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		<title>ABA JOURNAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Documentary filmmakers use thousands of images, trademarks and other intellectual property in their creations, often targeting for criticism the people or corporations that are the lawful owners of the material being used. So when threatening letters arrive at filmmakers’ offices, they often send an SOS to Los Angeles attorney Michael Donaldson, the “legal Obi Wan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times : Seeking to copy &#8212; legally&#8211; from Blu-ray discs and online media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seeking to copy &#8212; legally&#8211; from Blu-ray discs and online media One of the criticisms of the digital locks used by broadcasters and Hollywood studios is that, in trying to squelch piracy, they can interfere with fair uses of copyrighted material by other artists. And under federal law, it&#8217;s illegal to circumvent those locks. Chicago-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Screen: &#8220;Interrupters,&#8221; &#8220;Hell and Back vie for Gotham doc prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Interrupters,” “Hell and Back Again” vie for Gotham doc prize October 20, 2011 by Adam Benzine Email/Share Danfung Dennis’s Afghan war film Hell and Back Again (pictured) and Steve James’s Chicago-set doc The Interrupters are among the five nominees for the Best Documentary prize at the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards, which recognize excellence in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Times: Dawn Hudson Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8217; New Chief Executive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the Academy’s New Chief, a Balancing Act By MICHAEL CIEPLY Published: October 30, 2011 LOS ANGELES — Bette Davis, the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, held the job for two months before quitting in frustration. That was in 1941. Dawn Hudson, the first person to hold a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to Dean Cheley&#8217;s client, Dave Grohl/Roswell Records on winning Best Rock Video at VMA&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Foo Fighters Win, Defend Rock Music At VMAs &#8216;Never lose faith in real rock and roll music,&#8217; Dave Grohl urges while accepting Best Rock Video. By Eric Ditzian (@ericditzian) It was the vets against the new rockers on the block at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, as the Foo Fighters, the Black Keys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hollywood Report Features Michael Donaldson as a 2011 Power Lawyer</title>
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		<title>Connie Martinson Talks Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Connie Martinson Talks Books Features: American Bar Association&#8217;s Legal Guide To Independent Filmmaking by Michael C. Donaldson and Lisa Callif watch?v=uu59r2rJRBY&#38;feature=player_profilepage]]></description>
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		<title>Variety: The Best and The Brightest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood Law: Up Next &#8211; Profiles  By IAIN BLAIR, TODD LONGWELL, KAREN IDELSON, MICHELLE WEISS  Here&#8217;s a group of attorneys that stand above the crowd and represent the next generation of sharp legal minds in the entertainment business. Lisa A. Callif Partner Donaldson &#38; Callif Southwestern University Law School, 2001 Callif&#8217;s central focus has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indie Wire: &#8220;Nine Ways Independent Filmmakers Can Fight the IRS&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nine Ways Independent Filmmakers Can Fight the IRS by Dana Harris (June 14, 2011) Are you an independent filmmaker? Wondering if the IRS will eviscerate your already precarious financial status? (For more on that, click here.) Wonder no more: Not only can you take the nine-factor test right now in the privacy of your home, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New York Times &#8211; &#8220;Documentaries Supposed to Make Money, Court Told&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Documentaries Supposed to Make Money, Court Told By MICHAEL CIEPLY LOS ANGELES — Bad enough that documentarians have a hard time getting an audience for their wares. Now the United States Tax Court is raising alarms throughout the documentary world by questioning whether documentary-making can generally be considered for-profit activity. The International Documentary Association, Film [...]]]></description>
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