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Austin Film Festival 2007 14Th Anniversary Austin Film Festival 2007 a l n u n A h t ainm 7 t 1 r te en t n In s E t L i t a u t e w LIVE Austin October 11-12, 2007 Original posterJuly picnic. art created © 1973 by Jim Jim Franklin Franklin to promote the first annual Willie Nelson 4th of TexasBarCLE presents the 17th Annual tainment Law Inst ter AUSTIN itu n October 11-12, 2007 te E Hyatt Regency Austin Cosponsored by the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Thursday TRACK A TRACK B 7.25 hrs including up to 1.5 hr ethics 1:00 Fundamentals of Copyright 1:00 “The Big Picture” - A Bird’s Eye 7:30 Registration Termination Rights 1 hr View of the Music Industry Michael Perlstein, Los Angeles, CA 1 hr (.25 ethics) 8:30 Welcoming Remarks Fischbach, Perlstein, Lieberman & • Revenue Streams Course Director Almond • Distinction Between Songwriter Mike Tolleson, Austin Income and Recording Artist Mike Tolleson and Associates 2:00 Misappropriation of Name, Income Image, Likeness and Persona • Key Professional Relationships 8:45 Case Law Review and Trends 1 hr Claims - The Silver Bullet in • Fundamental Intellectual Property Stan Soocher, Denver, CO Entertainment Litigation 1 hr Concepts Editor-in-Chief D’Lesli M. Davis, Dallas “Entertainment Law & Finance” Fulbright & Jaworski Buck McKinney, Austin Law Office of Buck McKinney 9:45 Review of Recent and Proposed Julie Anne Ford, Austin Legislation .75 hr George & Brothers 2:00 Songwriter/Publisher Daryl P. Friedman, Washington, DC Agreements 1 hr Vice President, Advocacy & Government 3:00 Break Jeffrey Brabec, Los Angeles, CA Relations, NARAS Vice President of Business Affairs 3:15 Legal Issues Encountered in Chrysalis Music Group Stan Soocher, Denver, CO Multi-Artist Rap/ Hip-Hop Album Editor-in-Chief Production 1 hr (.25 ethics) Steve Winogradsky, “Entertainment Law & Finance” • Producer Agreements North Hollywood, CA • Featured Artist Agreements President, The Winogradsky 10:30 Break • Label Exclusivity Waivers Company • Sample Licenses 10:45 Ethics Jeopardy 1 hr ethics • Remixing Agreements 3:00 Break Tamera H. Bennett, Lewisville Bennett Law Office Ed Fair, Austin 3:15 Recording Agreements 1 hr Law Offices of Edward Z. Fair Jeff Biederman, Los Angeles, CA William J. Chriss, Austin Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Director, Texas Center for Legal Ethics Tim Mandelbaum, New York, NY and Professionalism Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz David Lessoff, Beverly Hills, CA Vice President, Business Affairs 11:45 Break - Lunch Provided 4:15 State Incentives for Film/TV New West Records Production 1 hr 12:10 Texas Star Award Presentation Jeff Begun, Los Angeles, CA 4:15 Talent Management Agreements Honoring Marybeth Peters, recipient Axium International 1 hr of the 2007 Texas Star Award for Neville Johnson, Beverly Hills, CA Outstanding Achievement in the field of Bob Hudgins, Austin Johnson & Rishwain Entertainment Law Director, Texas Film Commission Bernard Resnick, Bala Cynwyd, PA 12:15 2007 Award Recipient Remarks .5 hr Brian O’Leary, New York, NY Bernard M. Resnick, Esq., P.C. Marybeth Peters, Washington, DC Vice President, Tax Counsel NBC Register of Copyrights Universal 5:15 Adjourn Library of Congress 5:15 Adjourn 12:45 Break Friday TRACK A TRACK B 6 hrs including up to .5 hr ethics 2:30 The Digital Millennium Copyright 2:30 The Line Between Amateur and 8:15 Announcements Act is Not an Alibi 1 hr (.25 ethics) Professional Sports 1 hr ent Law Course Director Chris Castle, Sherman Oaks, CA Ameen Najjar, Indianapolis, IN m Mike Tolleson, Austin in In Christian L. Castle, Attorneys Director of Enforcement, NCAA ta st Mike Tolleson and Associates r i 3:30 Producing and Pitching Film & e t Timothy Davis, Winston-Salem, NC u Television Projects to Cable TV t 8:30 Breaking Up is Hard to Do 1 hr Professor, Wake Forest University n te • Legal Issues Arising from Band Networks 1 hr Law School E Breakups • The Market for Indie TV Production • Review of Texas Partnership • From Idea to Series: How a TV Show 3:30 Negotiating for an Athlete’s Law as Applied to Bands and Gets Sold Services 1 hr (.25 ethics) Other Entertainment Industry • Cable Television/Film Acquisition Deals • Representing the Athlete Organizations Moderator • Representing the Team Owner John C. Ale, Houston Maureen A. Doherty, Houston Kevin Robinson, Boulder, CO Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Doherty Legal Ascent Sports Management Flom Harold Brook, Culver City, CA Buck McKinney, Austin The Point Media Woodie Dixon, Kansas City, KS Law Office of Buck McKinney Pearlena Igbokwe, Los Angeles, CA General Counsel, Kansas City Chiefs Showtime Networks (invited) 9:30 Accounting and Tax Issues for 4:30 Adjourn the Entertainer 1 hr 4:30 Adjourn • Role of the Business Manager • Choosing the Right Legal Structure • Issues for the New Artist Client • Issues for the High Income Client Layne Lauritzen, Austin MCLE CREDIT 13.25 HRS (UP TO 2 HRS ETHICS) Layne Lauritzen CPA, P.C. MCLE COURSE NO: 900028002 Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas. Chuck Flood, Nashville, TN Flood, Bumstead, McCready & For their generous support of this program, we would like to recognize and thank: McCarthy 10:30 Break 10:45 Nashville Record and Publishing Deals: The Process, the Politics, the Payoff 1 hr Moderator Jody Williams, Nashville, TN Vice President, Writer Publisher Relations, BMI 2007 TEXAS STAR AWARD RECIPIENT Clay Bradley, Nashville, TN Assistant Vice President Marybeth Peters became the United States Register of Copyrights A&R, RCA Records, (Sony/BMG) on August 7, 1994. She also served as Policy Planning Adviser to the Craig Hayes, Nashville, TN Register, Acting General Counsel of the Copyright Office and as chief Zumwalt, Almon & Hayes of both the Examining and Information and Reference divisions. A frequent speaker on copyright issues, Ms. Peters is the author of The 11:45 Lunch on Your Own General Guide to the Copyright Act of 1976. 1:15 New Legal and Business A member of the bar of the District of Columbia, Ms. Peters Challenges Arising from Digital received her undergraduate degree from Rhode Island College Distribution 1 hr and her law degree, with honors, from The George Washington Robert H. Kohn, San Diego, CA University Law School. She has received numerous recognitions for Chairman & CEO, RoyaltyShare, Inc. her work as Register of Copyrights, including the Women in Music 1999 Touchstone Award for legislative contributions that brought 2:15 Break significant benefit to those in music. In October, 2006 she received the American Intellectual Property Law Association Excellence Award. Ms. Peters is a member of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A., where she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association, the U.S. Chapter of the Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI), the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and the Computer Law Association. COURSE INFORMATION Register Early and Save $20 by registering no later than two weeks before each presentation date. Course Director Early registrations help us ensure that sufficient course books, seating, Mike Tolleson Austin and refreshments will be available. Registrations are accepted on a space- available basis. Course materials and seating will be reserved for pre- Planning Committee registrants until the start of the first presentation. No confirmation will be J. Craig Barker Austin sent; pick up your name tag and course materials at the program. Tamera H. Bennett Lewisville D’Lesli M. Davis Dallas Entertainment and Sports Law Section Members Can Save Up To $45 Maureen A. Doherty Houston because the Section cosponsors this course with TexasBarCLE. If you Buck McKinney Austin are a Section member, or you agree to become one by the date of the Kenneth William Pajak Austin presentation that you attend, you save $25; see the registration form. To Laura Lee Prather Austin join the Section, please contact the State Bar’s Sections Coordinator, Kathy Stan Soocher Denver, CO Casarez, at 800-204-2222, x1420. Please do not send payment for Section Alan W. Tompkins Dallas membership with your registration fee. Steve Winogradsky North Hollywood, CA Qualifying Judges Entertainment and Sports Law Section may attend free of charge, provided (1) the course is directly related to of the State Bar of Texas the jurisdiction of their tribunal, (2) they are full-time judges or judges Craig Barker Chair retired under the judicial retirement system, and (3) space is available after Alan W. 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