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Contact: Mike Petralia/Josh
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Linden Alschuler & Kaplan
mpetralia@lakpr.com / jsalter@lakpr.com
212-575-4545
September 7, 2010
“YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU”
CREATIVE PROPERTY AND CONTENT PROTECTION IN THE
DIGITAL AGE WILL BE THE FOCUS AT THE 5th ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
LAW SEMINAR AT CMJ MUSIC MARATHON & FILM FESTIVAL ON OCT. 22,
2010
One-Day Event Offers Six MCLE Credits for
Attorneys Hosted by the CMJ Music Marathon in Association with the New
York State Bar Association Entertainment Arts & Sports Law
Section
Leaders at the center of the entertainment industry will discuss how
legal practitioners can best protect their clients’ creative
property in the digital age at the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
(MCLE) accredited Entertainment Business Law Seminar at CMJ
Music Marathon & Film Festival in New York City on Friday,
October 22, 2010 at New York University’s Helen and Martin Kimmel
Center for University Life, in the Richard L. Rosenthal Pavilion.
This year’s all-day seminar titled, How To Take It With
You, is hosted by the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival in
association with the Entertainment Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section
of the New York State Bar Association.
In today’s digital world, with the development of ever faster,
better and more powerful handheld devices such as the Android or the
iPAD, the entertainment industry is scrambling to keep pace and
capitalize on this new mobile marketplace that makes creative content
available at consumers’ fingertips, whenever and wherever they
want it. With these new formats come new legal questions. This
year’s seminar will examine how creative, marketing and legal
practitioners in the entertainment industry can protect creative
property while ensuring that it is fully mobile – physically,
internationally and even posthumously.
“In this new and exciting period, legal practitioners must balance
two potentially competing demands. First, that we must do everything
possible to ensure that the artist’s creation – whether it
is a song, film or video – can be delivered to the target audience
through the most-up-to-date medium. Second, that we ensure that the
unique product that has been created remains under the control of the
artists and business entities that support them for both artistic and
financial reasons,” said Judith B. Prowda, chair of the State
Bar’s EASL section. “This year’s theme, ‘How To
Take It With You’ gets at all the aspects of this thorny
distribution versus control issue and provides practical advice on how
lawyers can help their clients negotiate the right path. Every
entertainment attorney should sign up so they can take this knowledge
with them.”
Joanne Abbot Green, co-owner of CMJ Network Inc. and founder and
executive producer of CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival said,
“The legal profession plays a vital role in ensuring that artists
and the entertainment industry continue to be successful, particularly
during these rapidly changing and turbulent times. CMJ is thrilled to be
a partner with the New York State Bar Association in creating the best
forum for attorneys to discuss all sides of this complex world of
product mobility and the constructive role they must play in
it.”
“We will bring together the very best attorneys and business
executives from all over the country to discuss all the pitfalls and
opportunities associated with the digital mobility. This seminar is a
must-attend event that gives lawyers an advantage in understanding the
very latest legal developments in the entertainment industry, while also
taking advantage of a superb networking forum,” said EASL program
committee co-chair Rachel DeLetto.
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival is one of the world’s
most important platforms for the discovery of new music and cutting-edge
films, and will take over New York City from October 19-23, 2010. Over
five nonstop days and nights, CMJ will feature over 1200 live
performances from over 30 countries in more than 75 of New York
City’s greatest venues and theatres. In addition to hundreds of
showcase performances, cutting-edge films and informative panels, CMJ
2010 will present over 70 panels including featured speakers, a music
business law seminar, and College Day and will feature live music
performances, exclusive parties, an exhibitor loft, a registrant lounge,
an artist gifting suite, meet and greets, seminars, mentoring sessions,
networking events, comedy showcases, Q&As, and special events.
Program panels for the law seminar include:
• Today Manhattan, Tomorrow The World -
How U.S. entertainment content providers can succeed in foreign
markets.
• If it Walks and Quacks Like a Duck, How Much Do You
Owe the Duck - Exploring the latest developments in publicity
rights.
• The End is Near: What You Need to Know About
Copyright Terminations - Discussing key issues in copyright
terminations including who is eligible and what is dissolvable as well
as termination impacts and gray areas.
• How to Avoid the Ethics Blues – Ethical
Issues in Music, Film & Entertainment Law - Exploring
ethics issues that arise when lawyers assume non-traditional legal roles
or take on multiple roles while representing entertainment clients.
• Rights, Restrictions & Compatibility: The
Challenges of Mobile TV - Addressing issues facing lawyers
negotiating distribution deals for mobile content including what is
“mobile” versus “Internet.”
• The Changing Landscape of Film Distribution: A
Digital Vision - Examining new partnerships between film
festivals and digital platforms to increase the accessibility and
visibility of independent films.
• The Kid Stays in the Picture: Agreements with
Minors - Investigating the rules and risks of contracting with
minors including tips on the best approach to dealing with them.
• Apps, Apps, and More Apps - Looking at
dealmaking issues in this new media stream including licensing and
content use.
A complete line-up of panelists will be announced in the coming
weeks.
Lawyers attending the seminar will receive six (6) New York State
MCLE credits, consisting of four (4) in Practice Management, one (1) in
Skills and one (1) in Ethics, plus a breakfast and luncheon. For those
who wish to register for the one-day business law seminar, go to www.nysba.org/EASLCMJ2010. Both two- and
five-day CMJ/CLE registration options also are available to attend all
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival events in addition to the
Entertainment Business Law Seminar. The event is open to all CMJ
registrants. For two- and five-day registration, please visit
CMJ’s Web site at http://cmj2010.com/registration.
Pricing options include:
Option 1: Entertainment Business Law Seminar
Only (Registration fee: $199*)
This option includes admission to the Entertainment Business Law Seminar
only (Friday, October 22, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), 6.0 New
York MCLE credits, written course materials, and refreshments.
This option DOES NOT include a CMJ Music Marathon registration.
Law Student Discount Rate: Entertainment Business Law
Seminar Only (Registration Fee: $100)
Available through online advance registration only. This option includes
admission to the Entertainment Business Law Seminar (Friday, October 22,
2010 from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.), refreshments, and one-year NYSBA
and EASL Section membership. This option DOES NOT include MCLE credits,
written course materials or CMJ Music Marathon registration.
Register for these options through the NYSBA Web
site: www.nysba.org/EASLCMJ2010.
Option 2: Entertainment Business Law Seminar +
2-day CMJ Music Marathon 2010 Badge (Registration fee:
$299*)
This option includes admission to the Entertainment Business Law
Seminar, 6.0 New York MCLE credits, written course materials, lunch,
refreshments and a 2-day CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival 2010 Badge
valid during Friday, October 22, 2010 and Saturday, October 23,
2010. The 2-day CMJ Music Marathon 2010 Badge allows access to two
(2) full days of events including panels, nighttime admission to New
York's best live music venues to enjoy hundreds of the world's best new
bands in concert and the CMJ Film Festival featuring the very best in
major and independent films before they hit theaters.
Register for this option through CMJ Music Marathon Web site: http://cmj2010.com/registration.
Option 3: Full 5-day CMJ Music Marathon and Film
Festival 2010 Badge + Entertainment Business Law Seminar
Upgrade (Registration fee: $594 [$495 CMJ Badge + $99
upgrade]*)
This option includes admission to the Entertainment Business Law
Seminar, 6.0 New York MCLE credits, written course materials, lunch,
refreshments and a 5-day CMJ Music Marathon 2010 Badge valid during
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 through Saturday, October 23, 2010. The
5-day CMJ Music Marathon 2010 Badge allows access to five (5) full days
of events including panels, nighttime admission to New York's best live
music venues to enjoy hundreds of the world's best new bands in concert
and the CMJ Film Festival featuring the very best in major and
independent films before they hit theaters.
Register for this option through CMJ Music Marathon Web
site: http://cmj2010.com/registration.
*Please note that an additional amount of fifty dollars ($50)
will be added to the registration fee if you register after 5:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, October 13.
For more information on programming, schedules and to register for
MCLE credits, please visit www.nysba.org/EASLCMJ2010.
To see the full seminar schedule, please visit http://cmj2010.com/daytime-events/cle-legal-program/schedule.
For two and five-day registration, please visit http://cmj2010.com/registration.
Hotel Discount: As part of a partnership between Hotel on Rivington and
CMJ, king rooms are available to CMJ badgeholders at a special rate of
$309 per night during October 18 – 24. This deal is valid only if
booked by September 17. To reserve, contact Hotel on Rivington and
reference the CMJ Marathon Web site.
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About NYSBA: The 77,000-member New York
State Bar Association is the official statewide organization of lawyers
in New York and the largest voluntary state bar association in the
nation. Founded in 1876, State Bar programs and activities have
continuously served the public and improved the justice system for more
than 130 years. To learn more on NYSBA membership, please visit www.nysba.org or email membership@nysba.org.
About EASL: The Entertainment, Arts and
Sports Law Section of the NYSBA, now in its 23rd year, has a large,
active and diverse membership, with lawyers occupying every corner of
the entertainment, art and sports law fields, at every level, from law
students and first-year attorneys to senior partners at leading national
and international firms and senior legal and business affairs and
C-level executives at multinational media corporations. The section
strives to not only meet the needs of its increasingly specialized and
sophisticated membership by providing the best CLE programs and
scholarly publications, but also to fulfill its role as advocate for its
members’ interests, promote professional responsibility and
emphasize the core values of the legal profession. To learn more about
NYSBA’s Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section, please visit
www.nysba.org/easl.
About CMJ Network, Inc.: CMJ Network
connects music fans and music industry professionals with the best in
new music through interactive media, live events and print. CMJ.com
offers a digital music discovery service, information resources, and
community to new music fans, professionals, and artists. CMJ
Events produces the legendary CMJ Music Marathon, the largest and
longest-running music industry event of its kind, in addition to live
events and tours across the USA. The weekly music business trade
magazine CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts
of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and
trend-forward retail sales. CMJ Access is an integrated marketing
agency specializing in providing its clients unparalleled access to the
college and young adult demographic and emerging music world. Log on to
www.cmj.com for more information about
all of CMJ’s products and services.
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