FilmTrack Enables Entertainment Enterprises to Manage Rights Effectively
Bob Verini It’s always been true that in show business, the piper must be paid. And not just the piper, but everyone involved in the making of a show. Compensating the piper has never been more complicated than it is today, and the tools employed to allot the dollars properly are often behind the times. Back in the day, the separation between East Coast-based bankers and West Coast-based filmmakers kept business processes opaque. Not so today. The changes that have taken place over the last 120 years have been both technological (television, cable, VHS, DVD, streaming) and legal (the busting-up of the studio/distribution marriages; the rise of stars as independent contractors), and all of them have tended to offer greater transparency.