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The Legal Issues are a Quagmire <\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t calculated lawyers per employee in Hollywood, but it\u2019s safe to say legal issues are more important in the entertainment business than in many other industries. Hollywood creates copyrighted information goods, which are subject to piracy and infringement and require constant legal vigilance; it traffics in byzantine legal agreements, like talent contracts and licensing and distribution deals; and it\u2019s very high profile, attracting a lot public attention, and, as a result, lawsuits. If the mantra in Silicon Valley is something like Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s \u201cmove fast and break things,\u201d the mantra in Hollywood is \u201cyou better run it by legal first.\u201d (…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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