Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Tuesday, May 6th 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM – Special Workshop Session A: The Entertainment and Media Legal Issues Web 2.0: The Emerging Law of Wiki, Blogs and Social Networks and Its Impact on Traditional Business and Entertainment The Web 2.0 universe is opening an entirely new and untested world of rights, rights holders and technology innovation. The Web 2.0 content rights, legal and technology space is perhaps entering it’s “intellectually scalable period” of investigation, probing and growth. The legal, technology and content industries will all be facing new and untested challenges. The legal implications of content rights, intellectual property, the relationship between rights holder and the myriad levels of digital distribution channels and distribution formats inherent in the web 2.0, Wiki. blogging and social networking worlds are now just emerging. We are delighted to be at the start of this new conversation. Tim Morgan, CEO, Mint Digital Kristin L. Holland, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP Todd Herman, Managing Director, Mediagasm, LLC Chris Ruhland, Partner, Orrick, Moderator For Further Speaker Infomation - Click on highlighed Names to see their LinkedIn Profile Tim Morgan, co-founder and CEO, Mint Digital (www.mintdigital.com): Tim is responsible for helping television and media clients harness the power of the web to create online properties that genuinely engage with their audience. Based in London and New York, Mint adopts a unique approach, fusing the buzz of television with the social and participatory nature of the web. This has led to web hits for clients including ABC Family, MTV, BBC, Channel 4, Ogilvy One and Thumbplay. In September 2006, Mint launched Islandoo.com, the first social network dedicated to casting for a TV show. Soon after its launch, Islandoo achieved critical acclaim not only from the technology and broadcast press but also in the business and mainstream press. Tim regularly speaks on the subject of cross platform TV at media conferences including PACT’s Rights Lab, MIPTV in Cannes, Digital Hollywood and NMK’s ‘Beer and Innovation’. Prior to establishing Mint Digital, Tim worked in corporate mergers and acquisitions. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA), and a member of the Securities Institute (MSI). Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix: Chris came to Topix from Spoke Software, a business social networking company, where he was a co-founder and VP of marketing. Before Spoke, Chris was a Director of Marketing at AOL/Netscape for AOL Music, Netscape Search and Directory Products. Chris was a co-founder and VP of Marketing at NewHoo, and led the sale of the company to Netscape. After the acquisition, NewHoo was relaunched as the Open Directory Project at Netscape and became the world's largest human edited directory of the web, and is still used by companies like Google, Alexa and AOL. Previous to NewHoo, Chris held a variety of sales, marketing and management positions at Sun Microsystems. Chris graduated from the University of California at San Diego with degrees in Computer Science and Economics, where he was awarded the Michael J. Addison award for his senior thesis about the online information industry. Kristin L. Holland, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP: Kristin L. Holland helps clients resolve business disputes. She maintains a diverse civil trial practice and has significant experience with intellectual property, fiduciary duty and real estate claims. Ms. Holland understands the value of trying to settle differences out of court, and has helped resolve a number of cases before trial, through negotiation and through alternative dispute resolution processes. But when settlement is not possible, Ms. Holland is an effective courtroom advocate. Recent successes include a complete $7.2 Million victory for the plaintiff in a real estate fraud case and a total victory, including a attorneys fees, on a cross-complaint for an investment bank which had been sued by an insurance company. Ms. Holland has also litigated more than 25 entertainment industry disputes, including claims relating to licensing, creative credit, royalty accounting, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights. These cases have included: Herbert Limited Partnership v. Electronic Arts, re: “Dune;” The Regents of the University of California v. ESPN, Inc. re: “SportsCentury;” Miller v. Miramax, et al., Peters v. Disney, et al., and Kellerman v. Miramax, et al. re: "Shakespeare In Love;" Luft v. Miramax, et al. re: "Little Voice;" Aaron Russo, et al. v. Brian Grazer, et al. re "Liar, Liar;" Steven Patrick, et al. v. Eddie Murphy, et al. re "The Nutty Professor;" Worth v. Universal re "Daylight;" Lumsden v. Rader, et al. re "Waterworld;" River Enterprises v. Universal re "The River Wild;" Man Facing Southeast v. Universal re "K-Pax;" Van Daalen v. Paramount, re "Lucky Numbers;" Gaty v. Universal re a Theme Restaurant at Universal Studios Orlando; and Marketingworks v. Studios USA re "Too Hot for TV" and Studios USA v. Real Entertainment re "Jerry Springer." Ms. Holland graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with distinction and honors. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1996. At UCLA, Ms. Holland was a member of the Moot Court Honors Program and Board and served as Managing Editor of the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy. Ms. Holland is the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Los Angeles office, is a member of the national Women’s Leadership Forum and is active on the recruiting committee. She is on the Board of the Center for Law in the Public Interest. She is also Chair of the Law Firm Advisory Board of the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel and a former Board member and Co-chair of the Litigation Section of the Women Lawyer’s Association of Los Angeles. She has been named a 2006 and 2007 Southern California Super Lawyer "Rising Star" by Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics. Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP: Ian Ballon represents technology, media and entertainment companies in complex litigation and counseling relating to copyright, trademark, trade secret, database and computer and Internet law issues. Mr. Ballon, who splits his time between the firm's Palo Alto and Los Angeles offices, is the author of the three-volume legal treatise, "E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms" (LegalWorks/ West Publishing 2001 & 2005 Supp., which has been cited in state and federal court opinions. He also serves as Executive Director of Stanford University Law School's Center for E-Commerce . In addition, Mr. Ballon is an Advisor to the American Law Institute's International Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Project, a Council Member of the American Bar Association's Section of Science and Technology, and a member of the GRAMMY® Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative Advisory Committee. Mr. Ballon frequently speaks and writes about intellectual property and Internet law and is regularly quoted on these subjects in general-circulation and industry publications. He serves on the editorial boards of The Cyberspace Lawyer, The Journal of Internet Law, Privacy and Information Law Report, E-Commerce Law Report and Intellectual Property Lawcast. In 1999, he was named one of the top 20 California lawyers under age 40 by California Law Business, and in February 2001 was listed as one of 16 top new-media lawyers in the United States by the Daily Journal's CyberEsq. magazine. He was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in California by California Law Business in 2001, as one of the top 25 copyright, trademark and patent lawyers in California by the Daily Journal in 2003, and has continued for several years (including 2005) to hold a position as a top intellectual property litigation lawyer in the annually released Northern California Super Lawyers published by Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine edition. Mr. Ballon is also listed in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of intellectual property and information technology, and as one of the world's leading lawyers in the 2005 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Expert Guide. Christopher Ruhland is a partner in the Litigation Group. Mr. Ruhland's practice focuses on litigation and intellectual property. Mr. Ruhland has represented major entertainment companies such as Disney, ESPN, Fox, Sony, and MGM, as well as companies in the financial, technology, transportation, and health care sectors. Mr. Ruhland formerly was Senior Counsel at The Walt Disney Company, where he was responsible for a wide range of intellectual property and litigation matters. Mr. Ruhland often speaks on legal issues and has presented at meetings of the International Trademark Association and the United States Copyright Society. He has written articles and contributed to books on copyright, trademark, antitrust, and employment matters. Mr. Ruhland also has been quoted on significant legal issues by the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, Bloomberg, CNET, and others. Todd Herman is Managing Director of the Technomedia think tank and anti-consultancy, Mediagasm, LLC. He is a recognized action-leader in disruptive advertising and media models which cross-breed traditional and new media. Most recently General Manager, Global Media Strategy and Monetization for Microsoft’s MSN, he crafted edge revenue models and company level strategies for engagement with traditional media companies. Prior to that, he served as General Manager of Media Experiences for MSN Entertainment at Microsoft; in 2003, he wrote the business plan for MSN Video, the leading Broadband Video product; as the ad industry evangelist for video, he inaugurated over 100 traditional TV brands into Internet Video and represented MSN in the TV Upfronts and created the MSN Originals series. Mr. Herman began working in streaming media in 1996. From 1997 - 2001, he served as Co-founder/CEO of theDial, (which became Loudeye Radio), the first Internet Radio Syndication platform. theDial provided offline music service providers and top 100 web properties with private labeled music and talk, patented technology and ad insertion. theDial introduced such major brands Microsoft, Sears, H&R Block and Folgers Coffee to Internet Radio advertising. He is a contributing writer to The Streaming Media Bible by Steve Mack (2002, Wiley & Sons), sits on the advisory board of Digital Hollywood’s Consortium: Hollywood and the Digital Consumer. Mr. Herman has been a featured solo speaker at Ogilvy’s Verge Summit, Ad:tech, The National Association of Broadcasters, Streaming Media East and West, Johnson & Johnson World-wide Media Days. In a life long ago, Mr. Herman was as a nationally known radio talk show host perhaps most remembered for contributing to the defeat of a sitting House Speaker in 1994. He is an exciting, provocative speaker on media strategy, new media audience dynamics, pop culture and the Internet as the story delivery device of the future – and, more importantly, the present.