Illinois (IL) Copyright Law CLE Course Catalog

The panel will discuss impacts of recent copyright case law on technology and art.

The ins-and-outs of Comic Book Industry, legal issues practitioners likely to encounter.

Learn about recent copyright and fair use decisions and practical applications to advise clients.

Understand the many issues art law practitioners face in the "virtual art arena."

Deepfakes can impact our relationship to information and the tools we use to work with it. How will this new horizon impact the trustworthiness of evidence and will the legal profession have the tools needed to test what they see or hear? What are the implications for the Rule of Law and our elections?

Lawyers and agents both play important roles for clients interested in publishing, marketing, selling, or licensing their works. This panel will discuss the role agents and lawyers play in negotiating deals for their clients and the legal limitations of those interactions. It will also discuss the differences between agents and lawyers and their roles in literary publishing, how and where those roles overlap, and the industry norms and regulations that guide and shape them. Additionally, it will discuss how lawyers and agents can work together to best serve their publishing clients.

Identify the variety of ways an artist's music may be monetized and the legal considerations associated with these transactions.