NARM Music Law 2010: Clouds, ISPs and Royalty Challenges

1:30-5:30 PM on May 17, 2010 at the Chicago Hilton
During the 2010 NARM Convention as a separate event

NARM is pleased to announce that we will be holding our first-ever Continuing Legal Education conference to address practitioners’ need for information about increasingly complex music industry business models and the associated rights and risks.

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Preliminary Agenda (subject to change)

1:30- 2:30 PM
$350 Million And Rising: Why Is Paying Copyright Owners So Difficult?
Examines the NMPA/RIAA $300 million unpaid royalties settlement and the recent announcement by SoundExchange that $80 million in royalties has not been distributed.

• Victoria Bassetti — Sr. VP for Consumer Experience, EMI, and former Counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee
• Rich Bengloff — President, American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
• Steve Marks — Exec. VP and General Counsel, RIAA, and Chairman, SoundExchange Licensing Committee
• Michael Simon — Sr. VP of Business Affairs, General Counsel and Chief Strategy Officer, Harry Fox Agency
• Nick Sincaglia -- President/Founder of NueMeta, LLC
• Moderator: Jon Potter — Digital Media Consultant and former Founder/Executive Director, Digital Media Association

2:30-3:30 PM
Music In The Cloud: Are Deals Getting More Complex – Again?
Examines licensing deals associated with cloud-based music services.

• Jay Cooper — Partner, Greenberg Traurig and Member, SoundExchange Board of Directors
• Seth Greenstein — Partner, Constantine Cannon and former General Counsel, Digital Media Association (DiMA)
• Chris Phenner — Exec. VP, Thumbplay
• Moderator: Tom Leavens — Partner, Leavens, Strand and Glover LLC and former General Counsel, MusicNow LLC and EVP/General Counsel, Platinum Entertainment

3:30-3:45 PM
Break

3:45-4:45 PM
Digital Concert Tickets: Winners And Losers If Tickets Are Personal Non-Transferable Licenses
Examines paperless concert tickets, their lack of transferability, and whether the impacts on consumers and secondary markets implicates consumer protection laws or competition laws and policy.

• Tod Cohen — VP for Government Affairs, eBay
• Gary Adler — Partner-In-Charge, Roetzel & Andress, outside counsel to the National Association of Ticket Brokers
• Michael Marion - General Manager, Verizon Arena
• Moderator: Peter Strand — Partner, Leavens, Strand and Glover LLC

4:45-5:45 PM
ISP Liability After Grokster And Veoh: Are Consumers or Creators Striking Out?
Examines ISP liability associated with online distribution of content and on 3-strikes legislation that is being formally considered throughout Europe and discussed in the United States.

• Tom Lane — Partner, Winston and Strawn, and outside counsel to Veoh
• Steve Fabrizio — Partner/Co-Chair, Jenner & Block Creative Content Practice, and outside counsel to RIAA and MPAA
• Daniel Mandil — Sr. Exec. VP, General Counsel and Chief Content Protection Officer, MPAA
• Ken Steinthal — Partner, Greenberg Traurig, and outside counsel to YouTube/Google

On-site registration rates will increase by $60 in each category.  

NOTE: This conference is NOT included in your convention registration. You must register for this event separately.