BMI was a proud sponsor of the Digital Music Forum West, which took place October 2 & 3 at The Hollywood Roosevelt. BMI participated in the Digital Rights and Clearance panel, moderated by David Oxenford, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. BMI Vice President, New Media & Strategic Development, Richard Conlon was one of six panelists on hand to discuss the clearance rights issues for digital music licenses.
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Title: Digital Music Forum West (Sponsored by BMI)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Description: Panel Title: “Digital Rights & Clearances for Music”
Panel Date: October 3rd, 2008
Panel Location: Los Angeles, CA
Panelist/Moderator: Patrick Sullivan, President of RightsFlow (Panelist)
Summary:
Far too often digital music deals get done only to be held up by complicated and time-consuming rights clearance processes. This panel of experts discussed rights clearance issues for digital music licenses.
Other Panelists:
David Oxenford, Partner, Davis, Wright Tremaine (Panel Moderator)
Kevin Arnold, CEO, IODA
Richard Conlon, VP, New Media & Strategic Development, BMI
Maurice Russell, VP, Bus. & Licensing, Harry Fox Agency
Les Watkins, SVP, Business Affairs, Music Reports
Bob Kohn, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, RoyaltyShare, Inc.
Date: 2008-10-02