I won’t go into the details but here is a link to an interesting article by Ryan Sullivan titled “The Rental Epidemic of The Twenty-First Century: A Look at How Netflix and Redbox Are Damaging The Hollywood Film Industry and How To Stop It”
The argument is that studios need protection. I think there are many entertainment professionals that will disagree, I also think that this type of protectionism is 1) bad for the overall entertainment industry – it justifies a “too big to fail theory” – and 2) if pursued will be detrimental to where technology is taking movie / television production.
I’m not a big believer in our large corporate entities are failing due to outdated business practices and lack of legal protection. I am a firm believer in if your company is tanking 1. find another way, or 2. maybe its time to go.
Lets see what happens…
This article reposted from sasik|moon, a legal blog about Entertainment, Business and surviving in Hollywood
Partner of the legal firm sasik|moon, Pawel Sasik is an attorney specializing in entertainment and technology. Pawel has consulted on various multi-million technology development projects ranging in scope from entertainment / social media to professional practice facilitation tools. Some of his projects include, the enterprise grade litigation and transactional tools from RealPractice™ and the social entertainment website yoostar.com™. Pawel’s understanding of technology and law has allowed him to focus on assisting film makers produce and distribute their films through traditional and non-traditional methods. A native of Poland Pawel is fluent in Polish. Pawel holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School Los Angeles and business and music degrees from the University of Southern California and can be often found strumming the guitar or writing a script for relaxation.
