Title: Digital Music Forum West
Location: Los Angeles , CA
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Description: Moderator: Patrick Sullivan, President of RightsFlow

Summary:

With so many digital products today, the business has become one of micro transactions and the process of licensing rights and collecting, administering and reporting royalties is far from what it should be. This panel will discuss issues related to rights, royalties and reporting in the digital world. What are the key problems that need to be addressed? What needs to happen to create a better system that provides accuracy, transparency, and accountability for all aspects of rights and royalty administration?

Other Panelists:

Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO of RightsFlow (Moderator)

Richard Conlon, VP, New Media & Strategic Dev., BMI
Cecily Mak, Assoc. General Counsel & Dir., Music Licensing, Real & Rhapsody
Maurice Russell, VP, Licensing, Collections & Bus. Affairs, Harry Fox Agency
Erik Steigen, Director, Publishing & Royalties, Provident Financial Managemen

Date: 2009-10-08

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

Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 21, 2008 – Digital Music Forum West, to be held in Los Angeles October 2nd and 3rd, will feature Patrick Sullivan as a guest speaker on the “Digital Rights and Clearances for Music” panel.
The panel topic focuses on the following idea – “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 will discuss rights clearance issues for digital music licenses. What are some of the common problems and how can they be avoided?”
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