Josh Wattles

Held between New York and Los Angeles by Gabriela Ceja on August 3, 2016.

Interview:

https://archive.org/details/JoshWattlesDeviantArt.1

https://archive.org/details/JoshWattlesDeviantArt.2

Language:

English

Project:

Devian Art (http://www.deviantart.com/)

Collection:

http://dpya.org/en/index.php/Deviant_Art

Curriculum vitae:

Joshua S. Wattles is advisor in chief to deviantART, the world’s largest online community for artists and art enthusiasts, and he has acted as both general counsel for Paramount Pictures and senior intellectual property lawyer for Paramount Communications.

In these roles, Wattles has managed more than 60 lawyers and was responsible for the studio’s highest profile talent, content agreements, and major litigations. Additionally, he advised on intellectual property matters related to film, book publishing, sports, and cable television and was key architect of the film industry’s anti-piracy program.

In his private legal practice, Josh’s clients have included motion picture studios, music companies, and new media properties including the World Monuments Fund, Dorothy Hamill, Televisa, Internet entrepreneur Michael Robertson, and J.K. Rowling. He also represented technology developers in the watershed Supreme Court case MGM v. Grokster.

He is currently an adjunct law professor at Southwestern University Law School and Loyola Law School in Los Angeles where he teaches courses in Copyright Law, Museum and Art Law, and the Music Publishing Industry. He is a past president of the Los Angeles Copyright Society. He holds a J.D. from George Washington University (1978), as well as a B.A. from Mills College (1973, with honors).

Source:

http://gould.usc.edu/about/contact/lecturers/contactinfo.cfm?detailid=71001