve)
- 20:23, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part II - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=At some point in history it was realized that persons involved in businesses could be thereby putting their own personal assets at risk as a result. That principle still applies, by the way. If one runs an unincorpora)
- 20:22, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part II - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Part I of this article discussed the process of selecting a new name for a business, typically a limited liability company (LLC) or a corporation in this day and age. Many people choose to incorporate or form an LLC, )
- 20:21, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part I - Page 3.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=What do I mean by “personal liability”? That is probably the most important legal concept that a limited liability company (LLC) owner, corporation owner, or other form of business owner will ever seek to avoid! P)
- 20:20, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part I - Page 2.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=Principal owners of a new business do sometimes elect to incorporate or form a limited liability company (LLC) under their own legal and given name (i.e., “John Doe, Inc., or “John Doe LLC”), instead of a fancif)
- 20:20, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - LLC’s, Corporations, And Other Business Structures, Part I - Page 1.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=While many artists continue to do business as individuals, there often comes a point in their career when it makes sense to ascend to the next level - to create a business, to create a company, usually in this day and)
- 20:18, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Independent Contractors vs. Employees, Part II - Page 5.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=There are structural modifications that the hiring party can make to the hiring relationship, as well as entertainment lawyer-drafted text, that will increase its chances of successfully claiming the worker to be an i)
- 20:17, 9 February 2011 EntertainmentLawyerTormey talk contribs uploaded File:Entertainment Lawyer John J. Tormey III, Esq. - Independent Contractors vs. Employees, Part II - Page 4.jpg ({{Information |Description ={{en|1=As for this worker that the hiring party claims to be an independent contractor as opposed to an employee, the entertainment lawyer inquires - what equipment or other tools or objects does this worker supply or bring )