Writers

I am asked this question all the time.  My answer is registration at the Copyright Office is much better, and significantly more valuable. With apologies to my friends and colleagues who work at the WGA, I wouldn’t bother registering at the WGA East or West,...

VideoAge asked me to write a few words about the loss of jobs in Hollywood due to the pandemic. The article appeared in the January 2021 issue, for this year's NATPE. The article, in both print and audio, can be found here:  https://www.videoageinternational.net/2021/01/18/cover-stories/hollywoods-exodus-put-displaced-tribes-at-a-job-crossroads/...

By:  Marc Jacobson, Esq. Don’t ask for an applicant’s salary history, whether for you or your client, when interviewing that applicant for employment in New York City. You were asked to represent a film production to take place in NYC. As part of that engagement, you were asked...