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ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAW GRAHAM HENDERSON VOLUME 1: ENTERTAINMENT LAW 2000 FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO VOLUME 1 ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAW GRAHAM HENDERSON VOLUME 1: ENTERTAINMENT LAW 2000 FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO VOLUME 1 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/entertainmentspo01hend_0 LECTURE 1 - INTRODUCTION TO COURSE This years’ materials have been substantially reworked for the second year in a row. Those of you familiar with the course from past years may note some significant changes m the design and emphasis of the course. Last year the Sports Law component was reduced from 7 lectures to 3. This year it has been further reduced to 2 as I gradually change to focus of this course from “Entertainment and Sports” to “Entertainment”. My feeling is that each field is so enormous that to attempt to do justice to both by devoting 6 lectures to Entertainment and 6 lectures to Sports does an injustice both fields. Last year the copyright portion was expanded from 1 to 2 sessions -- where it remains - though I have rethought the presentation. The film and television sections were expanded from 2 to 3 in 1999. Last year, however, the materials that were presented were essentially those used m 1998. This year I am very pleased to report that the materials have been substantially reworked and are built around a case study model. Two years ago music was accorded a single lecture slot. It now occupies 3. Book publishing has been removed from the syllabus. Last year, for the first time incredibly, the course offered a section on electromc media. I am continuing to build and revamp this section. We will also offer a lecture on “personality issues”. Finally, last year I brought in Professor Paul Halpern from the Rotman School of Management. Paul teaches the Art of the Deal course in the Joint MBA/LL.B programme. This lecture was extremely successful and will introduce some concepts which I believe are essential to not just this particular course, but the practice of law. Every effort has been made to bring practical significance to the lectures and to tighten up the materials. It is my hope that through the use of up to date materials; together with excerpts from actual agreements, I can offer you a course that will give practical insights to the practice of law in this immensely rich and complicated field. That said, I continue to view the course as something of a work in progress. This years’ guest lecturers are as follows: Stephen Stohn (Electromc Media) Susan Abramovitch (Personality Issues) David Zitzerman and Michael Levine (Film and Television). Gordon Kirke (Sports Law) and Paul Halpern (Art of the Deal). While much of what I have to say during the first lecture will be introductory in nature, I have appended a so-called “Deal Memo” that is based on an actual deal. Names and certain deal points have been altered. I would ask that you read this document over. I intend to spend a half hour or so teasing out some issues which we will come back to during the course of the semester. Do NOT prepare a Think Piece on this material. The first lecture for which a Think Piece may be prepared is Lecture 2. The only other lecture with respect to which I DO NOT want a Think Piece is Lecture 13, the last lecture. Regrettably, at the time of printing, the Sports materials were not available. These will be made available early in the new year. 2 - - Enjoy the year. Your comments and thoughts about this course are welcome. Yours truly, Graham Henderson PS: You can reach me at the following address: Stohn Henderson, Barristers & Solicitors 77 Mowat Avenue Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M5K 3E3 416-531-4500 (T) 416-531-5500 (F) [email protected] LECTURE 1 • Introduction 2000.wpd COURSE SYLLABUS Entertainment and Sports Law University of Toronto 2000 Date Subject Matter Instructor (s') 04-Jan-00 Introduction Graham Henderson 11-Jan-00 Music (1) Graham Henderson Recording Agreements. Restraint of Trade; Unconscionability; Inequality of Bargaining Power. 18-Jan-00 David Zitzerman 25-Jan-00 Art of the Deal. Prof. Paul Halpern Understanding concepts and factors which inform and underlie the structure and making of deals. 01-Feb-00 Music (2) Graham Henderson Applied Copyright and Art of the Deal Issues 08-Feb-00 Music (3) Graham Henderson Royalties - How artists are paid. 15-Feb-00 Reading Week. 22-Feb-00 Electronic Media. Stephen Stohn 29-Feb-00 Personality7 Issues. / Susan Abramovitch 07-Mar-00 Film and Television (1). _ David Zitzerman/Michael Levine J 14-Mar-00 Film and Television (2). _ David Zitzerman/Michael Levine 21-Mar-00 Film and Television (3). David Zitzerman/Michael Levine 28-Mar-00 Sports (1).^ Gordon Kirke 04-Apr-00 Sports (2). Gordon Kirke