The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Digital Chapter has introduced its new Standard Production Agreement specifically tailored to companies which produce content digitally.
The contract fills an industry void, related Matt Miller, president/CEO of the AICP. “For a long time, our members, the agencies and clients have lacked an agreement that applied to work produced digitally, and were attempting to retrofit contracts, or piece together something,” said Miller. “With this new resource, there is now a document which provides sound legal framework for this type of production.”
Ed Ulbrich, president of the AICP Digital Chapter and president, Commercials, at Digital Domain, added, “The purpose behind AICP Digital is to examine and address issues affecting companies producing content digitally, and this is one of many such business tools you will see from us.”
The AICP Digital Board and its Standards & Practices Committee created the document, along with AICP legal counsel Kane Kessler, to address issues such as: producer’s tools, distribution channels and deliverables, cancellation, payment terms, and many other areas. While these issues are not specific only to digital production, there are different considerations which need to be addressed when producing content digitally.
To view the full Standard Production Agreement, click here.
AICP Digital was formed in 2009, and represents over 60 AICP member companies who work in a variety of digital disciplines, including visual effects, interactive, motion graphics, animation, mobile (including applications), design, and installations.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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