Legal Writing Sends Law Student to GRAMMY Awards
Bimal Jaysen Rajkomar '07 is the winner of the Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Writing Competition, and as a result, he will attend the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. The competition is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA), and his winning papers will be published by The GRAMMY Foundation and the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries in concert with a major legal review journal.
Jaysen's article, "Dealing With Casual Piracy: Limiting Distribution of Copyrighted Content With Digital Rights Management," was selected in a blind process by a national panel of legal experts. The article addresses the legal challenge of controlling private sharing of digital music and proposes a licensing scheme to implement digital rights management without interfering with the legitimate consumer interests. Jaysen points out in the article that the music industry can offer unrestricted music and still protect their intellectual property. All entries were judged on clarity of expression, originality of thought, depth of analysis, relevance to industry, and essay requirements.
For his first-place win, Jaysen will be awarded $5,000 and flown to Los Angeles to attend the GRAMMY Awards. In addition, he will participate in the high-profile ELI luncheon held during GRAMMY Week, which is attended by more than 400 entertainment attorneys, law students, and key music industry professionals.
ELI is in its ninth year and designed to forge a connection between The Recording Academy's creative and technical constituency and the legal community. ELI promotes discussion and debate on the most compelling legal issues facing the music industry today. The initiative also promotes future careers in entertainment law by seeking out the nation's top law students and giving them invaluable networking and educational opportunities.
Commenting on Jaysen's win, Professor Anupam Chander, a professor of law at Davis and a leading scholar in the law of globalization and digitization, said, "Having worked with Jaysen in the past, I'm not surprised that he won the top prize in this glamorous national contest. His win also demonstrates yet again the intellectual caliber of King Hall students. It shows as well how much fun they have while in Law School."
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Jaysen's article, "Dealing With Casual Piracy: Limiting Distribution of Copyrighted Content With Digital Rights Management," was selected in a blind process by a national panel of legal experts. The article addresses the legal challenge of controlling private sharing of digital music and proposes a licensing scheme to implement digital rights management without interfering with the legitimate consumer interests. Jaysen points out in the article that the music industry can offer unrestricted music and still protect their intellectual property. All entries were judged on clarity of expression, originality of thought, depth of analysis, relevance to industry, and essay requirements.
For his first-place win, Jaysen will be awarded $5,000 and flown to Los Angeles to attend the GRAMMY Awards. In addition, he will participate in the high-profile ELI luncheon held during GRAMMY Week, which is attended by more than 400 entertainment attorneys, law students, and key music industry professionals.
ELI is in its ninth year and designed to forge a connection between The Recording Academy's creative and technical constituency and the legal community. ELI promotes discussion and debate on the most compelling legal issues facing the music industry today. The initiative also promotes future careers in entertainment law by seeking out the nation's top law students and giving them invaluable networking and educational opportunities.
Commenting on Jaysen's win, Professor Anupam Chander, a professor of law at Davis and a leading scholar in the law of globalization and digitization, said, "Having worked with Jaysen in the past, I'm not surprised that he won the top prize in this glamorous national contest. His win also demonstrates yet again the intellectual caliber of King Hall students. It shows as well how much fun they have while in Law School."
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