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eTraining | Clearing Rights for Film and TV

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Your guide to rights clearance

  • How to clear rights in your production
  • Rights clearance procedure and legal frameworks


Experts and case studies

  • Learn from our acclaimed legal experts and top-level producers
  • Case Studies from Constantin Film, HBO, NBC Universal and Zentropa
Dateanytime | access for 6 months
FormatOnline Course | 11 chapters | 15-20 h learning time
LanguageEnglish (English subtitles)
Participation Fee300,00 EUR
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Case Studies & Examples in this Course

D: Uli Edel | How to handle personality rights in a film based on historical events
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
D: Uli Edel | How to handle personality rights in a film based on historical events
D: David Wnendt | Personality rights in a mockumentary
LOOK WHO'S BACK
D: David Wnendt | Personality rights in a mockumentary
D: Lars von Trier | Clearance of archival material in an international blockbuster
NYMPHOMANIAC
D: Lars von Trier | Clearance of archival material in an international blockbuster
D: Thomas Vinterberg | A "Danish" clearance strategy
THE COMMUNE
D: Thomas Vinterberg | A "Danish" clearance strategy
D: Lone Scherfig | Copyright and the Dogma 95 manifesto
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS
D: Lone Scherfig | Copyright and the Dogma 95 manifesto
D: Thomas Vinterberg | Trademarks, names, archival material - the whole keyboard of rights clearance
DEAR WENDY
D: Thomas Vinterberg | Trademarks, names, archival material - the whole keyboard of rights clearance
D: Niels Arden Oplev | Historical events and rights clearance
WE SHALL OVERCOME
D: Niels Arden Oplev | Historical events and rights clearance
D: Jesper W. Nielsen | Incidental use or a clearance problem?
THE DAY WILL COME
D: Jesper W. Nielsen | Incidental use or a clearance problem?
D: Ali Samadai Ahadi | Rights clearance in a documentary
THE GREEN WAVE
D: Ali Samadai Ahadi | Rights clearance in a documentary

Trailer & Previews

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Trailer eTraining | Clearing Rights for Film and TV

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Preview: Personality Rights

05:07

Preview: Trademark Rights

01:29

Preview: Music Rights

01:57

Preview: Third Party Material in Documentaries

05:36

Preview: Best Practices

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Experts

Sebastian Bergau
Sebastian Bergau
Legal advisor, Constantin Film, Germany
Henning Brehm
Henning Brehm
Graphic Designer, Design Tourist, Germany
Dr. Martin Diesbach
Dr. Martin Diesbach
Partner, SKW Schwarz, Germany
Katharina Domnick, LL.M.
Katharina Domnick, LL.M.
Lawyer | Brehm & v. Moers
Anders Kjærhauge
Anders Kjærhauge
Managing Director and Head of Legal Affairs | Zentropa | Denmark
Gillian M. Lusins
Gillian M. Lusins
Lawyer, USA
Kai May
Kai May
Partner, Unverzagt von Have, Germany
Christopher Newton
Christopher Newton
Managing Director, Principia Underwriting, UK
Stephen J. Sass
Stephen J. Sass
EVP, Chief Counsel, HBO Max, USA
Oliver Stoltz
Oliver Stoltz
Dreamer Joint Venture, Producer The Green Wave, Germany

Course Overview

  • Course Introduction
    Overview and course structure
  • Rights Clearance Procedure
    The essential steps to a successful rights clearance strategy
  • Clearing Personality Rights
    General, special, postmortal personality rights and personality rights in documentaries
  • Trademarks and Designations
    Trademark right | Types of designations | Scope of protection | Trademarks and parody | Title clearance | Clearance of internet domains | Case studies
  • Trademarks | A Creative Approach
    How to invent fake brands for your production
  • Turning Real Life into TV Series
    How life story rights for TV are illustrated by the HBO-series ENTOURAGE and THE NEWSROOM
  • Best Practice | Clearing Rights at Zentropa
    Zentropa's way of doing it explained on numerous case studies
  • Clearing Music Rights
     
    Synchronisation agreement | Master use agreement | Composer and production agreement
  • Best Practice | Clearing Rights at NBC Universal
    Title clearance | Prescript review | Script review | Production clearance at NBC Universal
  • Third Party Materials in Documentaries
    The clearance characteristics in documentaries from a legal and practical point of view
  • Errors & Omissions Insurance
     
    What E & O is, what it covers and what key deal points to keep in mind

Conditions

eTraining | Clearing Rights for Film and TV


  • 11 chapters
  • total learning time: approx. 15 - 20 h
  • access is valid for one person on three devices for six months starting from the purchase date


Also available as e:lessons – selected chapters from the e:course


Company packages available - contact us for details!

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