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Sept. 5, 2007
I've posted the text of the talk I gave at Dragon*Con: Know Your Rights: Copyright Law for the Creator of Fan Works. It was a full house, asking very intelligent questions -- thanks to everyone who came out!
August 15, 2007
There are a gazillion updates on the Vampira: The Movie website, most importantly that the movie is being released on DVD on August 28th. Be sure to buy your copy today!
My talk in the Dragon*Con Tolkien Track, Know Your Rights: Copyright Law for the Creator of Fan Works, is scheduled for September 1 at 8:30 PM.
I'll also be on a panel in the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival: Legal Issues in Filmmaking, on September 2nd at 1 PM. See the full schedule of events here.
With all the different programming tracks, the parade, and meeting up with friends I met on TheOneRing.net, this is shaping up to be an exhaustingly thrilling weekend! Hope to see you there.
June 30, 2007
I've posted a report about the Copyright Office Roundtable I attended on June 15.
Copyright law too dry for you? I've also posted a page of original Modern Music Industry Lightbulb Jokes. Enjoy!
March 23, 2007
I just noticed that my upcoming talk on copyright law is mentioned in today's New York Times, in the article called Elvish Impersonators (*groan*).
Excerpt:
"I'm an obsessed geek," said Marie Miesel, a nurse from Nashville and a presenter at Dragon*Con, perhaps the nation's largest convention for fantasy fans, held in Atlanta annually on Labor Day weekend. "My parents brought me to science fiction conventions when I was 7." She will be leading a seminar on Sept. 2, "The Silmarillion for Dummies" [since retitled "Silmarillion Essentials / Jewels in the History of Middle-earth"].
The four-day convention isn't just about Tolkien, but its Tolkien Track will be a cluster of lectures, game demonstrations, films and panel discussions on topics from "Customizing Your Action Figures" to "Misconceptions of Copyright Law for the Creator of Fan Works" [since retitled "Know Your Rights: Copyright Law for the Creator of Fan Works"]. A party called An Evening in Bree (Bree is a village in Middle-earth) will include folk dancing, a trivia contest and a band singing Tolkien-themed lyrics. On Saturday morning, hundreds of costumed Tolkien fans will march through downtown Atlanta -- bearded wizards and snarling orcs -- mingling with Klingons ("Star Trek") and Imperial Guardsmen ("Star Wars") from other fantasy-loving groups.
March 8, 2007
I will be one of the judges in the quarter-final round of the Cardozo/BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition on March 23rd. These always have fascinating and complex fact patterns based on current issues in copyright law, and I am looking forward to hearing the students' arguments as they practice their litigation skills.
I'll be giving a presentation on copyright law at the "Tolkien's Middle Earth" track of Dragon*Con. Exact date, time and format are TBA. Watch this space or the Tolkien Track website for more info.
I've been doing legal clearances and webmastering for the new documentary Vampira: The Movie. This is a very exciting project and my first hand-coded website; please let me know what you think!
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