Marc Jacobson
Marc Jacobson
New York
New York (NY)
Entertainment & Sports
Business/Corporate
Intellectual Property
Profile
I advise companies and talent about their entertainment and internet related ventures. Film financing, production & distribution, music publishing catalog transfers and loans, and strategic corporate advice and counseling for entertainment related companies are particular areas of expertise. I also handle minor's contract approval processes for talent and employers.
After serving 16 years as a music, film and television lawyer, I became the General Counsel, then Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Public Policy at Prodigy Communications, the on line service. I was part of the team that took the company from near bankruptcy, to a purchase from IBM and Sears at $50 million, to a public offering at a valuation of about $1.0 billion, to about $2.0 billion upon my resignation. I then worked and ran several internet companies, and helped raise over $340 million during the internet years.
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro
International Locations
Global Region(s): Asia, Europe
About Marc Jacobson
Admitted: 1978, New York
Professional Webpage: www.marcjacobson.com/
Honors and Awards:
- Selected by Chambers USA as a leading business lawyer in New York for Transactional Entertainment work for 2011.
- Selected by Chambers USA as a leading business lawyer in New York City for Transactional Entertainment work., Chambers USA, 2005
- Selected by Chambers USA as a leading business lawyer in New York City for Transactional Entertainment work., Chambers USA, 2006
- Selected as one of the best lawyers in New York City for transactional Entertainment work., Chambers USA, 2007
- Selected by Chambers USA as a leading business lawyer in New York City for Transactional Entertainment work., Chambers USA, 2008
- Selected by Chambers USA as a leading business lawyer in New York City for Transactional Entertainment work., Chambers USA, 2009
- Selected by Chambers USA as a leading business lawyer in New York City for Transactional Entertainment work., Chambers USA, 2010
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Copyight Society of the USA., 1977
- Founding Chairman, New York State Bar Association Section on Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law., 1984
Representative Clients:
- Clients include talent, actors, recording artists, songwriters, music publisher, managers, talent agents, film producers, screenwriters, film directors, financiers and others.Over the years I've provided legal services to Talent, such as: Shakira, Fergie, Meg Ryan, Cathy Lee Crosby, Rip Torn, Jimmy Webb, Herb Ritts, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Ronan Tynan, Julianne Moore, Annie Roboff, Eileen Fulton, Colleen Zenk, Claudia La Bianca, Katarina Morhacova, Deborah Gibson, Davy Jones, Linda Yellen, Tony Glazer, George Butler. Digital Music Companies, such as SpiralFrog, Goom Radio, TouchTunes Music Corporation, Qtrax. Movies such as: "Texasville," "The Last Film Festival" with Dennis Hopper, "Conviction" with Hilary Swank, "Junction," "Good Day For It" with Hal Holbrook, "Johnny Postal" and many others. TV shows and Webisodes include: "Cube Fabulous," "World Office Sports," "Bikini Barbers," "Workout." Music Publishers and Record Comapnies include: BMG Music Rights, XIX Entertainment, Casablanca Media, Kobalt Music Publishing, Roba Musikverlag, Carlin America Music, EMI Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Famous Music Publishing, Zomba Records. Talent Agents/Managers: Roger Paul, J. Michael Bloom & Associates and many more.
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- ***Lobbied Clinton Administration Officials, and Congress and testified before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Digital Milennium Copyright Act. Testified before the World Intellectual Property Organization regarding amendments to the Berne Convention on the same issue. Late 1990's. ***Co-authored the brief, with many others, which the US Supreme Court found persuasive in overturning the Communications Deceny Act, and which held that the restrictions on Internet Speech should be as little as possible. Circa 1997. ***As President of www.politics.com won the coveted Webby Award for the best political website in 1998, defeating all the major news networks and newspapers.
Video:
- Discusses my views on the status of licenses in the entertainment industry in 2009. Not much has changed since then. , Music & Film Licensing in the Current Digital Environment, 2009
Educational Background:
- BA, Magna cum Laude, State University of New York at Buffalo, Political Science, 1974
- JD, New York University Law Center, Moot Court Board., 1977
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
