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The Essential Guide to the Business & Law of Esports & Professional Video Gaming

"As esports has grown, the need for professional legal representation has grown with it. Justin's Essential Guide to the Business & Law of Esports & Professional Video Gaming provides a great baseline and will help prevent the legal horror stories of esports in the past." Mitch Reames, AdWeek and Esports Insider "Justin’s exploration of the business and law side of the esports sector fills a gap of knowledge that is an absolute necessity in truly understanding the esports space." Kevin Hitt, The Esports Observer The Essential Guide to the Business & Law of Esports & Professional Video Gaming covers everything you need to know about the past, present, and future of esports and professional video gaming. The book is written by one of the foremost attorneys and business practitioners in today’s esports and professional gaming scene, Justin M. Jacobson, Esq. This guide is meant to provide you with an in-depth look at the business and legal matters associated with the esports world. • Includes coverage of the stakeholders in the esports business "ecosystem," including the talent, the teams, the publishers, and the event organizers. • Explores various legal fields involved with esports, including intellectual property, employment and player unions, business investments and tax "write-offs," immigration and visas, event operation tips, social media and on-stream promotions, and much more. • The most current book on the market, with actual contract provisions modeled on existing major esports player, coach, shoutcaster, and sponsorship agreements. About the Author Justin M. Jacobson, Esq. is an entertainment and esports attorney located in New York City. For the last decade, he has worked with professional athletes, musicians, producers, DJs, record labels, fashion designers, as well as professional gamers, streamers, coaches, on-air talent, and esports organizations. He assists these creative individuals with their contract, copyright, trademark, immigration, tax, and related business, marketing, and legal issues. He is a frequent contributor to many industry publications and has been featured on a variety of entertainment, music, and esports publications and podcasts, including Business Insider, The Esports Observer, Esports Insider, Tunecore, and Sport Techie. Justin has positioned himself as a top esports business professional working with talent in a variety of franchise leagues including the Overwatch League, Overwatch Contenders, and Call of Duty Pro League as well as in many popular competitive titles such as Fortnite, CS:GO, Gears of War, Halo, Super Smash Brothers, Rainbow 6, PUBG, Madden, and FIFA and mobile games such as Brawlhalla, Clash of Clans, and Call of Duty mobile. Previously, he worked with various esports talent agencies as well as in an official capacity on behalf of several esports teams and brands.

In Harmony

Just imagine moving fifteen hundred miles from your home city, only to find that your marriage has fallen apart. Dreams are shattered; hopes dashed; life has kicked you in the teeth. A few months later you meet someone else, you fall in love and find that you have found your soul mate. You start to get to know each other, and then you make an extraordinary discovery; that you were born, not just in the same city, but in the very same hospital. That is exactly what happened to Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan. They have each spent their working lives as musicians, Misty on piano and keyboards and Jack on keyboards and guitar, and they started working in local clubs during their teens. When they met they were working in nearby clubs in Hollywood, Florida, after becoming aware of each other through seeing each others' names on club billboards and in the local newspaper and a few years later they developed their distinctive harmonies. They have had some incredible experiences during their lifetime, both on the road and off. They have had the thrill of working with most of the biggest names of their era in country music, and they have also worked in places where nobody knew, or cared, who they were. They have had many marvelous adventures and they have also known personal tragedies. They have known both riches and poverty at different stages of their lives. This book gives an account of their lives from their birth and childhood through to the summer of 2012.