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Entertainment & Sports

Aug. 19, 2011

Sundance artists score deal-making help

With the help of a pro bono team of lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Sundance is trying to break through legal barriers for filmmakers in a pilot project called Artist Services.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


For independent filmmakers, getting accepted to the Sundance Film Festival has become something of a golden ticket. Even when the event doesn't lead to multimillion-dollar theatrical distribution deals, buzz from a Sundance screening now opens doors to online outlets such as Netflix Inc., Hulu LLC and Apple Inc.'s iTunes.


But navigating the wide-open range of digital distributors, each wi...

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