PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES - JUNE 2011
LEGAL ISSUES FOR PUBLISHERS

Monday, June 13, 2011, 7:00 PM

Are you ahead of the curve in the fast-changing business of
publishing? Are you up to date on permissions, fair use and electronic
rights issues? Do you know what the potential Google settlement
situation may mean for your publishing company in the future?

All publishers need to be aware of these issues and other legal
matters as the fundamentals of publishing media, markets, and business
models continue to change.

We are thrilled that one of the most respected experts in publishing
law, Jonathan Kirsch, will cover these legal issues of vital
importance to publishers as well as take your questions.

OUR SPEAKER

JONATHAN KIRSCH, is a publishing and intellectual property attorney
based in Los Angeles. He is also an expert witness on publishing
industry matters, an adjunct professor on the faculty of New York
University's Professional Publishing Institute, a longtime book
reviewer for the "Los Angeles Times" and book editor of "The Jewish
Journal," and the author of seven books on the Bible as literature and
the history of religion.

Jonathan specializes in publishing law and copyright, trademark, and
other intellectual property matters. His clients include book,
magazine, newspaper, audio, video, and electronic publishers; authors;
agents; distributors; designers; and artists and photographers, among
other publishing industry businesses and professionals.

Jonathan is the author of two leading reference works on publishing
law, "Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law for Authors, Publishers,
Editors, and Agents" (Acrobat Books) and "Kirsch's Guide to the Book
Contract for Authors, Publishers, Editors and Agents" (Acrobat Books).

DATE: Monday, June 13, 2011.

TIME: 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Felicia Mahood Senior Center 11338 Santa Monica Blvd., West
L.A. (About 3 blocks west of the 405. Parking is available on the
street or in the public lot on the corner of Corinth and Iowa.) NOTE:
Entrance to the meeting is through the Center's parking lot on
Corinth--the third door into the building--past the black gate.

COST: $5.00 for PALA members; $15.00 for nonmembers. Advance admission
can be purchased until the day before the program with PayPal on our
website: www.pa-la.org.

QUESTIONS: Sharon Goldinger, Program Chair, pplspeak@att.net,
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