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17/10/16

The Entertainment Industry Act – Last Instalment

In the last of our Blogs on the Entertainment Industry Act, we will look at whether the location of the performer, the manager or agent, or the venue where the performance takes place is relevant in determining the enforceability of your agreement. Whenever we sign legal agreements, there is always a particular location – whether...

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Update to trade mark fees

IP Australia has made changes to fees for the trade mark application process. Before 10 October 2016, it cost $200 per class per trade mark to file a trade mark application, and if the trade mark was accepted, $300 per class per trade mark for registration. From 10 October 2016, under the new fee structure...

Update to unfair contract terms in small business contracts

New laws will apply to protect small businesses from unfair contract terms in standard form contracts entered into or renewed on or after 12 November 2016. The laws will apply where: the contract is for the supply of goods or services or the sale or grant of an interest in land; and at the time...

Blog: Marvin Gaye & Co. to ‘Get it on’ in Court against Ed Sheeran

After their huge US$7.4 million win against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for copyright infringement over the hit single “Blurred Lines,” Marvin Gaye’s extended musical family are in court again. This time they have British musician Ed Sheeran in their sights, alleging Sheeran copied core elements of Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit ‘Let’s Get It...

Management Agreements and the Entertainment Industry Act

Since the new legislation has been enacted, do I have to change my management agreement? Are my old contracts void? Management agreements have been given a workover in the new legislation. To begin with, performer representatives should be aware they are obliged to give every performer an Industrial Relations ‘Information for Performers’ fact sheet at...

Performers and the Entertainment Industry Act

Welcome to the next installment of our dissemination of all your questions surrounding the Entertainment Law Act. In an earlier blog we looked at what it means to be a performer representative. This time we’ll try to clear up whether you’re a ‘performer’ in the Act because this is a grey area. According to...

I’m a performer representative, how much commission can I charge my client?

If you were a talent agent or manager and you undertook one of the required services for a performer, you are now a “performer representative”. In that post we mentioned there are two types of Agreements that are important for you to be aware of. Standard Agreement and Entertainment Industry Managerial Agreements. The difference between...

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