Welcome to LCA’s Video Law Library

Copyright Principles in the Arts

• Overview of Copyright Issues in the Arts
  • Thomas R. Leavens and William H. Frankel
• Copyright Fundamentals: Fair Use Doctrine
  • Thomas R. Leavens and William H. Frankel
• Copyright Principles in the Arts: Application and Analysis of Fair Use
  • Jerry Glover
• Fair Use Opinion Letters
  • Jerry Glover
• Copyright Fundamentals for the LCA Volunteer: Copyright Litigation
  • Jeffrey Becker, Julianne M. Hartzell, and Gwen Hochman Stewart
• Copyright Fundamentals for the LCA Volunteer: DMCA Notice & Takedown Procedure
  • Jeffrey Becker
• Copyright Fundamentals: Registration Issues Critical to Copyright Litigation
  • William T. McGrath, Alain Villeneuve, Adam Reis, Barry F. Irwin, and Marci Rolnik Walker

Trademark Principles in the Arts

• Trademark Fundamentals: Overview
  • Carol Anne Been

Representing the LCA Filmmaker

• Representing the LCA Filmmaker: Overview
  • Robert Labate and Jan Feldman
• Representing the LCA Filmmaker: Actor Agreements
  • Jerry Glover
• Writer Agreements
  • Jerry Glover

Representing the LCA Music Client

• Representing the LCA Music Client: Rights in Musical Compositions
  • Barry F. Irwin and Peter Strand
• Representing the LCA Music Client: Rights in Sound Recordings
  • Barry F. Irwin and Peter Strand
• Representing the LCA Music Client: Band Agreements
  • Barry F. Irwin and Peter Strand
• Representing the LCA Music Client: Recording Agreements
  • Peter Strand
• Representing the LCA Music Client: Agreements with Third Parties
  • Barry F. Irwin and Peter Strand
• Representing the LCA Music Client: Music Publishing - Mechanical Licensing
  • Jeffrey Becker

Representing the LCA Performing Arts Client

• Representing the LCA Theatre Client: Overview
  • Jerry Glover
• Representing the LCA Performing Arts Client: Sexual Harassment in the Performing Arts
  • Laura Fisher, Gary Glaser and Sarah R. Marmor, and Sarah Venuti Yate

Representing the LCA Visual Artist

• Representing the LCA Visual Artist: Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)
  • William T. McGrath
• Representing the LCA Visual Artist: Consignment of Art
  • Coco Soodek

Representing the LCA Writer

• Representing the LCA Writer:Content Concerns
  • Steven L. Baron
• Representing the LCA Writer: Common Contracts
  • Steven L. Baron

Representing the LCA Arts Organization

• Representing the LCA Client: Nonprofit Law for Small Arts Organizations
  • Rick Sevcik
• Representing the LCA Client: COVID and the Workplace
  • Lori Goldstein
• The FTC and New Media
  • Daliah Saper