You may also choose to register for the following Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry webcasts:
DAY 2 / March 4th - Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2014 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing
DAY 3 / March 5th - Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2014 - Book Publishing; Current Developments in Entertainment and Sports Litigation; Film
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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 1 - Overview of Entertainment Law Issues; Television, Video & User-Generated Content; Videogames & Software Apps; Building an Entertainment Law Practice
The morning 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. The afternoon session will sort out the parties to game development deals and their respective interests, taking a look at key negotiating issues from both sides of the table. Thereafter, a panel will address how best to develop and grow an entertainment law practice, including the role of new media.
Day 1 Evening Session - Ethics
The evening session will feature a presentation on the ethical considerations in the practice of entertainment law (one hour Ethics credit).
Special Features
- Network at the cocktail reception on the evening of Day 1, sponsored by SESAC
- Earn one hour of Ethics credit (evening of Day 1)
PLI Group Discounts
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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.
All times are E.S.T.
DAY 1 - Overview of Entertainment Law Issues; Television, Video & User-Generated Content; Videogames & Software Apps; Building an Entertainment Law Practice; Ethics
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
9:00 Introduction & Overview of Entertainment Law Issues
Kenneth M. Kaufman, Howard Siegel
9:15 Television, Video & User-Generated Content
- Overview of the television and video marketplace
- Acquisition of underlying rights
- Option agreements
- Life story rights
- Structuring the acquisition of rights (licenses, assignments, and works made for hire)
- Copyright termination issues
- Production, financing and distribution agreements
- Co-productions and joint ventures
- Cable and pay television productions
- Talent agreements
- Special issues in reality TV productions
- Advertising and product placement
- Music rights for television productions
- Key issues involving user-generated content
- Online video and the impact of digital media on traditional business models
- Trends and future outlook
Vernon G. Chu, Carlos Gutierrez, Kenneth M. Kaufman
10:45 Break
11:00 Television, Video & User-Generated Content (Continued)
Vernon G. Chu, Carlos Gutierrez, Kenneth M. Kaufman
12:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session: 1:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1:45 Videogames & Software Apps
- Identifying the parties to the deal - what each wants; what each needs; what each brings
- Negotiating key points of every game or app dev deal. Perspectives and strategies from each side of the table
- The Lightning Round: a checklist for counsel representing the start-up mobile/wireless app creator
- Privacy and protection of User Identifiable Information in the current regulatory and statutory environment - the FTC, COPPA, and increasingly active state Attorneys General
Jim Charne (moderator), James Alan Cook, Dona J. Fraser, Gary Gattis, Dan Offner
3:45 Break
4:00 Building an Entertainment Law Practice
- How do you gain enough knowledge and experience starting out in entertainment law?
- What you need to know about different fields of entertainment law
- Practicing entertainment law in a secondary market versus a primary market
- Developing an entertainment practice in challenging economic times
- General entertainment practitioner versus a specialty practice in entertainment law
- Serving in non-lawyer roles for clients
- Fee arrangements
- Current issues in entertainment law practice
- Social media marketing for entertainment lawyers
- Your website as your entertainment law calling card
Rosemary Carroll; Kirk T. Schroder
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception provided by SESAC
Evening Session: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
6:00 Ethics
- Recent developments in professional responsibility and discipline, e.g., ABA “ethics 20/20” rule changes, multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary practice, entity representation, disclosure of client misconduct
- Conflict of interests for entertainment lawyers and waivers
- Practicing law in the electronic age – the interface of ethical rules with new technology, e.g., protecting confidential communications and the Internet, metadata discovery and computer experts
- Fees
- Good practice guidelines – tips for avoiding legal malpractice and discipline
Jack P. Sahl
7:00 Adjourn
Co-Chair(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
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