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Music We perform strategic counseling and negotiations of recording contracts, production contracts, concert and event production, licensing agreements, including master use and sample clearances, US and international label distribution agreements, management agreements, and related talent agreements. Sample transactions include: Cheap Trick with Epic/Sony DaBrat with SoSoDef/Sony and Jive Records Ministry, Bodeans with Warner Brothers ICEE Records with Universal and Big Daddy Kingdom Records with Bookworld Puddle of Mudd with Fred Durst/ Uni Bike World Concert in Benton Harbor, Michigan in July 2004 Adventure Marathon in Shanghai, China, 2005 Publishing The Law Offices of Linda S. Mensch can assist with establishing client music publishing companies. We can arrange for international sub-publishing and administration and collections as well. Transactions handled by us include: DaBrat with EMI; Ohio Players with Warner/ Chappell; Mississippi John Hurt with American League Music; The Estate of James Carr ; The Estate of Floyd Jones Estate; Book Publishing Negotiate and prepare collaboration agreements and book deals and book distribution. Film Services Script and book option negotiations, per Writers Guild, talent agreements, counseling on corporate/LLC structure for documentary and feature films; Television Negotiate joint venture and licensing agreements for producers and other content owners with broadcast, and cable in US and internationally. Examples include: ChinaPop and BBC Warner Film catalog for CCTV Media and Communications Joint venture counseling for international cable and broadcast companies, including licensing programs and format licensing in the US, UK, China, Japan, Hong Kong, France, Germany and Poland, and India.