Host: Colette Vogele

Guest: Tony Falzone, Executive Director, Stanford Fair Use Project

An intellectual property litigator with nearly a decade of experience, Tony has advised and defended writers, publishers, filmmakers, musicians and video game makers on copyright, trademark, rights of publicity and other intellectual property matters. Prior to his work at Stanford, he was a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Bingham McCutchen. He is a 1997 graduate of Harvard Law School, and was a law clerk to the Hon. Barry T. Moskowitz, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of California.

Topics and Questions for Episode 008: In this episode, Tony Falzone, Executive Director for Fair Use Project at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society discusses the newly-announced Documentary Film Program, which provides a resource for documentary film makers who need to find errors and ommissions (E&O) insurance but run into problems because much of the content in their films is without permission, but used under the fair use doctrine. (Photo from interview!)