The Front Row View (entertainment insurance blog)
Producers E&O Insurance: Best Practices when Reviewing Scripts
17 July, 2015 • David HamiltonProducers errors and omissions claims can be prevented by following the guidelines on the list below. The list is not meant to be all-encompassing, but is a quick reference: Avoid the accidental use of real names of people or organizations. Avoid identifying someone by a specific job or his/her involvement in actual ev...
E&O Insurance Quote: Are You Being Offered The Right Coverage?
15 July, 2015 • David HamiltonE&O: are you paying for the coverage you need? If you are shopping for an insurance quote for producers E&O insurance make sure you are paying for the coverage that you need. To endure and succeed in today’s increasingly global entertainment business, video and film producers must continually keep pace with evo...
The Delicate Art of Making a Bio Pic without Getting Permission
25 June, 2015 • Jeff Young and Tarek ElneweihiThis article is written for the sole purpose of providing general legal information and education and is not intended as a legal opinion specific to the laws of your jurisdiction. Image: Shutterstock. Can you make a documentary (or any film) about someone without their permission? So, after seeing The Social Network yo...
The Delicate Art of Making a Bio Pic w/o Getting Permission (Part 2)
25 June, 2015 • Jeff Young and Tarek ElneweihiRights of Publicity The Right of Publicity is both a statutory and a common law right to limit the public use of one's name, likeness and/or identity, particularly for commercial purposes. As opposed to the Right of Privacy, the Right of Publicity survives death. The applicable law is based on the person’s domicile whe...
The Delicate Art of Making a Bio Pic w/o Getting Permission (Part 3)
25 June, 2015 • Jeff Young and Tarek ElneweihiThe court ruled: Many titles, however, include a well-known name without any overt indication of authorship or endorsement--for example, the hit song "Bette Davis Eyes," and the recent film "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean." To some people, these titles might implicitly suggest that the named cel...
Blurring the Lines of Music Infringement Law - 3 Perspectives in One
17 June, 2015 • Jeff YoungImage credit: Shutterstock For many years of my life, I have had the pleasure of enjoying three simultaneous careers. I am a senior member of the Bar of British Columbia, Canada focusing on entertainment law, I am a member of the State Bar of California, USA, regularly dealing with my colleagues in Hollywood, and I am ...
Producers E&O: Avatar Producer Receives Credit Where Credit Is Earned
26 May, 2015 • David HamiltonJames Cameron's Avatar and E&O Insurance TV & Film Producers E&O protects producers from unfounded claims alleging misappropriation of film story ideas. Avatar is a movie that was released in 2009. Most people think James Cameron came up with it, including James Cameron. Until one day a man spoke out and cl...
Power/Rangers and Producer's E&O Insurance | E&O for Parody Filmmakers
13 May, 2015 • David HamiltonPower/Rangers and E&O Insurance E&O for Parody Filmmakers | The Issue of Parody: The 2015 fan short film Power/Rangers likely didn’t have producers errors & omissions insurance. A music video director by the name of Joseph Kahn posted a 14-minute Power Rangers parody on YouTube and it quickly went viral, ga...
Distributor's Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance
27 September, 2012 • David HamiltonMuch like the producer's E&O insurance, the distributor's E&O insurance covers distributors from lawsuits that may arise due to the content of the material they are distributing. Distributor's E&O insurance differs from producer's E&O in that distributors are insured for a list of titles they are distri...
E&O Insurance for your Film Production: Preventing Litigation
23 July, 2012 • David HamiltonA production lawyer's guide to obtaining E&O insurance FREE report: A production lawyer's guide to obtaining E&O insurance and preventing litigation. This comprehensive PDF report is an excellent introduction to what is and what is not covered by a film producer's E&O insurance policy. The author is an atto...
Subscribe to get the latest blog posts delivered to your inbox.
Browse by topic
- Abuse insurance (5)
- Actor body insurance (5)
- Aircraft insurance (3)
- Altman & Company (5)
- Animal insurance (3)
- Art school insurance (9)
- Automobile insurance for films (7)
- Band tour insurance (13)
- Bar mitzvah insurance (2)
- Best of (65)
- Camera insurance (15)
- Cast insurance (18)
- Certificates (3)
- Concert insurance (8)
- COVID-19 (19)
- Cyber insurance (4)
- Dance school insurance (7)
- Defamation insurance (6)
- DICE insurance (17)
- DigiGear (45)
- Directors & officers insurance (4)
- Disgrace insurance (2)
- Documentary insurance (32)
- Event insurance Canada (34)
- Event insurance US (31)
- Extra expense coverage (9)
- Fair use/fair dealing (11)
- Festivals (11)
- Film equipment insurance (28)
- Film insurance broker (112)
- Film insurance broker (US) (12)
- Film insurance claims (50)
- Film producer's E&O insurance (74)
- Film production (59)
- Film school insurance (11)
- Host liquor liability (7)
- Intern rights (4)
- Key person insurance (4)
- Legal expense (5)
- Music school insurance (6)
- Musical instrument insurance (34)
- Office contents insurance (5)
- Party insurance (10)
- Photography insurance (42)
- Pyrotechnics (6)
- Rental houses (14)
- Rights of privacy and publicity (10)
- Script clearance reports (12)
- Short film insurance (60)
- SPFX insurance (6)
- Stunt insurance (9)
- Sustainability (5)
- Theatre insurance (14)
- Third party property damage (5)
- Title reports (11)
- Trademark (5)
- Venue insurance (26)
- Wedding insurance (33)
- Workers compensation (4)
- All