Deadline to
Register:
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Former
media executive and New York City copyright attorney Diana J. Basso, Esq. is
visiting Minneapolis to share insights from her role as legal counsel for a
newly authored musical theater production premiering in January, 2015. Ms. Basso will discuss the process from
soup to nuts, including copyright licensing challenges and business
practicalities. Topics of discussion will include:
Music
Copyright in the context of Musical Theater
Work for
Hire & Drafting a Composer/Producer Agreement
Grand
Rights
Small
Rights
Setting
New Lyrics to Familiar Songs
Fair Use
Parody versus Just Plain Funny
Permission
and License
Copyright
and Costume Design, Set Design, Sound Engineering, &
Lighting
Why
attend?
Meet
industry insider Diana J. Basso, Esq. and discuss your questions about
intellectual property rights in the musical theater
industry.
Who may
attend?
Members
of the MSBA, law students, the public.
Lunch
will begin at Noon, followed by the CLE program from 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Special meal requests need to be received no
later than Tuesday, January 20.
Speakers:
Chair: Kelly
Dougherty, MSBA Arts & Entertainment Vice Chair, Associate Attorney at
Trepanier MacGillis Battina P.A.
Faculty:
Diana J. Basso, Esq., entertainment, copyright, fashion and media attorney, and
award-winning former media executive. More information about Diana J. Basso is
available at http://djbassolaw.com/.
CLE
Credits:
1 Standard
CLE credit applied for | Event Code: 199141
Remote
Participation:
Remote participation is available. Please indicate that you will attend
remotely when registering. Instructions will be sent via e-mail on
Thursday, January 22.
Cost:
Art
& Entertainment Law Section:
Free
MSBA Member but not a member of the Art & Entertainment Law
Section: $10.00
Non-MSBA
Members: $15.00
Law Students:
Free
Join
the Art & Entertainment Law Section: $43.00 MSBA members who are not members of the
Art & Entertainment Law Section can join the section & attend this event
for FREE. Click
here to
add the section to your membership and then contact Sue
Bores to
register for this meeting at no charge.
Credit
card payments should be made online: http://msba.mnbar.org/Meetings/Meeting?ID=620.
To
pay by check, use the registration form located here.
Need to
cancel? Please see our cancellation
policy.
Questions? Contact:
Sue Bores l sbores@mnbar.org l
612-278-6325