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29/09/16
Management Agreements and the Entertainment Industry Act
Since the new legislation has been enacted, do I have to change my management agreement? Are my old contracts void? Management agreements have been given a workover in the new legislation. To begin with, performer representatives should be aware they are obliged to give every performer an Industrial Relations ‘Information for Performers’ fact sheet at...
26/09/16
Performers and the Entertainment Industry Act
Welcome to the next installment of our dissemination of all your questions surrounding the Entertainment Law Act. In an earlier blog we looked at what it means to be a performer representative. This time we’ll try to clear up whether you’re a ‘performer’ in the Act because this is a grey area. According to...
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19/09/16
I’m a performer representative, how much commission can I charge my client?
If you were a talent agent or manager and you undertook one of the required services for a performer, you are now a “performer representative”. In that post we mentioned there are two types of Agreements that are important for you to be aware of. Standard Agreement and Entertainment Industry Managerial Agreements. The difference between...
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15/09/16
Attention Managers and Agents: Are you now a performer representative?
We’ve previously introduced you to some of the major changes implemented in the new Entertainment Industry Act that came into effect in March 2014. If you used to call yourself an agent or manager, you can substitute your title for ‘performer representative’. Sounds a lot more official, don’t you think? So what you want to...
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12/09/16
The Entertainment Industry Act – what does it all mean?
Are you an agent, manager or performer? Do you know what your rights and obligations are within the entertainment industry? If you are, you’re in luck. Over the next few weeks Digby Law will be looking at the Entertainment Industry Act 2013 to help unlock the mysteries of this legislation. Back in March 2014 new...
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08/09/16
The sting in the tail: New Zealanders push to trade mark “Manuka” in relation to honey products
A rift has emerged between the Australian and New Zealand honey industries, resulting from a trade mark application lodged by New Zealand producers to trade mark the term ‘Manuka’, as a way of gaining exclusive rights over the word. Manuka honey is produced solely from the Leptospermum scoparium plant, which in turn is...
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01/09/16
ASB considers William Hill advertisement for breach of the AANA Wagering Code
Wagering and sportsbetting is a large industry in Australia; however, irresponsible gambling can have damaging effects. As such, the Australian Association of National Advertisers (‘AANA’) has implemented the AANA Wagering Advertising & Marketing Communication Code (‘the Code’) to ensure that advertisers and marketers uphold a “high sense of social responsibility” when advertising wagering products and...
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