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# Letter: Reply to Ali Altar on cigar smoke along Broadway
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/learn-about-the-biz-from-a-lawyers-perspective-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2003-07-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:27:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Are you an artist that needs some business sense? California Lawyers for the Arts, a non-profit organization providing legal assistance and education to artists of all disciplines, will present a film and media business seminar on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Topics to be covered include: Obtaining rights and protecting them, collaboration agreements, the roles of agents, attorneys and managers, and film financing and distribution.

Speakers will be experts in each of the fields, including both artists and attorneys. The seminar will be held at Loyola Law School, 919 South Albany St., Los Angeles in Merrifield Hall. The cost of the seminar is $65 for general admission and $55 for co-sponsors. A $5 discount is offered for early registration by Oct. 17, 2003\. For more information and reservations, call (310) 998-5590.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 1, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070103.pdf?ref=smdp.com)