Please give your permission...
ri...@marathonent.com
to the letter asking the ATA not to submit a amicus curaie brief.
The goal is closer to ten times that. I don't need your real
signatures; only an email to me at ri...@marathonent.com that affords
me to add your name to the following letter. Please do so at your
earliest convenience. And if you have already sent in your permission,
please share this with your colleagues and competitors.
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Dear President Sandy Bresler, Vice-President Sheldon Sroloff, Secretary
Jim Gosnell and the Board of Directors of the Association of Talent
Agents:
This letter, endorsed by the ___ managers listed below, respectfully
requests your organization refrain from writing an amicus curiae brief
in the pending California State Supreme Court case of Marathon
Entertainment v. Rosa Blasi.
As managers, we look at you and your fellow talent agents as our
representational partners. A ruling against Marathon could change
that, informing us that like you, we will need a talent agency license
to fulfill our fiduciary obligations. As every Guild limits agency
compensation to 10%, our mutual clients will no longer be able to
benefit from dual representation.
We will be forced to compete against you rather than sharing clients
with you.
All existing law and legislative history clearly shows how managers
should not be subjected to the regulations of the Talent Agencies Act.
If there is any doubt, please refer to Marathon's Opening, Answer and
Reply Briefs for a fuller understanding. Our worry, however, is that
lobbying efforts rather than facts could sway the Court to rule against
Marathon and as such our profession as a whole.
For the last five decades, our two occupations have collaborated with
greater and greater success. All Marathon is asking is that we, like
you, have the right to get paid for the fruits of our labors. That
does not seem to be too much to ask.
With gratitude,
The personal management community