{"id":470,"date":"2012-03-01T23:53:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T23:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hlsorgs.com\/csel\/?page_id=470"},"modified":"2014-09-25T22:16:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T22:16:58","slug":"2011-entertainment-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/csel\/2011-entertainment-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Entertainment Law Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Democratization of Entertainment
\n<\/strong>Friday, November 11, 2011
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PANEL #1 – Copyright Termination Suits: Who Owns our Favorite Songs and Comic Book characters?
\nBrian Price<\/strong> (moderator), Director, Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School
\nKen Basin, <\/strong>Entertainment & General Business Litigation Attorney, Greenberg Glusker
\nCarole Handler<\/strong>, Entertainment Attorney, Lathrop & Gage
\nTim Matson, <\/strong>Litigation Attorney, Lommen Abdo
\nMarc Toberoff,<\/strong> Copyright and Entertainment Attorney, Toberoff & Associates<\/p>\n

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PANEL #2 – Labor Disputes in Entertainment: Reviewing the SAG and WGA Disputes
\nStuart Brotman<\/strong> (moderator), Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School; Executive Education Program Faculty Member, Harvard Business School; President, Stuart N. Brotman Communications
\nDay Krolik<\/strong>, Senior Vice President, Labor Relations and Talent Negotiations for NBC Universal
\nPhilippa Loengard<\/strong>, Lecturer in Law, Columbia University
\nChuck Slocum<\/strong>, Assistant Executive Director, Writers Guild of America, West
\nRay Rodriguez<\/strong>, SAG Deputy National Executive Director of Contracts<\/p>\n

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PANEL #3 – Online Music Licensing: Is Open Source a Viable Option?
\nMark Fischer<\/strong> (moderator), Partner, Duane Morris LLP
\nTodd Brabec<\/strong>, Executive Vice President, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
\nRobert deBrauwere<\/strong>, Partner, Pryor Cashman, LLP
\nCasey Rae-Hunter,<\/strong> Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Deputy Director, Future of Music Coalition, Member of the Board of Directors, the Media & Democracy Coalition and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
\nWendy Seltzer<\/strong>, Fellow, Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society; Fellow, Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy<\/p>\n

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PANEL #4 – Who Controls Your Digital Self: Privacy Concerns in the Digital Realm
\nChris Bavitz<\/strong> (moderator), Assistant Director, Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic; Clinical Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
\nJeff Chester<\/strong>, Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy
\nHarley Geiger<\/strong>, Policy Counsel, the Center for Democracy & Technology
\nMichael Kernan<\/strong>, CEO, NuMedia Studios
\nLatanya Sweeney<\/strong>, Director and Founder, Data Privacy Lab
\nDavid Jacobs<\/strong>, EPIC Consumer Protection Fellow<\/p>\n

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER – George Cheeks, General Counsel, MTV
\n<\/strong>George Cheeks began his career as an entertainment associate at Loeb & Loeb. In addition, George served as Vice-President, Business Affairs for Castle Rock Entertainment and worked as an entertainment attorney at the boutique entertainment firm of Hansen, Jacobson, et al.<\/p>\n

In 1998, George relocated to New York City where he began working for MTV Networks in the Business and Legal Affairs Department for Nickelodeon. In December of 2002 he was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel of MTV, MTV2, MTVu and MTV Films. In January of 2005, he was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Counsel for MTV, MTV2, MTVu, MTV Films, VH1, CMT and LOGO. George\u2019s current title as of January, 2007 is Executive Vice President, Business Affairs, Co-General Counsel, MTV Networks and General Counsel, Music Group & Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n

George graduated from Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa) and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School (Cum Laude).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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