Mr. Litwak has a great checklist for everyone check it out.
You can now register your scripts and films over the internet with the electronic copyright office, the ECO system.
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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.
