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Pay or Play | Entertainment & Sports Law. Coast to Coast.® | Fox Rothschild LLP menu Current Page: Home About Contact Subscribe Search Close Enter Search Terms Search Pay or Play Entertainment & Sports Law. Coast to Coast.® 20236988 - frustrated young businessman pulling his hair, studio shot General Entertainment Law News and Updates New SAG-AFTRA Deal Has Hidden Cost for Agents By Jody Simon on December 12, 2023 The performers’ union SAG-AFTRA has finally reached agreement with the AMPTP, the studios’ bargaining group, after a lengthy strike. The union is touting what it says are breakthroughs in many areas. The new provisions are extensive, comprising 129 pages of dense prose. The consequences of some of these provisions will… Continue Reading New SAG-AFTRA Deal Has Hidden Cost for Agents Neither Fake Nor Fixed: Pro Wrestling Docuseries Tell Stories About Life Beyond the Ring By Brad Small on August 1, 2023 The lives of professional wrestlers are neither fake nor fixed. Their realities are complicated and… Continue Reading Neither Fake Nor Fixed: Pro Wrestling Docuseries Tell Stories About Life Beyond the Ring Netflix Closes Deal with SAG-AFTRA By Jody Simon on August 10, 2022 Netflix may be on the outs with the Writers Guild , but has had better… Continue Reading Netflix Closes Deal with SAG-AFTRA Netflix Must Pay Writers Residuals of $42 million By Jody Simon on August 10, 2022 The Writers Guild has scored a $42 million arbitration award against Netflix for unpaid residuals.… Continue Reading Netflix Must Pay Writers Residuals of $42 million Subscribe to Pay or Play Subscribe to this blog The Latest And Then There Were Three: CAA-ICM Merger Closes By Jody Simon on June 28, 2022 The consolidation trend in Hollywood continues with the closing of another big merger. The long-gestating acquisition of talent agency ICM Partners by its rival CAA closed today. The deal was… Continue Reading And Then There Were Three: CAA-ICM Merger Closes A Royal Circuit Split: Supreme Court Will Decide on Prince Series” Copyright Controversy By Jordan Zolliecoffer on June 27, 2022 The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the Second Circuit’s inconsistent application of the fair use doctrine when it comes to copyrighted art. The case at issue assesses… Continue Reading A Royal Circuit Split: Supreme Court Will Decide on Prince Series” Copyright Controversy Animation Guild Posts Further Gains By Jody Simon on June 12, 2022 The Animation Guild (TAG) is on a roll. The union very recently announced a settlement with the AMPTP, the studios’ bargaining representative, on a new blanket contract, up for a… Continue Reading Animation Guild Posts Further Gains Animation Guild, Studios Sing in Toon with New Deal By Jody Simon on May 31, 2022 After coming perilously close to its first strike since 1945, the below-the-line union IATSE ratified an accord with producers in November, 2021. The new Basic and Videotape Agreements covered most… Continue Reading Animation Guild, Studios Sing in Toon with New Deal Can Golden Globes Regain Their Luster? By Jody Simon on May 25, 2022 For many years, the Golden Globes were the kickoff awards event of each awards show season. With its relaxed party atmosphere and awards only in high-profile categories, the Globes were… Continue Reading Can Golden Globes Regain Their Luster? Supreme Court Grants Win to Victims of Nazi Art Theft By Jody Simon on April 25, 2022 In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court has brought to a close an 83-year quest by the family of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to recover a stolen painting.… Continue Reading Supreme Court Grants Win to Victims of Nazi Art Theft Yo Ho Ho And a Bottle of . . . Oh No! Court Deep-Sixes Disney’s Motion for Summary Judgment By Alan R. Friedman on December 22, 2021 Appropriate for the pirate genre, citing the parties’ dueling experts,” a District Court recently denied Disney’s motion for summary judgment in a copyright lawsuit in which the plaintiffs claimed the… Continue Reading Yo Ho Ho And a Bottle of . . . Oh No! Court Deep-Sixes Disney’s Motion for Summary Judgment IATSE Members Overwhelmingly Vote Yes on Strike Authorization By Jody Simon on October 5, 2021 IATSE, the union representing below-the-line production workers from cinematographers and editors to grips and hair stylists, has moved a crucial step closer to its first strike since 1945. In a… Continue Reading IATSE Members Overwhelmingly Vote Yes on Strike Authorization Gaffers, Grips Going, Gone as IATSE Threatens Walkout By Jody Simon on September 27, 2021 We are not out of the woods yet. Just as Hollywood was coping with the early effects of the pandemic, it barely avoided a Writers Guild strike . 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