The MSBA Art & Entertainment Law Section Presents

"Content, Control and the Socially Networked Film"

Our filmmaking clients must reinvent their film production and distribution models under the pressure from digital piracy, smart phones and personal video players, YouTube, and social networks. Given the high cost of production and relatively limited number of theatrically distributed feature films each year, motion picture producers are exposed to much greater risk from digital piracy than other media. At the same time, changing technology has created new opportunities for film producers, filmmakers and audiences to interact.

Speaker:

Jon M. Garon, Esq.
Hamline University School of Law and Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC

Jon M. Garon, Professor of entertainment and IP law at Hamline and Of Counsel to Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC, will discuss approaches to clients' business and contractual arrangements that allow filmmakers and producers to succeed in the modern, digital environment.

1 hour of Standard CLE credits to be applied for

Details:

Date:   Friday, November 20, 2009
Time:   12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location:   MSBA Offices
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 380 Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Cost:

Section Members:  $10.00
MSBA Members (But Not Art & Entertainment Law Section Members):  $15.00
Non-MSBA Members:  $20.00
Law Students:  $5.00

Teleconferencing is available. 
Teleconference number: 866-939-8416; Participant Code: 7439514

Please contact Ashley Hacker if you are planning on teleconferencing.