Comedy Goes to Court
eBook - ePub

Comedy Goes to Court

When People Stop Laughing and Start Fighting

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eBook - ePub

Comedy Goes to Court

When People Stop Laughing and Start Fighting

About this book

This is a book for anyone with an interest in comedy. For people in the comedy industry itself and indeed the broader entertainment industry, this book is literally a must-read. For those thinking about embarking on a career in comedy, not reading this book beforehand is probably something you can only do at your own peril. For all others (think the growing influence that comedy exerts on our contemporary pop culture) this book is a should-read. At the minimum the book offers useful guidance on how comedians should proceed in making a deal for their work; what a comedian can or cannot safely say or do, whether on stage or off stage; how to protect their comedy "material", which means their money; and how to safely manage their relations with their comedy industry colleagues as well as people in other industries or even just everyday folks out there. To properly drive home its point, the book draws lessons from the life and work of comedians not only here in the US, but also in Canada, Britain, Australia, Germany and more.

Long story short, this book helps comedians cover all their bases. Above all, this book has been years in the making and is the sort of book that could only have been written by somebody from a vantage position who not only knows the law around comedy but also has covered the world of comedy intimately and with good insight. In other words, someone like Yours Sincerely. Enjoy!

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Yes, you can access Comedy Goes to Court by Carl Unegbu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Business Law. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
PublishDrive
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781957013329
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 Hashing Out the Deal for Comedy Jobs
  9. Chapter 2 The Right of Comedians to Free Speech
  10. Chapter 3 Copying the Work or Appearance of Somebody Else
  11. Chapter 4 Comedians Getting in Trouble Onstage and Offstage
  12. Chapter 5 When the Funny Goes Silly
  13. Chapter 6 Divvying Up the Dollars from Comedy Work
  14. Chapter 7 The Intersection Crisis—Comedy and Other People’s Lives
  15. Epilogue
  16. About the Author