News

cgpbadge

William Nix will be presenting and moderating a Panel on Piracy vs. Privacy: How to Balance Rights in an Era of Online Copyright Infringement at the 4th Anti-Piracy and Content Protection Summit on June 26, 2013 in Los Angeles. The Panel will present an overview on Digital Search and Seizure Procedures and Litigation, Domestic (SOPA, PIPA) and International (ACTA) Developments and Initiatives as well as practical drafting guidance in respect to Privacy Disclosures, Mobile Apps, and Social Media, including tips for compliance with the new FTC and California Attorney General's Office Guidelines in these areas.

cgpbadge

The Production team of This Is Ragtime, based on Terry Waldo's Jazz at Lincoln Center Library Edition book of the same title, is holding an event in New York City, on Thursday, May 16th, in order to introduce the music program they are developing together. It will be an opportunity to meet the team of producers and talent behind this TV program. The program will tell the largely unknown story of America’s first great original music, which preceded the Jazz era. It is targeted to be part of PBS’ Great Performances series and distributed worldwide. The creative team includes Terry Waldo, Music Supervisor, Featured Performer Writer/Producer; Charles Hobson, Producer; Janice Lee, Producer, and William Nix, Executive Producer. Wynton Marsalis is serving as an Advisor, and will also be a Featured Musician in the program. Former Senator, Alan Simpson is an Advisor to the Producers, as well. For further information on the production, please see: www.thisisragtime.com. and for information on this Introductory Event, please contact: terry@terrywaldo.com.

cgpbadge

On April 19th, the Students in Professor Nix and Phillips' Straus Institute Entertainment Dispute Resolution Course were given a VIP Tour of the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in Burbank, California. They saw Film/TV sound stages (The Mentalist, 2 1/2 Men, Mike & Molly), the back-lot streets with sets used for The Music Man and The Waltons, the Paris cafe from Casablanca, as well as more recent productions. They also toured the Studio's museum with Batmobile, Get Smart and other cars from its films, the costume museum (Harry Potter, Batman), and saw a wide array of props from different eras (Hunger Games to The West Wing).

cgpbadge

William Nix and the Creative Projects Group are serving as industry advisors in the planning and production of a national entertainment industry symposium entitled Women in Hollywood: 100 Years of Negotiating the System. Currently slated for Fall 2013, the Symposium is intended to explore the personal and professional challenges faced by women as writers, actors, directors, producers and executives from the early days of Hollywood to the present. Cari Beauchamp's book, Without Lying Down: Francis Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood, movingly recounts the major role that women such as Francis Marion and Mary Pickford played in writing, acting, directing and producing during the formative days of Hollywood. They were also among the creators of the Writers Guild of America. Their experiences, and those of other major figures, such as Olivia DeHavilland and Bette Davis, are worth revisiting to examine their varied approaches to negotiating successful resolutions of their conflicts. Contemporary experiences of women in a variety of key leadership roles will be compared and contrasted with the “stories” of these historical figures.

cgpbadge William Nix, Industry Advisor and Professor in the Straus Institute's Entertainment, Media and Sports Dispute Resolution Project (EMS-Straus), served as an advisor in the planning and production of a Pepperdine Law Review national sports industry symposium entitled The New Normal in College Sports that was held at Pepperdine Law School on April 5, 2013.

cgpbadge

Steve Solot, Founder and President of the Latin American Training Center (http://www.latamtrainingcenter.com/?lang=en )and President of the Rio de Janeiro Film Commission (http://www.riofilmcommission.rj.gov.br/), is leading a small delegation of Brazilians, from its capitol city, Brasilia, in a mini-immersion industry orientation in Los Angeles from April 10th-14th.

cgpbadge

TALKS | TEDX
Colin Camerer: Neuroscience, Game Theory, Monkeys When two people are trying to make a deal -- whether they’re competing or cooperating -- what’s really going on inside their brains? Behavioral economist Colin Camerer shows research that reveals just how little we’re able to predict what others are thinking. And he presents an unexpected study that shows chimpanzees might just be better at it than we are.(Filmed at TEDxCalTech.) Colin Camerer is a leading behavioral economist who studies the psychological and neural bases of choice and strategic decision-making. Full bio »

cgpbadge The Entertainment, Media and Sports Project at Straus Institute, released its 2012-2013 Report of activities at Pepperdine. A copy of the Report can be obtained from this link: click here

cgpbadge William Nix has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel's Law School Advisory Board. This Board has the responsibility to develop and implement AMEC initiatives pertaining to law schools throughout the country, including planning events and developing an AMEC Moot Court program that is slated to be held every year and start in 2014. The AMEC was formed in 2005 and is designed to support the career development and honor the achievements of in-house and business affairs attorneys at entertainment and media companies. For further information on the AMEC and its work, please see: http://www.theamec.com/about.asp. amec

cgpbadge Sportech PLC, one of the world's leading operators and suppliers of pools and tote gaming, announced the appointment of David J. Schreff, CPG Advisory Board Member, as Chief Operating Officer with specific responsibility for the US and Latin American markets. For further details, please see: http://www.sportechplc.com/ and http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com