Berkman Center at Harvard and Kennesaw State bring Media Law Experts together for Conference

July 20, 2010 - PRLog -- The Berkman Center at Harvard University and Kennesaw State bring some of nations’s top Media Law Attorneys, Scholars and Journalists together for conference on Media Law in the Digital Age.

Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You? http://www.csjconferences.org/medialaw held on September 25 at Kennesaw State University shows Lawyers, Journalists, Educators, Citizen Media Producers, Communications Directors,  Academics and Publishers, big and small what they need to know now and provides an overview of the new legal landscape, case studies, cautionary tales and how to make the laws work for you.

Produced by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and  Kennesaw State University’s Center for Sustainable Journalism, the Media Law in the Digital Age. The Rules Have Changed, Have You? conference will be a discussion of the hot topics in media law, focusing on current media-oriented lawsuits, legal challenges faced by journalism organizations and how technology is changing the practice of law and journalism.  Early-bird pricing delivers a packed schedule for less than $70 for the full day information-packed, interactive conference of panels and workshops on new developments in Media Law.

Panels and Workshops Include:
•   Advertising Law for Online Publishers
•   Copyright: Using the Work of Others and Licensing Your Own Work
•   Exercising Your Right to Know: Getting Access to Government Information
•   Libel and Privacy: Minimizing the Risks of Publishing Online
•   Newsgathering Law: How to Stay Out of Trouble When You're Gathering Information for a Story
•   Safe Harbors: Building and Managing Online Communities
•   Starting an Independent News Organization: Business Law and Other Considerations
•   Understanding Website Terms of Use, Freelancer Agreements, and Licenses
•   Getting Access to Government Information

Nationally- known Speakers and Panelists include:

· David Ardia, fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center and Director of the Citizen Media Law Project

· Hollie Manheimer, Executive Director, Georgia First Amendment Foundation, attorney with Stuckey & Manheimer, Inc. and pro hac vice judge of the Dekalb County Recorders Court

· Eric Hanson, partner in the Atlanta office of the international law firm of Hunton & Williams LLP and recently recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers as a 2009 “Rising Star” in intellectual property law

· Clay Calvert, professor and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida in Gainesville

· Gregory Herbert, board certified as a specialist in Intellectual Property Law by the Florida Bar’s Board of Legal Specialization and Education

· Tom Clyde, partner with the law firm Dow Lohnes PLL with an emphasis on media law, intellectual property, and internet law

· Toni Locy, the Donald W. Reynolds Professor of Legal Reporting at Washington & Lee University and a former reporter specializing in the coverage of courts and law enforcement for USA Today, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, U.S. News & World Report, the Philadelphia Daily News and the Pittsburgh Press

· Deanna Sutton, founder of Clutch Magazine and Sutton Media Group

· Brett Lockwood, partner in the Corporate Section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, and  in charge of the firm’s Technology Law Practice

· Scott Dailard, attorney who counsels clients in all areas of advertising, consumer trade regulation, antitrust and unfair competition law and assists clients with the planning and design of national comparative advertising campaigns, sweepstakes and promotional contests, customer loyalty and rewards programs, telemarketing, e-marketing and direct mail offers, and campaigns for controversial products and services

· Leonard Witt, Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University and Media Law Conference Chair

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CSJConferences.org, an initiative of the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University, provides high quality workshops, seminars and conferences that focus on the needs of marketing, pr, media pros, small business and non-profits.