Bartley F Day

Extensive experience in entertainment and media law, and matters relating to the convergence of entertainment and technology. But always seeking to expand my knowledge and keep current with new trends and technologies.

About My Law Practice

Drafting/Negotiating All Types of Music, Film, Television, Theatre, Visual Arts, Computer Game, and Book Publishing Contracts; Copyright/Trademark Law (U.S. and International); Section 203 and 304 Copyright Terminations/Reversions; Digital Distribution; Content Licensing (U.S./International); Royalty Collection; Music Publishing Issues; Internet Law; E-Commerce; Strategic Alliances, Sponsorships, Joint Ventures, and Co-Branding Agreements; Analyzing the Legal Ramifications of New Business Models/Opportunities.

Personal Background

Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

"AV" (highest) rating in the national Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Presently divide my time between Portland and Los Angeles. I have an entertainment law practice based in Portland, with a national clientele.

2002-2007, Vice-President of Business Affairs for music publishing company in Los Angeles.

Prior experience as artist manager and attorney for major concert promotion company, and as outside counsel for major computer game company.

Publications

Co-author of chapter ("Contracts and Relationships between Major Labels and Independent Labels") in The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide, a book compiled by the Beverly Hills Bar Association and published by Prentice-Hall Publishing (4th ed. 2007). The chapter explores in detail record distribution agreements, joint ventures, incubator deals, upstreaming deals, production deals, equity deals, and master licensing agreements.

Co-author of the book "Music Is Your Business: The FourFront Strategy for Success," published in 2007.

Author, “The Seven-Year Law",2003, cited in “California Labor Code Section 2855 and Contracts”, 116 Harvard Law Review 2632 (June, 2003).

Author of monthly column ("Legal Ease") on entertainment law, Two Louies Magazine, 1987-2004.

Groups and Associations:

Association of Independent Music Publishers

Urban Network

The Recording Academy (presenter of the Grammy Awards). (Elected Member, two terms, Board of Governors, Pacific Northwest Chapter (Seattle), 2000-2004

Member, California Copyright Conference

Member, Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar Intellectual Property Section. 2006-Present

Panel and Speaking Engagements

Panelist and speaker at numerous music business and entertainment law conferences in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Nashville, Austin, Texas, Sundance, Utah, and Vancouver, B.C.

Organizer, Northwest Independent Music Conference, Portland, 1996

Co-Chair, Washington State Bar Assn. Entertainment Law Conference, 2006