Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Amidst Covid-19 Cancellations, Venues Take Health Measures
www.eventmarketer.com: MWC Barcelona was the catalyst, but a wave of event cancelations are being announced in real time as the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread at an unprecedented rate. The majority of cancelations, at present, are pertaining to global shows like MWC and Cisco Live: Melbourne, but U.S. cancelations are also beginning to crop up, including Facebook’s Global Marketing Summit, which was slated for March 9-12 in San Francisco. There’s also growing buzz about Tokyo 2020 and what it would mean to cancel the Summer Olympics, particularly in the wake of volunteer training events having been postponed.
NHL Seattle To Pay For Fans' Transit To Home Games
www.ticketnews.com: When the NHL’s newest expansion team debuts in Seattle next year, local hockey fans will be able to get to and from the games free of charge. NHL Seattle announced an ambitious plan to provide free transit options for ticket holders in an effort to enhance fan experience and remain environmentally friendly.
'That's Rock 'n' Roll!' Get Inside Madison Square Garden as 18,000 Students Cheer on To Kill a Mockingbird
Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com: The roar of the 18,000-member crowd as the players took their places at Madison Square Garden was enough to knock you back. But this wasn’t a Knicks game; this was an audience of New York City public school students cheering for a play. Madison Square Garden—known more for concerts and sporting events than theater—presented its first-ever play on February 26. Students from across New York City’s five boroughs assembled for a free performance of Broadway's best-selling To Kill a Mockingbird.
California’s AB 5: Not as Easy as ABC
AMERICAN THEATRE: Just over a month and a half after Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) went into effect in California on Jan. 1, Liz Lisle, managing director of Berkeley, Calif.’s Shotgun Players, considers her company lucky. AB 5, California’s new bill aimed at reining in employers who incorrectly or wrongfully classify workers as independent contractors, has sent shockwaves through the California theatre community, especially small, non-Equity companies.
If My AI Wrote this Post, Could I Own the Copyright?
The Scholarly Kitchen: Every new technology poses challenges for the concept of intellectual property rights ownership. When copyright was first introduced into legislation in the US following the adoption of the Constitution, the copyright of works extended to “maps, charts, and books” and only for a period of 14 years. Growth of the coverage of copyright over time moved forward in fits and starts, occasionally with the not-so-subtle hand of the Supreme Court in the United States.
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