Hollywood Reporter: There are few things more hated by Hollywood talent managers these days than the Talent Agencies Act, the California law that says only licensed talent agents can procure employment for clients.
Since the TAA was determined by courts to apply to managers, it has been used as an offensive sword by Hollywood artists from Arsenio Hall to Ke$ha who wish to escape paying commissions to their managers. The typical scenario: An actor fires his manager. The manager sues for money owed. The actor then files a claim at the California Labor Commissioner that seeks to invalidate a contract on the basis that the manager was wrongfully procuring work for the client without a license.
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When too many people are trying to get a hold of huge sums of cash the legal system just acts as a large arbiter. This just shows how greedy people will use whatever means needed to get to money that they think that they have earned. Talent agents have abused the talent over the years and many stars just do not have a concept of how to deal with their fame and just spend all their money. I know that the Talent Agencies Act was meant to keep people from taking advantage but the system is not perfect and some people on both sides of the coin will always find a way of circumventing legislation. Protection of people is great but common decency and people earning a wage honestly is the idealistic solution to this problem.
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