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Schedule Registration Housing |
| Saturday, January 8, 2000 3:30-5:15 p.m. |
Delaware Suite A
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Lobby Level |
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Section on Intellectual Property |
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| Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, DePaul University, Chair |
| The Right of Publicity: Competing Perspectives and Divergent Analyses |
| (Program to be published in DePaul-LCA Journal of Art and Entertainment Law) |
| Moderator: | |
| Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, DePaul University | |
| Speakers: | |
| Burton Joseph, Esquire, Joseph, Lichtenstein & Levinson,
Chicago, Illinois, and Chairman, Playboy Foundation and Special Counsel
to Playboy Enterprises
Bela G. Lugosi, Jr., Flintridge, California, and former Executive Vice President, Comedy III Productions Richard Masur, President, Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles, California Diane Leenheer Zimmerman, New York University |
| This program entails a discussion of the right of publicity from diverse perspectives. The panel consists of two pro-publicity panelists, and two anti-publicity panelists, each representing different voices of the right of publicity debate. The first panelist, Mr. Masur, will address the performing artist's perspective on the right of publicity. Mr. Masur is well known to film and television audiences. He is also a notable director, having been nominated for the prestigious Directors Guild of America Award. Now in his second term as the President of the Screen Actors Guild, Mr. Masur is very politically active. Currently he serves on the Advisory Council to the California Senate Select Committee on the Entertainment Industry, and the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Broadcasters, chaired by Vice President Al Gore. |
| Mr. Lugosi will discuss specifically the view of the heirs of celebrities. Mr. Lugosi represents the publicity rights of celebrities. He was the plaintiff in the landmark case Lugosi v. Universal and thereafter was active in the efforts to enact the California Celebrity Rights Act of 1984. Currently he is one of the counsel for the plaintiff in Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. Saderup, involving the constitutionality of the California Celebrity Rights Act, which is pending before the California Supreme Court. |
| On the anti-publicity side, Mr. Joseph will present the publisher's perspective. Mr. Joseph's expertise covers a broad range of areas. He represents numerous publishers, writers and members of the fine arts community. Finally, Professor Zimmerman will present one academic perspective. He opposes publicity rights on a multitude of grounds, including First Amendment concerns. Professor Zimmerman is a prolific Intellectual Property and First Amendment scholar. |
| Business Meeting at Program Conclusion |