Entertainment Law Resources
ABA - American Bar Association
The Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries from the ABA. Membership is required, provides list serve and educational programs.
URL: http://www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/home.html
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is a membership association of composers, songwriters and publishers responsible for protecting the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties of copy righted works.
URL: http://www.ascap.com/index.aspx
Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association
The Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association provides executives in the entertainment and sports industry with opportunities to share and exchange information, refer business, learn industry opportunities and sharpen skills.
URL: http://www.besla.org/
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office allows a search of the database for the patents, copyrights, trademarks and other forms of interest in Canada.
URL: http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/Home
FindLaw - Entertainment Law
The Entertainment Law section of FindLaw provides resources to legal sites, cases, codes, forms, articles, resources, law reviews, regarding entertainment and the legal aspects of the business.
URL: http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/scripts/lc.pl?entry=ENTERTAINMENT+law&sites=findlaw.com
FindLaw-Media Section
The Media and Entertainment division of the Corporate Counsel section of FindLaw presents the most recent media news, library of featured articles, listings of recent lawsuits, and links to laws, associations and Westlaw databases. Also find a news archive divided into cases, deals, and people.
URL: http://corporate.findlaw.com/industry/media/
The Future of Music Coalition
The The Future of Music Coalition is a non-profit collaboration between members of music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities. Site offers archive of articles, media news and reports, a library of recommended books, a glossary and ideas on citizen initiatives.
URL: http://futureofmusic.org/
Hastings Communications & Entertainment Law Journal
The Communications and Entertainment Law Journal is an index of articles, abstracts, and links related to communications & entertainment law, intellectual property, and first amendment issues.
URL: http://www.uchastings.edu/comment/
Hieros Gamos Guide to Sports and Recreation Law
The Guide to Sports and Recreation Law from Hieros Gamos is a large and comprehensive section with links to agencies, organizations, cases, laws, regulation codes, publications, and resources regarding Sports and Recreation.
URL: http://www.hg.org/sport-recreation-law.html
Internet Legal Resource Guide from PublicLegal
The Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG) from PublicLegal is a categorized index of websites that serve as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the internet concerning law and the legal profession. Includes downloadable files.
URL: http://www.ilrg.com/
Patent Searching Database from FreePatentsOnline.com
FreePatentsOnline.com provides access to millions of patents and patent applications using the most powerful patent search engine online. The site's patent database is always expanding and always free.
URL: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
UCLA Entertainment Law Review
[From the site:] The UCLA Entertainment Law Review (ELR) is an international law journal published twice a year by the UCLA School of Law. Since 1994, ELR's staff has worked diligently to bring to our subscribers academic work of the highest quality, as well as articles that tackle the most novel and cutting edge issues in the field of entertainment law.
URL: http://www.law.ucla.edu/elr/
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is a free searchable database that includes patents, trademarkes and Intellectual Property Law. Also find the US Patent Bibliographic Database.
URL: http://www.uspto.gov/
