The Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries

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Editorial Board:

Clark C. Griffith
Clark E. Griffith Law, P.A.
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 338-9097
ccgpa@ccgpa.com

Robert G. Pimm
Law Office of Robert G. Pimm
San Francisco, CA
(415) 955-2641
Fax: (415) 651-8817
bob@rgpimm.com

Maidie E. Oliveau
LawSports
Los Angeles, CA
(310) 979-0325
moliveau@lawsports.com

Dan Satorius
Lommen Abdo Cole King & Stageberg PA
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 333-9322
dsatorius@lommen.com

Miriam Stern
Law Office of Miriam Stern
New York, NY
(212) 794-1289
msternesq@hotmail.com

Staff Editor
Melissa Ladwig

Staff Designer
Elmarie Calungcaguin

Forum Manager
Teresa Ucok
312-988-5658

Web sites
Forum:
www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/home.html

Entertainment & Sports Lawyer
www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/esl.html

Entertainment and Sports Lawyer is published quarterly by the Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries of the American Bar Association. The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer is directed at lawyers who devote a major portion of their practice to entertainment, sports, arts, intellectual property law, and other related areas. It endeavors to provide current, practical information as well as public policy and scholarly viewpoints that it believes to be of professional and academic interest to Forum members and other readers.

If you have questions about this publication or would like to request more information, please contact Teresa Ucok at:
tucok@staff.abanet.org

SPRING 2009 ISSUE
Now Available Online!
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• Unhand That Orphan Evolving Orphan Works Solutions Require New Analysis
• Going the Distance A Playbook for the Athlete Who wants to Start a Nonprofit Organization
• Gridiron Spirit Cheerleading Is a Contact Sport, Declares the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Noffke v. Bakke, 2009 WI 10
• Interview With Mark Cuban at the 2008 ABA Entertainment Sports Forum Annual Meeting
• New Year, New Catch-22 Why the RIAA;s Proposed Partnership With ISPs Will Not Significantly Decrease the Prevalence of P2P Music File Sharing
• The King The Ramifications of Tournament Theory on Team Sports Compensation schemes and Athlete Representation
• Sports, Deals, and Indian Country

Join the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and receive the Entertainment and Sports Lawyer with your membership.

The Forum also includes:

DIVISIONS

Regular and associate members may join the following divisions:

• Motion Pictures, Television, Cable, and Radio
• Music and Personal Appearances
• Legitimate Theater and Performing Arts
• Sports
• Literary Publishing
• Interactive Media and New Technologies
• Arts and Museums
• Merchandising and Licensing

FORUM GENERAL INFORMATION

• Membership
• Educational Programs
• List Serve available for anyone in Entertainment and Sports Law
• Forum Governance

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FORUM EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The Forum on the ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS Industries

To receive information on the Fall 2008 Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries Annual Meeting, contact Teresa Ucok, Forum Manager, at 312-988-5658, email: tucok@staff.abanet.org.

Join us in October for what promises to be an excellent program and a wonderful gathering of entertainment and sports law colleagues!