Moscow Media Law and Policy Center
in Cooperation with the American Bar Association (ABA-CEELI) and the Libel Defense Resource Center (New York)
Schedule of the First Russian-American Conference on Mass Media Law.
Moscow, Mokhovaya 9, School of Journalism, Moscow State University, Room 233
Saturday, June 28, 1997: Defamation Law and the Mass Media10:00-12:00. First Session.
Greetings and Introduction.
Yassen Zassoursky
, Professor and Dean, Moscow State University School of Journalism
Sandra Baron, Director of the Libel Defense Resource Center
Robert Rivkin, ABA-CEELI Moscow Liaison
Andrei Richter, Director of the Media Law and Policy Center
“Defense in Russian Defamation Law: Situational Matrix” — Yury Baturin, Doctor of Juridical Science, Secretary of the Russian Federation Defense Council
“Defamation Law in the Practice of the Russian Supreme Court” — -Viktor Knyshev, Justice of the Russian Federation Supreme Court
“Libel Suits by Public Officials and Public Figures” — Margaret Blair Soyster, Partner, Rogers and Wells (New York); Sandra Baron, Director, Libel Defense Resource Center
12:00 — 2:00 Lunch
2:00-6:00. Second Session
“Libel Suits Without Demands for Money Damages” — Judge Pierre Leval, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New York)
“Judicial Procedure in American Defamation Cases Against the Media” — Kevin Goering, Partner, Coudert Brothers (New York); David Bodney, Partner, Steptoe and Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona)
« Party Status Questions in Mass Media Defamation Cases» – Dmitry Zharkov, legal analyst of the « Kommersant-Daily» newspaper (Moscow).
“Opinion and Fair Comment in Defamation Law” — Brady Williamson, Partner, LaFollette and Sinykin (Madison, Wisconsin); John Zucker, Senior General Attorney, Capital Cities/ABC (New York)
“Fact and Opinion in Defamation Cases” — Aleksandr Ratinov, head of legal department, Glasnost Defense Foundation (Moscow)
“Is there an Innocence Presumption in Defamation Lawsuits?” — Fyodor Kravchenko, expert of the Media Law and Policy Center (Moscow)
“Recent Developments in Ukrainian Defamation Law” — Elena Kuznetsova, Associate Professor, Lvov State University
Discussion.
Sunday, June 29, 1997: Issues in Copyright Law
10:00-12:00. First Session
“Ownership of Rights in Transnational Audio-Visual Co-Production Agreements” — Peter Krug, Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Law (Norman, Oklahoma)
“Copyright Law Issues in the Acquisition, Sale, and Production of Television Programs” — Eduard Gavrilov, Doctor of Juridical Science, Professor (Moscow)
“A Sample License Agreement for the Use of an Audio-Visual Program” — Peter Krug, Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Law (Norman, Oklahoma)
12:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-6:00. Second Session
“The Doctrine of ‘Fair Use’” — Judge Pierre Leval, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New York)
“The Resurrection of Uncopyrighted Material”, James Gambrell, Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld (Austin, Texas)
“Copyright in Multi-media Productions”, Gary Kissiah, Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld (Austin, Texas)
“Copyright in Russian Television Broadcasting: Problems and Solutions” — Aleksei Samokhvalov, Counselor to the Chief, Federal Television and Radio Broadcasting Service (FSTR)
“Intellectual Property as a Resource of a Broadcasting Company” — Andrei Tsitovsky, Director of the “National Television Agency”
“Protection of Intellectual Property in Kazakhstan” — Askhar Nurmanov, Director, Bureau of Intellectual Property, Association of Independent Electronic Mass Media (Almaty)
Discussion
Sunday, June 29, 1997 6:30-8:30: Operatic Concert and Reception in Honor of the Conference Participants
Presentation of the Award for Outstanding Service in the Development of Mass Media Law
Helicon Opera Theater, Bolshaia Nikitskaia Ulitsa, Number 19