The letter to agents

[ri...@marathonent.com]

Every manager is being asked to add their name to the below letter.
Please read and email Rick Siegel (ri...@marathonent.com) with your and
your employees' names. Thank you.

Dear President Sandy Bresler, Vice-President Sheldon Sroloff, Secretary
Jim Gosnell and the Board of Directors of the Association of Talent
Agents (ATA):

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,

_______________________ _________________________
Name Company