College of Visual and Performing Arts
DARRELL PANETHIERE
Adjunct Professor in London
Setnor School of Music
Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries
Education:
J.D. University of Missouri
Biography:
London-based Darrell Panethiere is a consultant for legal and business affairs at FosterCraig Ltd., where he provides independent advice on legal, musical, and business affairs to individuals and companies in music, film, media, and publishing. His expertise is in online music applications and licensing. Representative clients include Warner Music, LO-MAX Records, All-Star Media Int'l, and Warner Home Video. Recent projects:
UNESCO: Consultant to Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise on projects related to arts policy, cultural heritage, and international piracy of music, films, books, and computer software.
All-Star Media Int'l: Handled all business affairs matters associated with producing, filming, and distributing A Tribute to the King, filmed at Abbey Road Studios with Eric Clapton, David Gilmour Mark Knopfler, and other artists for CD and DVD release (Universal, for UK, USA; TF1, for France and Benelux).
LO-MAX Records: Licensing and legal affairs consultant on The Anthology of American Music, a 12-CD release (Europe, 2006; USA, 2007), in association with The Smithsonian Institution; and a projected six-part documentary for PBS (2007).
From 1999 to 2004, Panethiere served as vice president for legal and business affairs at Warner Music International in London, where he was responsible for copyright, competition, and other legal and public policy matters affecting the sale of sound recordings in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He also developed worldwide Internet and licensing policies, conducted negotiations with music rights societies and performers’ organizations, drafted artists agreements and related contracts, and provided litigation oversight for major international online piracy cases (Napster, mp3.com, Kazaa). He represented Warner Music before the World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, European Commission, and European Parliament.
From 1995 to 1999, Panetheire served as legal adviser to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in London. He provided legal advice to IFPI member companies and national groups on all aspects of copyright law, particularly with regard to new technological applications of music. He represented the recording industry before the WIPO and WTO, UNESCO, and the European Commission, and in speaking engagements in more than 25 countries, principally on topics relating to the Internet and new technologies.
Panethiere was chief counsel for intellectual property on the Senate Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Congress from 1989 to 1995. He was responsible for all copyright, trademark, and patent bills considered by the Senate, including legislation to implement the Berne Convention and ratification of the GATT/TRIPS Agreement. He served as congressional adviser on seven U.S. delegations to the WIPO (Model Copyright Law, WIPO Copyright Treaty, and WIPO Performers and Phonograms Treaty). He was copyright adviser on Congressional Delegations to the People's Republic of China, Japan, and Korea.
Panethiere has also served as attorney/advisor of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy and as head of the appeals department at Windle Turley, P.C. in Dallas. He holds a J.D. from the University of Missouri, an M.A. in history of American music from the University of Chicago, and an A.B. in music from Columbia University. He is a member of the Musician’s Union, Local 802, NY (trumpet and brass instruments) and has held such positions as manager and librarian of the Columbia University Orchestra and manager and publicist for Composers’ Committee on Contemporary Music, working with such composers as Stefan Wolpe, Elliott Carter, John Cage, Otto Leuning, Eubie Blake, and others. He also provided research and editorial assistance to Renée Fleming in writing The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer (2004, 2005) and authored the CD booklet The Romantic Era for the Decca release Homage (Renée Fleming/Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, 2006).
Recent Publications:
“The Persistence of Piracy: the Consequences for Creativity, for Culture, and for Sustainable Development.” (Report commissioned by UNESCO and presented to the Intergovernmental Committee of the Universal Copyright Convention, Paris, June 2005). See: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001396/139651e.pdf
“Effective Means to Fight Piracy: A Guide for Police, Customs Officials, and Governments.” (Report commissioned by the Cultural Division, UNESCO; submitted, 1 April 2006, for publication in October, 2006).
“The Sound of Things to Come, Classical Music in the Download Era,” article commissioned by The Gramophone (November 2006).
“La struttura legale del mercato della musica in Europa” in Dal Vinile a Internet, F. Silva, G. Ramello, eds. (Torino 1999: Fondazione Agnelli)
“The Basis of Copyright Infringement Liability: the Law in Common Law Jurisdictions” in European Intellectual Property Review: Special Internet Edition,13 EIPR 13 (1998)
- Music and Entertainment Industries
- Music Industry Law and Ethics