Partnering With Copyright Alliance To Target Entrepreneurs in - Narm

September 25, 2012 ? digitalmusic.org, the virtual home of music business association NARM?s digital initiatives, is teaming with the Copyright Alliance to broaden the scope of the popular Music Start Up Academy by hosting the first Entertainment Startup Academy in the nation?s capital of Washington, DC, on Monday, October 15, from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at the USPTO Madison Building. These educational sessions, which will encompass all forms of media, are built for aspiring entrepreneurs, aiming to reduce the barriers for entry into the entertainment industry by teaching them everything they need to know about important concepts such as copyright, content acquisition, and the technical side of the entertainment business.

Registration is available now for $59 per person at http://entertainmentstartupacademydc.eventbrite.com/. After 9am Wednesday, October 10, registration will be $109.

The current schedule of events and speakers can be found below.

Educational Sessions

Copyright 101 for Entrepreneurs?
A deeper dive into the economics of the entertainment industry, including where to get the rights you need for the creative works you use. We?ll cover performance rights, including understanding the various rights for master recordings and songwriting legal issues surrounding music product development; sources for licenses for audio-visual works, photography, and more.
- David Hughes, Sr. VP of Technology, RIAA
- Rachel Scarpati, Business Development Account Executive, Harry Fox Agency
- Nancy Wolff, Partner, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP

Content Acquisition and Business Development?
Want Lady Gaga for your music service? The best library of original films? A cool product isn?t enough. What are the ?dos and don?ts? in licensing vast libraries of major content? Learn the third rails and how to manage navigating around the barriers to entry.
- Yiping Ho, Sr. Dir. of Digital Strategy & Business Development, Warner Music Group
- Ben Sheffner, VP Legal Affairs, MPAA

Getting Under the Hood: What You?ll Need to Tell Your CTOs and Developers?
Once a deal is done on the legal side, technical teams need to work out content delivery and royalty reporting mechanisms. This session will discuss industry XML standards for content delivery, and royalty reporting, metadata, best practices, and troubleshooting.
- Josh Builder, CTO, The Orchard

?Resources for Startups? Sessions
Key Administration and Hill senior staff dealing with small business issues will kick off each of the above panels and provide information about government resources for small business startups.

Networking Reception
Following the programming, join us for a networking reception sponsored by the Copyright Alliance. Get to know the speakers and meet members of the creative community as well as other attendees while enjoying some great cocktails and hors d?oeuvres.

digitalmusic.org will also host two sessions of its traditional Music Start Up Academy on Wednesday, October 10, in San Francisco and Thursday, November 8, in Boston. For more information or to register for these events, visit http://1010sfmusicstartupacademy.eventbrite.com/?for San Francisco and http://musicstartupacademyboston.eventbrite.com/?for Boston.

Source: http://www.narm.com/news/partnering-with-the-copyright-alliance-to-target-entrepreneurs-in-the-nations-capital/

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