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Please note that Monday, May 15 consists of pre-convention meetings, digital service workshops, the Entertainment & Technology Law Conference, and the Industry Jam 2. The full program will take place Tuesday, May 16  through Thursday, May 18.  
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Monday, May 15 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Reclaim Your Copyright!

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Organized by MusicRowSearch


Reclaim Your Copyright: After 35 years, if you follow the rules, copyrights you've signed away can be returned to you, or your family. Simplify otherwise complex issues, watch experts absorb uncertainty about the process. All sides explored, including how to deal with such requests when you receive one. Everyone involved with copyright needs to know how to handle terminations, recaptures, reversions. 

Moderators
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Jim Griffin

Managing Director, OneHouse
Jim Griffin is the Managing Director of OneHouse, a company dedicated to the digital delivery of art and its monetization. Griffin is also a professor at NoVa College in Sterling, VA where he teaches music copyright law. He previously ran The Pho List for almost two decades; ran Cherry... Read More →

Speakers
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Duff Berschback

Senior VP of Legal Affairs & Business Development, Sony/ATV Nashville
Duff Berschback is Senior VP of Legal Affairs and Business Development at Sony/ATV Nashville. In this role, he is responsible for legal and financial due diligence and negotiating and closing all agreements, including songwriter contracts and acquisitions. Berschback also oversees... Read More →
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George Howard

Associate Professor of Management, Berklee College of Music
George Howard is the Co-Founder of Music 2020, a non-profit working to create a more utilitarian music industry. Additionally, Howard is the Co-Founder of Music Audience Exchange, which uses technology to redefine the fundamental structure of brand-artist relationships. He is an also... Read More →
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Linda Edell Howard

Partner, Adams & Reese LLP
Linda Edell Howard is a Partner with Adams and Reese LLP and Team Leader of the firm’s Entertainment and New Media practice group. In this role, she leads the firm’s practice with emerging technology businesses, entertainment-related professionals, intellectual property rights... Read More →
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Daniel Novick

Attorney, Savur Threadgold, LLP
Prior to passing the California, New York, and Tennessee bar exams by the age of 26, entertainment attorney Daniel Novick already had a decade of experience as a recording and performing artist, songwriter, and music business entrepreneur. Novick now manages Savur Threadgold, LLP’s... Read More →
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Eddie Schwartz

Co-Chair/President Emeritus, Music Creators North America/Songwriters Association of Canada
Eddie Schwartz is best known for writing such classic hit songs as "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" recorded by Pat Benatar, "Don't Shed A Tear" by Paul Carrack, and "The Doctor" by the Doobie Brothers, as well as some 200 songs recorded and performed by artists such as Joe Cocker, Carly... Read More →



Monday May 15, 2017 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Music City Ballroom