Billboard Pro Spotlight Virtual Event: Creators and Copyright - "The Terminators"
Partner Donald Zakarin, co-chair Pryor Cashman’s Litigation Group and member of the firm’s Intellectual Property, Media + Entertainment and Digital Media Groups, will participate in Billboard Magazine's Pro Spotlight Event this Friday on a panel titled “The Terminators”
The 1976 Copyright Act lets creators reclaim the rights to their work in the United States after 35 years — a provision of U.S. law that’s both profoundly important and extremely complicated. So far, publishers have generally given songwriters their works back, while labels seem to be reaching compromises with artists that let labels retain some rights in exchange for better terms. But Gang of Four, among other acts, has recovered the rights to its recordings in the United States, and some current lawsuits could offer more legal clarity — if they don’t lead to further litigation.
- Lisa A. Alter, partner, Alter, Kendrick & Baron
- Hugo Burnham, founder and drummer of Gang of Four; assistant professor at Endicott College
- Donald Zakarin, co-chairman of the litigation department, Pryor Cashman
Moderated by Billboard deputy editorial director Robert Levine
