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17.1. Looking In Versus Looking Out

Most of this book concerns clearing rights in and licensing third party material. Another crucial part of the clearance process is making sure that the material you create internally has no clearance problems. I address that issue in this chapter.

17.2. Production Based on Underlying Work

If the basis of your production is another work such as a book, movie, television show, or board game, you need to obtain the rights in the underlying work before making your production. For example, a filmmaker might base a film on a book, a musician might base a song on a poem, and a software developer might base a computer ...

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