NYSBA FALL/WINTER 2018 | VOL. 29 | NO. 3 Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal A publication of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association www.nysba.org/EASL Table of Contents Page Greetings from Lawyersville, by Barry Skidelsky, EASL Chair .......................................................................................4 Editor’s Note .......................................................................................................................................................................6 Letter from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo......................................................................................................................7 Letter from Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand .......................................................................................................................8 Pro Bono Update .................................................................................................................................................................9 Law Student Initiative Writing Contest .........................................................................................................................12 The Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship Writing Competition .........................................................................13 NYSBA Guidelines for Obtaining MCLE Credit for Writing .....................................................................................15 Brave New World: Unsilencing the Authenticators .....................................................................................................16 (Judith Bresler) EASL at 30—Where to Begin? .........................................................................................................................................22 (Elissa D. Hecker, Jeffrey A. Rosenthal and Katie Van Bramer) Global Alternative to Resolving Art Disputes ..............................................................................................................28 (Judith B. Prowda) Remarks from Diane Krausz ...........................................................................................................................................33 (Diane Krausz) Diversity Committee: You Say Diversity, I Say Inclusion: How Did the Whole Thing Start? .................................................................34 (Cheryl L. Davis) Publicity, Privacy and Media Committee: A Historical Retrospective on New York’s Right of Privacy Law: 115 Years of New York Court of Appeals Jurisprudence ............................................................................................................................................35 (Edward H. Rosenthal and Barry Werbin) Motion Pictures Committee: Finding “Hollywood”: Using State Film Incentive Programs to Select the Right Location for a Production ..................................................................................................................................................................40 (Ethan Bordman) Upcoming EASL Annual Meeting Program and Networking Event ........................................................................48 Music and Recording Industry Committee Is a Personal Manager the Artist’s Fiduciary? .........................................................................................................51 (Judah S. Shapiro) What’s Happening at EASL? ...........................................................................................................................................55 Digital Media Committee Have You Been Framed? The Future of Embedding Copyrighted Content on the Internet .............................56 (Andrew H. Seiden and Christopher J. Norton) 2 NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal | Fall/Winter 2018 | Vol. 29 | No. 3 Table of Contents Page Litigation Committee Concert Venue and Promoter Liability for Violent Acts and Injuries at Concerts ..............................................63 (Brian D. Caplan) Literary Rights Committee 30 Developments in Publishing in 30 Years: A Review of New Business Models, Trends and Court Cases from 1988 to 2018 ...............................................................................................................................................66 (Judith B. Bass, Joan S. Faier, and Erica Ruff) Copyright and Trademark Committee Honey Badger May Not Care, but You Should: A 1930s Film Star, a 30-Year-Old Legal Test, and Trademark in the Age of Digital Content .................................................................................................................75 (Donna Frosco and L. Elizabeth Dale) Television and Radio Committee What Is “TV” Anymore? The Business Must Incorporate Lessons of Its Rich History to Build Its Future ........................................................................................................................................................................79 (Howard Homonoff) Theater and Performing Arts Committee 30 Years Later—The Show Must Go On: Current Trends and Issues in the Theater Industry .........................83 (Jason Baruch, Kathy Kim, Adam J. Rosen, Eric Goldman, Alexandra Mary Clapps, Rebecca Frank Oeser, Jason Aylesworth, and David Friedlander) Sports and Entertainment Immigration What Did We Learn in 2018? (Spoiler Alert: Immigration Is Still Difficult) ........................................................93 (Michael Cataliotti) Resolution Alley Providing for Neutrals with Industry, Legal, and Business Expertise .................................................................97 (Theodore K. Cheng) Concussion—Traumatic Brain Injury ...........................................................................................................................100 (James A. Johnson) Blockchain Technology and the Music Modernization Act: A Match That Should Be Made (Christopher J.P. Mitchell) .........................................................................................................................................102 Brave New World: Contemplating the Partial Withdrawal of the Major Music Publishing Companies from ASCAP and BMI (Matthew F. Abbott) ...................................................................................................................................................105 No Foul, but Plenty of Harm—Sorting Out the 2018 Belmont Stakes (Bennett Liebman) ......................................................................................................................................................109 Krell’s Korner The Steinbrenner Era Begins .....................................................................................................................................113 (David Krell) The Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section Welcomes New Members ........................................................115 30 Years of EASL ..............................................................................................................................................................116 Section Committees and Chairpersons ........................................................................................................................118 Section Officers and Editor ............................................................................................................................................120 NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal | Fall/Winter 2018 | Vol. 29 | No. 3 3 Greetings from Lawyersville, by Barry Skidelsky, EASL Chair EASL Section Chairs 01. 1988-1990 Marc Jacobson (Founding Chair) 02. 1990-1991 Eric Roper 03. 1991-1992 Howard Siegel 04. 1992-1994 Philip Cowan 05. 1994-1996 John Kettle III 06. 1996-1998 Samuel Pinkus 07. 1998-2000 Timothy DeBaets 08. 2000-2002 Judith Bresler 09. 2002-2004 Jeffrey Rosenthal 10. 2004-2006 Elissa D. Hecker 11. 2006-2008 Alan Barson 12. 2008-2010 Kenneth Swezey 13. 2012-2012 Judith Prowda 14. 2012-2014 Rosemarie Tully 15. 2014-2016 Stephen Rodner 16. 2016-2018 Diane Krausz Greetings from Lawyersville (yes, that’s a real place 17. 2018-2020 Barry Skidelsky (Current Chair) in New York State), and welcome to this special edition of A special shout out goes to one such former chair, the EASL Journal celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Elissa D. Hecker, who among the many hats she wears 1988 founding of the New York State Bar Association’s is that as editor of the EASL Journal and Blog. For this Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section. special 30th anniversary issue of the Journal, Elissa has compiled an outstanding collection of articles that look back over the last three decades, cover today’s hot topics, and look ahead to what the reasonably foreseeable future holds in store for the various areas in which EASL mem- bers practice. Another shout-out goes to our new Section liaison at NYSBA, Kristina Maldonado, who joined our merry band in August 2018. She too stands on the shoulders of former Section liaisons, who also deserve their own shout-outs: the relatively short tenured Sydney Joy (who, after only four months as EASL’s liaison, resigned to become Facili- ties Manager at the Cornell Cooperative), and Beth Gould (who, after serving as EASL’s liaison from December 2011 through April 2018, resigned to become Director of Mem- bership at the Girl Scouts). Sydney and Beth are missed, but Kristina hit the ground running inter alia helping to organize EASL’s 2018 Fall Meeting, which took place on October 18 at the NYC offices of