ADVANCED ENTERTAINMENT LAW

I really enjoyed this course and was able to hit my goals from my mastery timeline plus more. Entering the course, my goal was to get an understanding of entertainment law and its rules by learning about contract law as it relates to entertainment and how to define intellectual property. Throughout the course, we were exposed to difference case studies involving entertainment cases that went to court and the laws that were birthed from the rulings. For example, just this week we learned of the case of Panavision v. Dennis Toeppen (9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998), which birthed the idea of cybersquatting and the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. In 1999, the act was passed as an extension of the Lanham Act, trademark act of 1946, which protects companies from people like Dennis Toeppen who hurry to own domain names in an effort to sell them to their rightful owner for profit. As far as defining intellectual property, the registration forms assignment walked us through copyright registration for various kinds of work. I learned it would be important when dealing with anything episodic or series based, you must register the work under a ISBN.

My biggest takeaway from the course was the understanding of the B Corporation. This is a for profit business which operates with community in mind as they work towards a civic aspect, similar to a non-profit business. Some companies work toward reduced inequality, lower levels of poverty, a healthier environment, stronger communities, and the creation of more high-quality jobs with dignity and purpose. The goal for my company is to empower minority storytellers and I cannot think of a better way to do that than to empower the next generation of storytellers with the tools needed to be successful. An initiative for Scarab Creative is to get cameras in the hands of the underprivileged who show an interest in the photography and videography. My mission is to create summer internship opportunities for these young students headed into high school by giving them hands of experience in production, editing and more. At the end of the program, the students will earn their own camera and software for editing their work. If the students graduate high school and maintain their passion for visual arts in any capacity we will provide them with a new computer for college and be sure to connect with any local production companies in the area to assist in facilitating job opportunities for them both during and post college. Scarab Creative will commit to ensure we are doing our part for those in need by providing them a creative outlet to document and control the narrative of their reality.

Reference:

“About B Corps.” About B Corps | Certified B Corporation, bcorporation.net/about-b-corps.