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LinksWikipedia on California Assembly Bill 5https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California\_Assembly\_Bill\_5\_(2019)Text of California Assembly Bill 5 (see tabs for history, amendments, voting, analysis)https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill\_id=201920200AB5Publishers Weekly news article on AB5https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81992-publishers-brace-for-california-labor-law-changes.htmlDecember 17 news article on California freelancers filing suit against AB5https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/12/17/ab5-california-freelance-journalists-lawsuit/ParticipantsJonathan Kirsch is a publishing and intellectual property attorney based in Los Angeles, an expert witness in publishing industry disputes, an Adjunct Professor on the Faculty of New York University’s Professional Publishing Institute, and a lecturer and consultant on publishing matters. He has long served as general counsel to IBPA, which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for special achievement in publishing. He is the author of 13 books, including Kirsch’s Handbook of Publishing Law and Kirsch’s Guide to the Book Contract.Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

<h3>Links</h3>Wikipedia on California Assembly Bill 5 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%5C_Assembly%5C_Bill%5C_5%5C_(2019)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California\_Assembly\_Bill\_5\_(2019)</a>Text of California Assembly Bill 5 (see tabs for history, amendments, voting, analysis) <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill%5C_id=201920200AB5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill\_id=201920200AB5</a>Publishers Weekly news article on AB5 <a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81992-publishers-brace-for-california-labor-law-changes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81992-publishers-brace-for-california-labor-law-changes.html</a>December 17 news article on California freelancers filing suit against AB5 <a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/12/17/ab5-california-freelance-journalists-lawsuit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/12/17/ab5-california-freelance-journalists-lawsuit/</a><h3>Participants</h3>Jonathan Kirsch is a publishing and intellectual property attorney based in Los Angeles, an expert witness in publishing industry disputes, an Adjunct Professor on the Faculty of New York University’s Professional Publishing Institute, and a lecturer and consultant on publishing matters. He has long served as general counsel to IBPA, which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for special achievement in publishing. He is the author of 13 books, including Kirsch’s Handbook of Publishing Law and Kirsch’s Guide to the Book Contract.Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

California’s new labor law and its impact on publishers, authors, and freelancers, with guest Jonathan Kirsch

New developments in privacy law in Europe, and fair use, piracy, and widespread infringement by high-tech players remain big challenges for publishers. Publishing attorney Jonathan Kirsch analyzes a changing landscape. Topics include:  How the European Union’s GDPR privacy laws are tightening up data collection and possibly placing even US-based publishers in legal jeopardy Understanding Fair Use: there are no formulas, only criteria Piracy: even legitimate corporations are trying to use your copyrighted material without permission. Can they? In some cases, legally, they can! But there is always  recourse to the DMCA takedown notice, which is surprisingly effective (most of the time) A Hot News Flash: when can you legally file a claim of copyright violation with the court? (hint: you’re not going to like the answer) And an exclusive Kirsch prediction: Euro-style privacy laws are coming to the USA as even Americans demand the “right to be forgotten”  Jonathan Kirsch’s website with links to his books and services: http://www.jonathankirsch.com/ IBPA’s model contract for translation and publishing rights, for reference (IBPA members only): https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/rightsagreement Information on  DMCA takedown notices: https://www.dmca.com/faq/What-is-a-DMCA-Takedown DMCA takedown notice template: https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/210128926-DMCA-copyright-infringement-takedown-notification-email-template Note: nothing in this podcast or the links provided should be construed as legal advice and is provided for informational purposes only. PARTICIPANTS Jonathan Kirsch is a publishing and intellectual property attorney based in Los Angeles, an expert witness in publishing industry disputes, an Adjunct Professor on the Faculty of New York University’s Professional Publishing Institute, and a lecturer and consultant on publishing matters. He has long served as general counsel to IBPA, which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for special achievement in publishing. He is the author of 13 books, including Kirsch’s Handbook of Publishing Law and Kirsch’s Guide to the Book Contract, which are now in revision for a new and updated single-volume edition. Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

New developments in privacy law in Europe, and fair use, piracy, and widespread infringement by high-tech players remain big challenges for publishers. Publishing attorney Jonathan Kirsch analyzes a changing landscape. Topics include: <ul> <li>How the European Union’s GDPR privacy laws are tightening up data collection and possibly placing even US-based publishers in legal jeopardy</li> <li>Understanding Fair Use: there are no formulas, only criteria</li> <li>Piracy: even legitimate corporations are trying to use your copyrighted material without permission. Can they? In some cases, legally, they can!</li> <li>But there is always recourse to the DMCA takedown notice, which is surprisingly effective (most of the time)</li> <li>A Hot News Flash: when can you legally file a claim of copyright violation with the court? (hint: you’re not going to like the answer)</li> <li>And an exclusive Kirsch prediction: Euro-style privacy laws are coming to the USA as even Americans demand the “right to be forgotten”</li> </ul> Jonathan Kirsch’s website with links to his books and services: <a href="http://www.jonathankirsch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.jonathankirsch.com/</a> IBPA’s model contract for translation and publishing rights, for reference (IBPA members only): <a href="https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/rightsagreement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/rightsagreement</a> Information on DMCA takedown notices: <a href="https://www.dmca.com/faq/What-is-a-DMCA-Takedown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dmca.com/faq/What-is-a-DMCA-Takedown</a> DMCA takedown notice template: <a href="https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/210128926-DMCA-copyright-infringement-takedown-notification-email-template" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/210128926-DMCA-copyright-infringement-takedown-notification-email-template</a> Note: nothing in this podcast or the links provided should be construed as legal advice and is provided for informational purposes only. <h4>PARTICIPANTS</h4> Jonathan Kirsch is a publishing and intellectual property attorney based in Los Angeles, an expert witness in publishing industry disputes, an Adjunct Professor on the Faculty of New York University’s Professional Publishing Institute, and a lecturer and consultant on publishing matters. He has long served as general counsel to IBPA, which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for special achievement in publishing. He is the author of 13 books, including Kirsch’s Handbook of Publishing Law and Kirsch’s Guide to the Book Contract, which are now in revision for a new and updated single-volume edition. Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

Publishing law today: privacy, fair use, and piracy, with guest Jonathan Kirsch

Mari Frank

JONATHAN KIRSCH is the author of twelve books, including seven books on the history of religion and religious texts, two novels and two books on publishing law. (See below.) He has contributed book reviews to the Los Angeles Times for more than 30 years, and he appears as a commentator and guest host on NPR affiliates KCRW-FM and KPCC-FM in Southern California. He also serves on the adjunct faculty of New York University's Professional Publishing Program. Kirsch has served as a guest lecturer at schools, universities, libraries, museums, synagogues and churches across the United States. He has also served as legal counsel on a pro bono basis for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Center for Media Literacy, and California Lawyers for the Arts. He is also general counsel for the Independent Book Publishers Association (formerly Publishers Marketing Association), which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for Special Achievement in Publishing in 1994. Kirsch is a member of California Lawyers for the Arts, the Los Angeles Copyright Society, the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Intellectual Property Sections of the California State Bar and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Kirsch writes and lectures on legal topics relating to the publishing industry for the Independent Book Publishers Association, the Western Publishing Association, the Publishers Association of the West, the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, the National Museum Publishing Seminar of the University of Chicago's Graham School, the Authors Guild, the Practising Law Institute, the ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law, the Intellectual Property, Internet and New Media Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Mystery Writers Association, the Independent Writers of Southern California, California Lawyers for the Arts, Sisters in Crime, Southwest Manuscripters, and other publishing industry associations and legal programs. Kirsch was born in 1949 in Los Angeles, attended high school in Culver City, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Russian and Jewish history and Adlai E. Stevenson College honors at the Santa Cruz campus of the University of California. A member of the California State Bar since 1976, he earned a Juris Doctor degree cum laude at Loyola University School of Law. Before embarking on the practice of law, Kirsch was senior editor of California Magazine (formerly New West Magazine), where he specialized in a coverage of law, government and politics. Previously, he worked as West Coast correspondent for Newsweek, an editor for West and Home magazines at the Los Angeles Times, and a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. As a book reviewer and a freelance writer, he has contributed to the Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, New Republic, Publishers Weekly, Performing Arts, Human Behavior, L.A. Architect and other publications. He is also the author of two novels, Bad Moon Rising (1977) and Lovers in a Winter Circle (1978). Kirsch is married to Ann Benjamin Kirsch, Psy.D., a psychotherapist in private practice in Beverly Hills.

JONATHAN KIRSCH is the author of twelve books, including seven books on the history of religion and religious texts, two novels and two books on publishing law. (See below.) He has contributed book reviews to the Los Angeles Times for more than 30 years, and he appears as a commentator and guest host on NPR affiliates KCRW-FM and KPCC-FM in Southern California. He also serves on the adjunct faculty of New York University's Professional Publishing Program. Kirsch has served as a guest lecturer at schools, universities, libraries, museums, synagogues and churches across the United States. He has also served as legal counsel on a pro bono basis for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Center for Media Literacy, and California Lawyers for the Arts. He is also general counsel for the Independent Book Publishers Association (formerly Publishers Marketing Association), which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for Special Achievement in Publishing in 1994. Kirsch is a member of California Lawyers for the Arts, the Los Angeles Copyright Society, the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Intellectual Property Sections of the California State Bar and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Kirsch writes and lectures on legal topics relating to the publishing industry for the Independent Book Publishers Association, the Western Publishing Association, the Publishers Association of the West, the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, the National Museum Publishing Seminar of the University of Chicago's Graham School, the Authors Guild, the Practising Law Institute, the ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law, the Intellectual Property, Internet and New Media Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Mystery Writers Association, the Independent Writers of Southern California, California Lawyers for the Arts, Sisters in Crime, Southwest Manuscripters, and other publishing industry associations and legal programs. Kirsch was born in 1949 in Los Angeles, attended high school in Culver City, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Russian and Jewish history and Adlai E. Stevenson College honors at the Santa Cruz campus of the University of California. A member of the California State Bar since 1976, he earned a Juris Doctor degree cum laude at Loyola University School of Law. Before embarking on the practice of law, Kirsch was senior editor of California Magazine (formerly New West Magazine), where he specialized in a coverage of law, government and politics. Previously, he worked as West Coast correspondent for Newsweek, an editor for West and Home magazines at the Los Angeles Times, and a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. As a book reviewer and a freelance writer, he has contributed to the Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, New Republic, Publishers Weekly, Performing Arts, Human Behavior, L.A. Architect and other publications. He is also the author of two novels, Bad Moon Rising (1977) and Lovers in a Winter Circle (1978). Kirsch is married to Ann Benjamin Kirsch, Psy.D., a psychotherapist in private practice in Beverly Hills.

Mari Frank Interviews Jonathan Kirsch, Author and Publishing Attorney