Entertainment and Sports Law:

Many of the resources on this page are courtesy of Paul D. Supnik, a copyright, trademark and entertainment lawyer in Beverly Hills, CA.

Entertainment Law

Dispute Resolution

• Arbitration of entertainment industry matters
• AFMA Arbitration

• Hollywood Reporter Hyperlink Directory
• The Vine--The Entertainment Industry Online
• AFMA Home Page
• Independent Feature Project/West
• Independent Feature Project (NY)
• Writers Guild of America west
• Directors Guild of America
• HRTS
• Motion Picture Academy
• Television Academy
• indieWIRE
• PR Entertainment Newswire
• Film Festivals
• Screenwriters Network

Federal Court Litigation

• Judiciary Code
• US Code
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Proposed amendments to the federal rules

Federal Appellate Decisions

• U.S. Supreme Court decisions
• 9th Circuit Decisions
• Emory University Map of Federal courts and decisions

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International Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law

• Documents distributed during Geneva diplomatic conference, Dec. 2 to 20, 1996 re Copyright and Neighboring Rights
• WIPO COPYRIGHT TREATY adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on December 20, 1996
• WIPO PERFORMANCES AND PHONOGRAMS TREATY Adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on December 20, 1996
• Berne Convention, Stockholm text, 1967
• Berne Convention, Paris text as amended 1979
• Rome Convention
• Phonogram treaty
• Paris Convention
• Universal Copyright Convention, Geneva 1952, including Paris Protocol 1971
• WIPO home page
• TRIP (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property in GATT)
• Canadian Copyright Act

Additional Entertainment Law Resources:

• ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
• BMI: Broadcast Music, Inc. - legislation
• Entertainment and Sports Law Research Links
• Entertainment Law Articles - by Manatt, Phelps, Phillips, LLP
• Entertainment Law Digest
• Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries - ABA
• LII: Sports Law
• Musicians' Intellectual Law and Resources
• SLA: Sports Lawyers Association

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