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DAY 1 / March 3rd - Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2014 - Overview of Entertainment Law Issues; Television, Video & User-Generated Content; Videogames & Software Apps; Building an Entertainment Law Practice; Ethics
DAY 2 / March 4th - Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2014 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing
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Why you should attend
Experienced entertainment attorneys and business executives will discuss legal, financial, business, and ethical issues in the practice of entertainment law, with a focus on new methods of entertainment product delivery.
What you will learn
Day 3 - Book Publishing; Current Developments in Entertainment and Sports Litigation; Film
The morning will provide an overview of book publishing agreements and current developments in the publishing industry, followed by trends and hot topics in sports, entertainment and Internet litigation. The afternoon will provide a basic understanding of motion picture terms and concepts, plus advanced film issues involving financing, production and distribution.
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Cancellations
All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.
DAY 3 - Book Publishing; Current Developments in Entertainment and Sports Litigation; Film
All times are E.S.T.
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (E.S.T.)
9:00 Introduction
Kenneth M. Kaufman, Howard Siegel
9:15 Book Publishing
- Overview of the state of book publishing: On demand and the e-book revolution
- Key deal points in the publishing contract
- The role of lawyers and literary agents
- Update on major legal cases affecting the publishing business
Gail Ross, John Schline
10:45 Break
11:00 Current Developments in Entertainment and Sports Litigation
Sports Law: The Use of Athletes' Images and the Right of Publicity
- The unclear state of the law
- The tests courts have used to determine liability
- The balancing between First Amendment rights and wrongful exploitation
- Rights of publicity in a professional sports context
- Rights of publicity in an amateur sports context
- The dated U.S. Supreme Court right of publicity jurisprudence
- Pending sports cases likely to set the course of the law in this area
- Public policy issues
- Considerations in licensing the right of publicity
Ronald Katz, Elizabeth A. McNamara, Lateef Mtima, Ahmad E. Nassar, Ben Sheffner
Entertainment / Internet Law
- To what extent do secondary liability rules, safe harbors and statutory exemptions apply to mobile devices, social networks and the cloud?
- Common law copyrights for sound recordings and the DMCA
- Preemption of rights of publicity and other common law claims in digital media
- Trends in digital entertainment litigation
- Case law update
- Strategies for obtaining jurisdiction over, suing and enforcing judgments against domestic and international rogue websites
Ian C. Ballon
12:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session: 1:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (E.S.T.)
1:45 Film: Key Legal Issues in the Development, Financing, Production & Distribution of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Development
- Hiring a writer: Getting a screenplay written
- The structure of the writer’s agreement
- Financing
- Outside the studio: Private and independent financing
- The studio system: How the studios finance films
- Other sources of financing: Tax incentives, film funds, foreign sales, crowdfunding etc.
Joseph J. Dapello (moderator), Emerson E. Bruns, Alison S. Cohen
3:15 Break
3:30 Film: Key Legal Issues in the Development, Financing, Production & Distribution of Theatrical Motion Pictures (Continued)
- Production
- The rights and responsibilities of the director and producer
- The performers: Money, billing and the perks of employment
- The meaning of pay-or-play
- Creative controls, including final cut
- The role of guilds and unions
- Distribution
- Key points in the distribution deal
- Backend deals
- The meaning of gross proceeds, adjusted gross, cash breakeven, “true” breakeven and initial actual breakeven
- Net profits: Do they exist?
- New frontiers in distribution: iTunes, Netflix, Amazon etc.
Joseph J. Dapello (moderator), Emerson E. Bruns, Alison S. Cohen
5:00 Adjourn
Co-Chair(s)
Speaker(s)
Alison Cohen ~ Executive Vice-President, Business & Legal Affairs, FilmNation Entertainment, LLC
Lateef Mtima ~ Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice, Howard University School of Law
Ahmad E. Nassar ~ Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel, National Football League Players Association
Gail Ross ~ President, Ross Yoon Agency; Trister Ross Schadler and Gold, PLLC
John Schline ~ Senior Vice President, Corporate Director of Business Affairs, Penguin Group (USA)
Ben Sheffner ~ Vice President, Legal Affairs, Motion Picture Association of America
Program Attorney(s)
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