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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 • 3:40pm - 4:40pm
Developments in Copyright: The Year in Review

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The legal landscape impacting the music business is continually shifting, moving forward in some regards, and backwards in others. This panel will examine important developments from the past year with respect to music and copyright, including the Songwriter Equity Act and other proposed legislation, cases involving sound recordings created before February 15, 1972, the DOJ consent decrees and fractional licensing, compulsory licenses under sections 114 and 115 of the copyright law, RMLC litigation and others. 
Moderators
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Serona Elton

Professor/Head of Educational Partnerships, University of Miami/The MLC
Serona Elton is a professor and the Chair of the Music Industry Department at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. She also serves as Head of Education Partnerships for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC). In 2023 she was named Music Business Educator of the Year... Read More →

Speakers
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Joe DiMona

Vice President, Legal Affairs, BMI
Joe DiMona is VP of Legal Affairs at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). DiMona has handled a wide range of matters for BMI for over 20 years, including license fee litigation before the BMI rate court in the Southern District of New York, the negotiation and drafting of music performance... Read More →
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Gary Greenstein

Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Gary Greenstein is a Partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on intellectual property, licensing, and commercial transactions. He regularly represents a wide range of technology companies in licensing transactions with... Read More →
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John Simson

Of Counsel / Executive-in-Residence & Program Director for the Business and Entertainment Program Department of Management, Fox Rothschild / American University
John L. Simson is a practicing entertainment lawyer and is currently of counsel to the firm Fox Rothschild. He has been involved in the music industry since his 1971 signing as a recording artist. His career has included stints as a manager; an entertainment lawyer; an executive... Read More →


Monday May 15, 2017 3:40pm - 4:40pm CDT
Music City Ballroom
  Entertainment & Technology Law Conference

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