As of this writing, the Writers Guild of America has been on strike for more than four months. The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers in mid-July. A key concern for members in both organizations is the...
The story of technological advances causing rollercoaster whiplash for people working in entertainment and media isn’t new. But recent waves of belt-tightening have opened fresh wounds – and reopened old ones. It started with a song The evolution of entertainment...
Jesse Weiner, Managing Partner of YK Law participated in the Cannes Film Festival with Lumière Project in May 2022. Lumière Project offers finance solutions for entertainment industry. Lumière currently operates with blockchain technology that entails considerably lower investment risks for recorded media investors. Lumière also joins in the development of NFT creation, development, as well as NFT creative film development.…
Jesse Weiner An official notice recently issued by the China National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) has called a boycott on actors or other art personnel they consider to be unethical. (click here to see the original regulation notice (in Chinese) 《关于进一步加强文艺节目及其人员管理的通知 (“Notice on Emphasizing the Management and Regulation of Entertainment Programs and Related Personnel”) (the “Notice”).This is causing a…
By an executive order issued on August 6, 2020, President Trump followed through on his threat by barring ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok from conducting business transactions with other American companies. The prohibition begins 45-days from the date of the...
You’ve heard of famous musicians suing other musicians over allegedly stolen music, and vice versa. They are rightly seeking to enforce their intellectual property rights in their original creation. If you have created original music and want to protect it against use by others, you’ll need to understand the intellectual property (IP) rights of music. What happens if another performing…
By Jesse Weiner and Shuying Lin To the surprise of many, the South Korean Thriller “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture and took best director, best original screenplay and best international film at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English language film to win the top award at Oscar. The first time a foreign-language film was nominated for…