Bollywood needs lawyers Flashcards
1
Q
Why do members of the film Industry in India´s Bollywood increasingly need advice from lawyers?
A
- Because the entertainment industry becomes more and more complex
- The revenues nowdays aren´t generated in cinemas but come from home-viewing, product endorsments, foreign distribution and so on and so forth
- The distribution of revenues and rights on the produced material is thus much more comlicated and more detailed contracts are needed
2
Q
In what ways does the Bollywood film industry differ from Hollywood as far as lawyers´ services are concerned?
A
- Bollywood actors are not used to paying high legal fees
- Bollywood contracts used to be very rudimentary and easy to understend
- That´s why also nowday bollywood contracts need to be much easier than in America
3
Q
law office speciallized for advising people working in films, musicals etc.
A
entertainment law practice
4
Q
money to be paid to lawyers
A
legal fees
5
Q
Gerichtsverfahren
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legal proceedings
6
Q
jemd. vor Gericht ziehen
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to take somebody to caught
7
Q
someone who feels they have a reason to complain
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aggrieved party
8
Q
legalist terminology
A
legalies
9
Q
verständlich
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comprehensible
10
Q
juristische Recht
A
legal entitlement
11
Q
herauszögern
A
to stall
12
Q
Klauseln
A
clauses
13
Q
wenn ein Geschäft gut läuft
A
flourishing
14
Q
Prezedenzfälle
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precedents
15
Q
juristische Unterstützung
A
legal advise
