HHR New Media, Entertainment and Technology Group

As part of the Distributed Computing Association’s inaugural P2P market conference, Dan will be participating on a panel on P2P and Cloud Business Models.  The conference is being held on Tuesday, March 9 at the Cornell Club of New York in conjunction with Media.Summit 2010.  Registration information is available on DCIA’s site.

The latest in our on-going series of CLE-accredited Webinars will focus on the critical legal and business issues and questions raised by the emerging phenomenon of “TV Everywhere,” a digital platform agnostic solution that promises to enable pay TV subscribers online access to their programming wherever they may consume it via an Internet enabled device. Our team will address topics including:

• Methodologies to authenticate subscribers and the technological burdens of implementing such authentication methodologies;
• Protection of personally identifiable information (PII) of subscribers and controlling access to such subscriber PII;
• Impact of the FCC’s proposed “net neutrality” rules on TV Everywhere initiatives; and
• Potential business models and revenue opportunities for stakeholders, including revenue streams from enhanced subscription fees, premium advertising fees, etc.

The one-hour Webinar will also feature “live chat” functionality to enable viewers to ask questions and comment on the presentation in real-time. Presentation materials will be available for download.

The Webinar will be held on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST. To register, click here.

This first-of-a-kind, publicly-available, law firm-hosted, CLE-accredited Webinar will focus on the critical issues that are confronted in game transactions. Our team will address issues such as:

• Structuring relationships between developers and publishers and the ownership issues that arise in development agreements, including work-for-hire, joint ownership and cross-licensing issues;
• Protecting against developer default or insolvency, including the pros and cons of source code escrow arrangements and the applicability of Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code;
• How clearances and consents have become critically important with the increased incorporation in games of real world elements (cities, buildings, people, etc.) and third party IP (e.g. music, video clips, characters, logos, etc.), with an examination of recent case law (Kirby v. Sega and Grand Theft Auto/Pig Pen); and
• Strategies to maximize revenues from online and mobile games, including sponsored exclusive features and content, “in-game” ads, syndicated games, and tiered subscriptions.

The one-hour Webinar will also feature “live chat” functionality to enable viewers to ask questions and comment on the presentation in real-time.  Presentation materials will be available for download.

The Webinar will be held on September 16, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT.  To register, click here.

Dan and Wayne will be making a presentation on July 21 at the Sports Video Group’s Third Annual Sports Asset Management Forum.  The forum will be focusing on issues facing sports leagues, teams and networks as they continue to manage digital assets.  The presentation will be part of a workshop attended by a select, invitation-only group of individuals from the major sports leagues and will feature a discussion on legal issues related to the identification and protection of digital content.

[UPDATE:  Conference materials available for download below.] On May 19, the Firm will be hosting a conference sponsored by the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel and the Digital Watermarking Association.  The conference, entitled “Digital Watermarking, Fingerprinting, Filtering and Other Technology Solutions to Identify, Protect and Monetize Content” will feature several panels discussing the business and legal implications of content protection initiatives.

The keynote speaker will be Stanley Pierre-Louis, VP and Associate General Counsel for IP and Content Protection at Viacom.  Dan will be moderating a panel with executives from MTV Networks, Giant Steps Technology Services, Interpret LLC and County Analytics.

The complete agenda is available here.  Registration information is here.

Conference Materials

Final Agenda

Speakers’ Bios

Presentations

• Content Protection As A Business Imperative – Stanley Pierre-Louis
• Digital Watermarking Applications and Business Drivers – Bruce Davis
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Content Security and Tracking – Tom Miller
• Watermarking for Monitoring – John Utley

Articles

• Congress Should Amend the Copyright Act to Protect Transactional Watermarking – Matt Williams
• Content Identification Technologies – Bill Rosenblatt
• Ongoing Innovation in Digital Watermarking – Rajan Samtani

White Papers

• Digital Serial Numbers and Piracy Deterrence – Digital Watermarking Alliance
• Digital Watermark Technologies-Applications in P2P Networks – Distributed Computing Industry Association
• Orphan Works – Digital Watermarking Alliance
• Privacy Principles for Digital Watermarking – Center for Democracy & Technology

Other Materials

• Digital Watermarking Alliance Brochure
• Digital Watermarking Alliance Information