SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 520 – The Legal Side of Screenwriting With Joshua Lastine
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Entertainment Lawyer Joshua Lastine about buying or optioning rights to books, the benefits of WGA registration or Copyright and other questions screenwriters might have.
In this episode of the podcast Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Entertainment Lawyer Joshua Lastine.
Our guest, Joshua Lastine talks about how at a young age he knew he wanted to work in the movie and television industry, which led to being an attorney for Lastine Entertainment Law.
Joshua Lastine talks about buying or optioning rights to books, the benefits of WGA registration or Copyright, and other questions screenwriters might have.
NONE OF WHAT IS SAID IN THIS PODCAST IS TO BE CONSIDERED LEGAL ADVICE. SEEK AN ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER FOR COUNSEL IF YOU HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS OR NEEDS.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Joshua Lastine on IMDb
- Joshua Lastine on Facebook
- Joshua Lastine on Instagram
- Joshua Lastine website
- Lastine Entertainment Law on LinkedIn
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
In this 3-hour live webinar by Script Doctor Cody Smart, you’ll learn the difference between a script analyst, script consultant, and script doctor, and how script doctors address the rewriting or polishing process of a script.
Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.
