http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/business+internet PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/27925 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/27925 <p>This book presents a guide to the resource acquisition, legal, and financial necessities of producing an independent film.&nbsp; Every aspect of the planning and execution of the business side of filmmaking is discussed, including hypothetical situations based on the personal experience of the entertainment lawyers who co-authorized the book.&nbsp; The book introduces the roles of producer and lawyer, then outlines the film development process through deal making, financing, hiring, licensing and distribution.</p><p>As is pertains to my project, this book provides valuable insight into the warranted concern that filmmakers have had with the 21st century dispute over Internet distribution rights.&nbsp; In the case of <em>Viacom v. Youtube</em>, the exclusive rights per the 1976 Copyright Act for copyright owners to reproduce their works became the basis for allegations against YouTube for a count of direct copyright infringement.&nbsp; The authors of this book advise filmmakers to negotiate with distributors on the basis that they &quot;cannon distribute on the Net until there is adequate 'border protection' to prevent access outside licensed territories&quot; (132).</p><p>Erickson, Gunnar, Harris Tulchin, Mark Halloran, and J. Gunnar Erickson. <u>The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook </u>. New York: Schirmer Trade Books, 2005 </p><p>&nbsp;</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/27920 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/27920 <p>The rights to intellectual property and the revenue thereof can make or break an entrepreneurial business.&nbsp; This book covers the gambit of trade secrets that tech-savvy entrepreneurs may need to protect intellectual property in the dynamic arena of copyright law, licensing, patenting, and trademark acquisition.&nbsp; The book makes examples of the infringement issues faced by international business icons such as Microsoft and Amazon.com.</p><p>As it pertains to my project, the book also goes over the provisions for statutory versus actual damages in the 1976 Copyright Act (115).&nbsp; These provisions are under review in the <em>Viacom v. YouTube</em> case.</p><p>Guide, Gilbert. <u>The Entrepreneur's Guide to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets &amp; Licensing </u>. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 2004</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/1142 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/1142 Tower&nbsp;Records is&nbsp;the&nbsp;music&nbsp;store with the most&nbsp;street buzz and star power.&nbsp; It is able to call&nbsp;upon the biggest stars to do in-house performances for album oremiers, yet still this power-house retailer&nbsp;has not been able to escape thewrath of the music download.&nbsp;The article attributes the universal death of the record store to :&quot;decreasing CD sales, the hit from online downloads, and growing competition from the likes of Amazon.com, as well as discounters such as Wal-Mart and Target...&quot;