Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise by Kathy Bowrey,Michael Handler

By Kathy Bowrey,Michael Handler

a lot of the true price within the leisure at the present time lies in franchises – fictional universes, leisure options, reinventions of cultural traditions and famous person – that create an ongoing presence available on the market. The leisure franchise now shapes the worldwide cultural panorama. notwithstanding, students have dedicated little cognizance to how highbrow estate legislations has replaced or is being stretched in perform to house this sort of creativity and kind of firm. masking legislations and perform in jurisdictions comparable to the united kingdom, the ecu, the us, Australia, Spain and the Caribbean, this assortment explores the 'fit' of highbrow estate legislation with particular franchises and tracks the best way creators and marketers paintings round law's obstacles. Case reports contain mega-film franchises, fan job, hip-hop, the administration of superstar popularity, flamenco, 'Disneyfied' theatre, movie and tv investment, arts fairs and 'carnival in a box'.

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