Define: Media Rights

How is Media Rights defined in a legal contract?

• Media Rights means the right to create, distribute, and transmit media content anywhere globally using any media forms known or to be devised in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, television, radio, wireless, and Internet distribution. This content could be audio-visual, visual, and/or audio coverage of all relevant aspects of an event and all associated and/or related rights, including static and interactive media rights. Seen in 27 SEC filings
• Media Rights means the right to report, record, transmit or otherwise exploit visual imagery, audio material, audio-visual material, text, and data by any means currently known or devised in the future. These rights pertain to any aspects or elements of the event occurring within any site on a live and/or delayed basis in any medium and by any means of delivery also known or invented in the future. These rights include broadcasting and/or transmitting the basic audio-visual feed or any supplemental feeds, and the right to transmit radio commentary of any competition match. This right also includes recording, creating, and using official films of the competitions and other similar audio-visual products and programming. Seen in 25 SEC filings
• Media Rights means all rights to negotiate, broadcast, and disseminate media content, including radio, television, motion picture, internet, webcast, and videotape. Whether broadcasted, telecasted, produced, exhibited, or otherwise exploited, these rights allow the live or delayed exploitation of the content by any means presently known or developed in the future. It includes all rights to distribute and exploit the event in any manner in all forms of media. Seen in 20 SEC filings
• Media Rights means, with respect to each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, all licensing rights, manufacturing rights, production rights, and distribution rights, alongside all right, title, and interest in registered patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, and other Intellectual Property rights. These rights specifically pertain to the film and television production and entertainment programming business. Seen in 7 SEC filings

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

• Media Rights means the ability to create, record, broadcast, distribute, and transmit audio, visual and/or audio-visual content globally across all current and future media channels.

Relevant Contract Types

• Production Agreements
• Distribution Agreements
• Broadcasting Agreements
• Licensing Agreements

Relevant Circumstances

• Multimedia production companies engaging in content creation
• Online streaming platforms looking to distribute content globally
• Television and radio stations broadcasting across various media channels
• Artists and content creators seeking to protect and control the usage of their works.

Relevant Sectors

• Entertainment Industry
• Broadcasting Industry
• Film and Television Industry
• Music Industry

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Genie Definition 2

• Media Rights means all licensing, manufacturing, production, and distribution rights, alongside intellectual property rights relating to film, television production and entertainment programming.

Relevant Contract Types

• Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements
• Film Production Agreements
• Television Production Agreements

Relevant Circumstances

• Film production studios licensing their content to other entities
• Television production companies negotiating syndication deals
• Content creators signing contracts with streaming platforms

Relevant Sectors

• Film Industry
• Television Industry
• Streaming Services

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