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CLE: Legal Issues in the Music Industry

For attorney registrants, South By Southwest, in conjunction with the Lommen Abdo Law Firm and Thomson/West, is offering an 8-hour continuing legal education program at no additional cost. The schedule is as follows:

PROGRAM CHAIR: Nels Jacobson

Friday March 17 (Part One)

12:00 NOON-12:30 PM Attorney Sign-In

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Working with Developing Bands: Agreements, IP Protection, and Shopping

Griff Morris (moderator), Black Letter/Associated Talent Management, Los Angeles, CA
Danica Mathes, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, St Louis, MO
Tim Matson, Lommen Abdo Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN
Sonya Southward, Asonia Artists, Minneapolis, MN

1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Acquisition and Licensing of Music for Film/TV/DVD

Dan Satorius (moderator), Lommen Abdo Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN
Jay Cooper, Greenberg Traurig, Santa Monica, CA
Henry Root, Santa Monica, CA

* Break from 2:30 PM-3:00 PM *

3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Podcasting: Creation, Content, and Clearance Issues

Peter Strand (moderator), Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL
David Lessoff, Senior Director, Business Affairs, Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA
John Simson, Executive Director, SoundExchange, Washington DC

4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Music Art: Rights and Licensing

Nels Jacobson (moderator), Jagmo, San Francisco, CA
Eric Custer, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Los Angeles, CA
Andy Nelson, Lost Highway Records, Nashville, TN
Myles Silton, General Counsel and VP of Business Affairs, Signatures Network, San Francisco, CA

Saturday March 18 (Part Two)

11:00 AM-11:30 AM Attorney Sign-In

11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Legislation, Courts and Policy

Robert Donnelly, New York, NY
Stan Soocher, Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Music Publishing in the New Economy

Ed Pierson (moderator), General Counsel and Executive VP of Warner/Chappell Music, Los Angeles, CA
Jeff Biederman, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Los Angeles, CA
David Hirshland, Executive VP, Bug Music, Los Angeles, CA

* Break from 1:30 PM-2:00 PM *

2:00 PM-3:00 PM
New Realities in Record Deals: Label Participation in Artist Revenue Streams

Ken Abdo (moderator), Lommen Abdo Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN
Darryl Franklin, VP of Business & Legal Affairs, Interscope, Geffen, A&M Records, Santa Monica, CA
Shawna Hilleary, Artist Law Group, Burbank, CA
Scott Sanders, Atlanta, GA

3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Resolved and Unresolved Digital Distribution Issues

David Given (moderator), Phillips, Erlewine & Given, San Francisco, CA
David Ring, Senior VP Business Affairs & Business Development, Universal Music Group, eLabs, Santa Monica, CA
Mark Tratos, Greenberg Traurig, Las Vegas, NV