Complete event listing for
Legal
Tuesday, March 11
Join the intellectual property experts at Fish & Richardson for artist, developer, and entrepreneur-focused breakouts to stoke your IP IQ. Patents? Trademarks? Copyrights? Licenses? Distribution? Funding? We’ll cover…
Wednesday, March 12
Remixes and mash-ups proliferate online. Learn the differences between a "remix", a "mash-up", and a "cover song", and how that will impact what licenses they need to secure for video and audio postings of their creation…
Presenters
Dean Serletic, Sean Kinney, Christiane Kinney
Thursday, March 13
A GoldieBlox ad featured an unauthorized parody version of the Beastie Boys song "Girls," gaining press and attention. With legal activity brewing between the involved parties, an important debate has been sparked within…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amy Rosen, Leslie Frank, Rhett Miller, Tom DeSavia
Artists who work internationally must consider their immigration status in the countries where they plan to work. Review the U.S. immigration process for musicians. Discover the procedures, timelines, and expenses associ…
Presenters
Jonathan Ginsburg, Laya Kushner, Linda Rose, Sharon Brenner
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. This Mentor Session specifically focuses on immigration options for international musicians and industry profession…
Presenters
Jonathan Ginsburg, Laya Kushner, Linda Rose, Sharon Brenner
Friday, March 14
When Plaintiffs form a class in a concerted effort to seek relief, the result can alter the course of jurisprudence. This panel will review mega-issues through mega-litigations and report on their impact.…
Presenters
David Given, Howard Hertz, Richard Wolfe, Tim Matson
Digital distribution and related compensation is now the rule, not the exception. The de-centralization of publishing money sources requires the identification and payments from those sources. A dollar here, a quarter …
Presenters
Andrew Sparkler, Danielle Aguirre, Kris Munoz, Bob Donnelly
Music by the people and for the people often requires the political dance in the making of policy and legislation. The panel will discuss major policy initiatives, their status and impact.…
Presenters
Jacqueline Charlesworth, Rachel Stilwell, Peter Strand
With so much effort spent to protect creative works from infringement, the role of existing works in the creation of new ones is often overlooked. As a result, artists typically face significant challenges when attemptin…
Presenters
Carlos Affonso, Kristelia Garcia, Tyler Walker, Margot Kaminski
Entrepreneurial entertainment lawyers often ride the fine line between what might be considered permissible and impermissible conduct under the Rules of Professional Conduct.But, how does this behavior look to jurists an…
Presenters
Steve McConnico, Wallace B Jefferson, Lawrence Waks
Saturday, March 15
As artists “break” from non-traditional music events such as television contests, the assignment of rights and income participations are now migrating beyond record company 360 deals. This mutation and/or evolution is d…
Presenters
Lynn Morrow, Paul Friedman, Susan Abramovitch, Paul Bezilla
In these times, the responsibility for artist development often falls on . . . the artist. More than ever, the developing artist may need to be as adept at business as they are at art. The panel reviews essential busines…
Presenters
Janine Small, Monika Tashman, David Lessoff
Music, music everywhere . . . and where’s my money? What are the sources, rates and scale in subscriptions and other streamed music?…
Presenters
Colin Rushing, Kenneth Steinthal, John Simson
Been there, seen that, done that and now what? How will lawyers survive and thrive in the current and future music industry paradigm?…
Presenters
Joseph Serling, Ken Abdo, Ron Wilcox, Scott Goldman
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