Summary: Alex and Nick invite lawyer Panayiotis Spanos, founder of Spanos Law, to discuss the essential things TV writers should know about entertainment law, from contracts to credits.<br> <br> In what capacity does a lawyer enter the picture when it comes to TV writing? What do they offer that a traditional manager or agent can't? How can a TV writer best use their entertainment lawyer? How does negotation of a TV staffing contract work? What is unique to the sale of a TV show? How should a writer go about optioning rights to a book or IP? What is the reality of people having their scripts "stolen" and how can writers protect themselves? At what point should a writer get a lawyer and how does one go about finding the right entertainment lawyer?<br> <br> The Paper Team signs on the dotted line...<br> <br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> Content<br> Entertainment Law with Panayiotis Spanos (00:47)<br> Final Advice, Resources, and Next Week On (39:07)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/warmonger0/">Panayiotis Spanos on Instagram</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/thislawyersays">Panayiotis Spanos on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://www.wga.org/contracts/contracts/mba">Writers Guild of America's Theatrical and Television Minimum Basic Agreement </a><br> <a href="https://copyright.gov/">U.S. Copyright Office</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm_(web_serial)">Worm (Web Serial)</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2ItdeB9">"Hollywood Dealmaking" by Dina Appleton & Daniel Yankelevits</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2P1eRIS">"Contracts for the Film & Television Industry" by Mark Litwak </a><br> <br> <br> This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers<br> <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters.com" target="_blank"></a><br> Use code ROADMAP to get $15 OFF your first <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters.com" target="_blank">Roadmap Writers Program</a><br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>
