Application examples of music contract design for filmmakers // Workshop guest: Jan-Uwe Leisse

Application examples of music contract drafting for filmmakers - The content developed in the first workshop will be discussed specifically in connection with the cinematic use of music, e.g. for advertising, (own) commercials, short and feature films or documentaries. The usual contractual procedures in the respective industries will be addressed as well as problems that can arise from negligence in the important aspect of careful rights licensing for a production. - Workshop guest Jan Uwe Leisse (Grethler Rechtsanwälte, Cologne and Berlin) - Born in Bremen. Studied law at the University of Hamburg as well as electric bass and jazz double bass at Berklee College of Music in Boston/USA and at McGill University in Montréal/Canada. After passing his first state examination in law in 1994, he initially worked for several years as a freelance musician in the pop and jazz sector. At the end of the nineties, legal clerkship in Düsseldorf, Cologne and at Mushroom Records in Melbourne/Australia. Admitted to the bar in 2000 and joined Grethler Rechtsanwälte, a law firm specializing in the media and entertainment industry with a focus on music, film, TV, trademark law, advertising and the Internet. He advises and represents well-known international and national creative professionals, artistic personalities and media companies in all aspects of the entertainment and media industry. He is a regular guest lecturer and speaker on artist contract and media law, e.g. in the Master's degree program in Music Production at the Cologne University of Music and Dance and in the Bachelor's degree program in Popular Music at the Lübeck University of Music.