Practice Areas
Entertainment & Media
Sports Facilities & Entertainment Venues
Intellectual Property & Technology
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Career
Jay L. Cooper is the Founder of the Los Angeles Entertainment Practice and focuses his practice on music industry, motion picture, television, Internet, multimedia and intellectual property issues. He represents individuals and companies on intellectual property matters and contract negotiations, including recording and publishing agreements for individual artists and composers; actor, director, producer and writer agreements in film and television; executive employment agreements; complex acquisitions and sales of entertainment catalogs; production agreements on behalf of music, television and motion picture companies, and all entertainment issues relative to the Internet and digital services.
Concentrations:
Intellectual property
Copyright
Agreements for Music, Publishing, Film, Television
Internet
Professional Memberships
Board Member, Music Industry & Recording Technology at York College of Pennsylvania
Advisory Board Member and Founding Member, Entertainment Law Initiative, The Recording Academy 1998-Present
Former President and Current Member, The Recording Academy
Member and Former President, California Copyright Conference
Former Chairman and Current Member, American Bar Association, Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
Member, Executive Committee and General Counsel of U.S.A. for Africa and Hands Across America
Member, New York Philharmonic, International Advisory Board
Co-Chairman, Alliance of Artists & Recording Companies
Co-Founder, International Association of Entertainment Lawyers
Board Member, SoundExchange
Member, American Bar Association
Member, California State Bar Association
Former Chairman, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Entertainment Law Committee
Member, Illinois State Bar Association
Member, New York State Bar Association