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Rip has extensive experience in transactions involving all facets of the entertainment industry from motion pictures, television, music, book publishing, and character licensing to a variety of digital, new media and Internet applications. He has represented individual artists and established production companies, networks, financiers and distributors. He works closely with clients in the planning stages of rights acquisition, and follows through to development, production and distribution. In addition to a broad transactional and project based entertainment practice, Rip also negotiates executive employment agreements including agreements for on air talent and producers of network and cable news programming. Before joining the firm, Rip was a senior counsel at Columbia Pictures where his specialties included music publishing, film financing and international motion picture and television distribution.
Representative Work:
Production counsel for a variety of audiovisual works including:
Feature Films;
Documentaries;
Scripted Television;
Live Event and Unscripted Reality Programming; and
Music Television Performance Specials and Series.
Financing and distribution arrangements including international co-production.
Structure and negotiation of television and theatrical motion picture development, production and distribution on behalf of writers, producers and performers from rights acquisition through production and delivery.
Corporate entertainment transactions including sales and acquisitions of entertainment companies and establishment of joint venture arrangements.
New Media/ Digital Exploitation and Internet applications including catalog licensing for music subscription services and legal analysis of proposed applications.
Music label representation including production, distribution and artist signings.
Talent endorsement agreements.
Representation of authors for book publishing, television and film writing.
Representation of on air talent and television news producers.
Character development, licensing and acquisition.
Rip received an A.B. from Cornell University with Distinction, a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, and he became a member of the New York State Bar in 1986. Rip is a member of the Stellar Network and The Recording Academy (New York Chapter).
News & Articles: Nov 21, 2006
Rip Beyman Authors Chapter on Game Development Firm News
New book helps game developers acquire rights in films, tv, music for use in games.
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