Before You Make a Movie Based On Real Life...: Try not to get sued

Film producers, writers, and production companies regularly face lawsuits related to "life story rights" and the use of real characters and events in a story. This book provides a filmmaker, author, or content creator with a crash-course education in how to avoid the legal and practical pitfalls involved in telling a true story. Topics include: copyright, defamation, rights of publicity and privacy, false light, and contracts. Michael Prywes, Esq. is a New York attorney who does not dispense legal advice in this book, but provides insights and questions to ask an attorney before undertaking a fact-based creative project. This book is based on a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) presentation that Prywes taught in the summer of 2016.