ABSTRACT
What are some of the most challenging legal issues facing fi lmmakers today? In October 2007, we convened a panel of experts to discuss this issue with us and with students from the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University. The panelists were:
■ Anthony Falzone, Lecturer in Law at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and Executive Director of CIS’s Fair Use Project, https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/;
■ Sam Green (www.samgreen.to), fi lmmaker (The Weather Underground) and educator at the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Art Institute;
■ Debra Kozee, founder and president of C&S International Insurance Brokers, Inc. (www.csins.com);
■ Jan Krawitz (www.stanford.edu/~krawitz), fi lmmaker (Little People, Drive-In Blues), professor, and director of Stanford University’s MFA Program in Documentary Film and Video;
■ Dale Ellen Nelson, vice president and intellectual property counsel for Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.;
■ Rick Prelinger (www.prelinger.com), founder of the Prelinger Archives, cofounder of the Prelinger Library, and fi lmmaker (Panorama Ephemera, Our Secret Century);
■ Kristine Samuelson (www.stanford.edu/~samuelso/), fi lmmaker (Arthur and Lillie), professor, and director of Stanford University’s Film and Media Studies Program.
