This session will address high-level issues in entertainment industry transactions and will cover legal and business issues and emerging trends in the television and video industries, including recent developments involving online video and user-generated content. It will sort out the parties to game development deals and their respective interests, take a look at key negotiating issues from both sides of the table, and conclude with a mock negotiation of a development deal between a game developer and a game publisher.
The session will also feature a panel addressing how to develop and grow an entertainment law practice. Thereafter, ethical considerations in the practice of entertainment law will be examined.
Lecture Topics [Total time 08:12:47]
Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.
- Introduction & Overview of Entertainment Law Issues* [00:01:27]
Kenneth M. Kaufman, Howard Siegel
- Television, Video & User-Generated Content [03:11:29]
Kenneth M. Kaufman, Vernon G. Chu, Carlos Gutierrez
- Videogames & Computer Entertainment [03:00:01]
Jim Charne, Dan Offner, Adam Sultan, James Alan Cook, Dona J. Fraser, S. Gregory Boyd
- Building an Entertainment Law Practice [00:58:51]
Rosemary Carroll, Kirk T. Schroder
- Ethics [01:00:59]
Jack P. Sahl
The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:
- Overview of Entertainment Law Issues; Television, Video & User-Generated Content
Kenneth M. Kaufman
- Television, Video & User-Generated Content
Vernon G. Chu
- Agreements
Carlos Gutierrez
- Television, Video & User-Generated Content
Lisa A. Williams-Fauntroy
- Television, Video & User-Generated Content
Julie Wolf
- Television Agreements
Kenneth M. Kaufman
- Overview/The Big Picture
Jim Charne
- Treatment of Unsolicited or Confidential Information
Jim Charne
- Game Dev, Publishing, and License Agreements
Jim Charne, Dan Offner, S. Gregory Boyd
- On the Web
Jim Charne, S. Gregory Boyd
- Miscellaneous
Jim Charne
- U.S. Regulatory Framework--Legislation, Rules and White Papers
James Alan Cook, Dona J. Fraser
- FTC Actions and Related Matters
James Alan Cook, Dona J. Fraser
- State Legislation (California), AG Guidance and Court Cases Addressing Consumer Privacy and Data Security
James Alan Cook, Dona J. Fraser
- Building an Entertainment Law Practice--Forms
Rosemary Carroll
- Entertainment Law: Some Practice Considerations for Beginners
Kirk T. Schroder
- Recommended Reading for Students and Young Lawyers
Kirk T. Schroder
- A 2013 Update: What Every Entertainment Lawyer Needs to Know--How to Avoid Being the Target of a Legal Malpractice Claim or Disciplinary Action
Jack P. Sahl
- Recording Agreement--Outline of Deal Points
Julie Swidler
- Music Publishing
Linda A. Newmark
- "Music Publishing," Ch.2 in Entertainment Law, 3D ed. (Howard Siegel ed., New York State Bar Association 2004)
Howard Siegel
- Digital Licensing of Music Publishing Rights
Ann Sweeney
- Penguin Contract
Gail Ross, John Schline
- Contradictions Re Athletes' Rights of Publicity: A Tale of Two Cases
Ronald Katz
- Transforming the Judicial Tests for Balancing Publicity Rights and the First Amendment: Protecting the Rights of Amateur Athletes
Lateef Mtima
- Data Privacy Class Action Litigation
Ian C. Ballon
- DMCA Safe Harbors
Ian C. Ballon
- Outline--Distribution Economics
Joseph J. Dapello
- Production
Emerson E. Bruns
- PLI Outline--Independent Film Financing and Development
Alison Cohen
- Sound Recordings (PowerPoint Slides)
Julie Swidler
- Book Publishing (PowerPoint Slides)
Gail Ross, John Schline
- Indices to Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2013, Vols. I & II
Presentation Material
- Videogames & Computer Entertainment
Dona J. Fraser
- Establishing the Lawyer-Client Relationship with a Music Group
Jack P. Sahl
Co-Chair(s)
Moderator(s)
Speaker(s)
Dona J. Fraser ~ Vice President, Privacy Certified, Entertainment Software Rating Board
Carlos Gutierrez ~ VP Business Affairs and Legal, 3net, a joint venture of Discovery Communications, Sony and IMAX
Jack P. Sahl ~ Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility - University Of Akron School Of Law
Adam Sultan ~ General Counsel and SVP, Business and Legal Affairs, Head of Product Acquisition, Licensing and Strategic Partnerships, Majesco Entertainment Company
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