Welcome to LCA’s Video Law Library

Copyright Principles in the Arts

• Overview of Copyright Issues in the Arts
  • Thomas Leavens and Bill Frankel
• Overview of the Fair Use Doctrine
  • Thomas Leavens and Bill Frankel
• Application of Fair Use in the Arts
  • Jerry Glover
• Fair Use Opinion Letters
  • Jerry Glover
• Copyright Litigation
  • Jeffrey Becker, Julianne Hartzell, and Gwen Hochman Stewart
• DMCA Notice & Takedown Procedure
  • Jeffrey Becker
• Registration Issues Critical to Copyright Litigation
  • Bill McGrath, Alain Villeneuve, Adam Reis, and Barry Irwin

Trademark Principles in the Arts

• Overview of Trademark Issues in the Arts
  • Carol Anne Been

Representing the LCA Filmmaker

• Overview of Film Law Topics
  • Bob Labate and Jan Feldman
• Actor Agreements
  • Jerry Glover
• Writer Agreements
  • Jerry Glover

Representing the LCA Music Client

• Rights in Musical Compositions
  • Barry Irwin and Peter Strand
• Rights in Sound Recordings
  • Barry Irwin and Peter Strand
• Band Agreements
  • Barry Irwin and Peter Strand
• Recording Agreements
  • Peter Strand
• Agreements with Third Parties
  • Barry Irwin and Peter Strand
• Music Publishing - Mechanical Licensing
  • Jeffrey Becker

Representing the LCA Performing Arts Client

• Overview of Theater Law Topics
  • Jerry Glover
• Sexual Harassment in the Performing Arts
  • Gary Glaser and Sarah Marmor

Representing the LCA Visual Artist

• Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)
  • Bill McGrath
• Consignment of Art
  • Coco Soodek

Representing the LCA Writer

• Content Concerns
  • Steven Baron
• Common Contracts
  • Steven Baron

Representing the LCA Arts Organization

• Nonprofit Law for Small Arts Organizations
  • Rick Sevcik
• COVID and the Workplace
  • Lori Goldstein
• The FTC + New Media
  • Daliah Saper