Mr. Gable is a Los Angeles attorney specializing in copyright, intellectual property, music and entertainment law, environmental law and mediation. His clients include major film studios; independent record labels; film producers; songwriters, recording artists, novelists, screenwriters and their estates; internet and new media companies; and numerous other parties within the film, music and technology industries. Among other things, he has written extensively on terminations of copyright transfers and restoration of copyrights, each of which is discussed at length on this website.
Welcome to the Law Offices of Bill GableThe Importance of Terminations of Copyright TransfersMr. Gable maintains an active practice counseling and representing clients in terminations matters. His clients have included authors and their heirs and estates, purchasers and sellers of publishing catalogs, major film studios, media companies, universities and other rights owners, in the context of both transactions and litigation.Restoration of CopyrightsIn 1994, Congress enacted 17 U.S.C. section 104A, amending the 1976 Copyright Act to provide for the automatic restoration of copyrights in certain foreign works previously in the public domain in the United States. The area lies at the frontier of international copyright law, custom and practice. |