November 15, 2022 – Christian & Gospel Music: The State of the Industry & Beyond

According to GMA over 53 million Americans listen to Christian and Gospel Music several times a week.  These listeners are diverse and most of the listener base is under the age of 50!  After a very successful Gospel Music Week recently held in Nashville, our November event will feature a panel of experts who will discuss the current state of […]

December 8, 2022 – Annual Copyright Review with Stan Soocher

BMI 10 Music Square East, Nashville, TN, United States

  Stan Soocher is an award-winning journalist and entertainment attorney, as well as the long-time Editor-in-Chief of Entertainment Law & Finance, an ALM publication. In addition, Stan is Professor Emeritus of Music & Entertainment Industry Studies at the University of Colorado Denver, where he served as a Music Department Chair. Soocher has given speeches on entertainment law and related industry issues to […]

March 29, 2023 – On The Shoulders Of Giants

Learn how and why the Copyright Society of the South was formed ~ How the music industry has changed over the last 40 years ~ What industry veterans think about the future of the business ~ ...and hear some great industry stories  from 3 of the original founders of our organization! Members, join us for an executive boxed […]

May 23, 2023 – Living with AI, IP & Music in the Better-Best of Times

Dr. E. Michael Harrington is a composer, musician, consultant, professor, and course author and professor at Berklee College Online. Harrington served as expert at the U.S. Copyright Office and World Intellectual Property Organization’s symposium Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence at the Library of Congress in February 2020.  He created the Coursera/Berklee College of Music Copyright Law […]

September 11, 2023 – Fall Copyright Symposium

Belmont University 1900 Belmont Avenue, Nashville, TN, United States

Copyright comes to Nashville!   Enjoy three awesome sessions with Judge Steve Ruwe and John Riley as they discuss the current landscape of copyright from the front lines. This event will NOT be recorded.  Don't miss it!  Guest Speakers/Panelists:   Judge Steve Ruwe has a broad background in copyright and intellectual property law. Before his appointment […]

The TEC: Opportunities for Creators and IP Stakeholders in Tennessee

Learn more about the current landscape, opportunities, and the bright future of our industry by long-time music executive Jimmy Wheeler, Director of Business Development for the Tennessee Entertainment Commission's new Music Office. The office is part of a new initiative to grow investment and job creation in the music sector. This is a statewide effort focused […]

November 15, 2023 – At Long Last…Phonorecord III Adjustments! What to expect!

In April 2023 IP organizations called on the Copyright Royalty Board to accelerate the finalization of the Phonorecords III ruling that it had handed down in July of 2022. Now, the three-judge CRB has officially issued its final determination for the five-year stretch at hand. Notice of the CRB’s long-awaited Phonorecords III decision was just […]

December 7, 2023 – Annual Copyright Review With Stan Soocher!

Honorary Society Member Stan Soocher is an award-winning journalist and entertainment attorney, as well as the long-time Editor-in-Chief of Entertainment Law & Finance, an ALM publication. In addition, Stan is Professor Emeritus of Music & Entertainment Industry Studies at the University of Colorado Denver, where he served as a Music Department Chair. Soocher has given speeches on entertainment law and related industry issues to […]

January 11, 2024 – Legislative Updates with Bart Herbison

GUEST SPEAKER:  Bart Herbison  A Paris, Tennessee native, Bart Herbison spent 14 years in commercial radio, worked as a reporter and as a correspondent for The Nashville Banner newspaper before joining the administration of former Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter as Deputy Director of Communications in 1987. Herbison joined the staff of U.S. Rep. Bob Clement […]

The ELVIS Act Conversation Continues: Experts Panel with Tom Clees, Senator Jack Johnson, & Denise Stevens – Moderated by Suzanne Kessler

Tom Clees, Panelist Tom Clees is Senior Vice President of Federal Public Policy for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  As a lobbyist and political strategist for RIAA, Clees represents the major American record labels’ interests before members of Congress and their staffs. This work has included advocacy on issues including copyright and intellectual […]