Feudal societies and Hobbit law: The story of ‘The Hobbitamendment’

Abstract

The film industry has traditionally relied on freelancers and self-employed artists in many of the roles needed in production and post-production. The industry relies on project-based labour whereby teams of creative artists are assembled and interact for the duration of a venture and are then disbanded at the end of the production (Rowlands & Handy, 2012). Freelance working is now a core feature of film production, television and associated industries (Heery, 2004). It has been suggested that the flexibilities associated with self-employment are a natural component for these industries and that this model could be applied to other knowledge-based industries (de Bruin & Hanrahan, 2003). Other studies have found that individuals in the creative industries do not necessarily identify with the popular depiction of themselves as individualistic entrepreneurs and therefore pre-disposed to pursue self-employment (Coulson, 2012). The film and television industry has been subject to de-regulation in some countrie...

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