Kevin Otero
- Username: kotero
- Program Director
- Role: Station Program Director
Recent Pieces from Kevin Otero
Class 65: Cross-cultural Appropriations
(04:59)
From: Michael Olivas
Entertainment has had its share of cultural appropriation, especially when white artists took Black music and blanched it for white listeners. To be sure, as long as ...
Class 68: Concert Boycotts for Cause
(04:59)
From: Michael Olivas
As with many other intersections of entertainment law and the larger world with which it interacts, boycotts have become more common, more prevalent, and more politically complex.
Class 67: Better Late Than Never, Releasing Old Songs, Vol. 2
(04:59)
From: Michael Olivas
An interesting pattern has emerged with classic artists and old materials that have not yet been published, turning legal tools into a plastic surgeon’s scalpel, to ...
Class 66: Crosswise Collaborations
(04:59)
From: Michael Olivas
Today’s Class considers breakups, where bands take on special projects or collaborations, and it does not work out, leading to bad relations and often, lawsuits.
Class 63: Rock Lyrics and Judicial Opinions, Vol. 2
(04:59)
From: Michael Olivas
A computerized song search from licensors BMI and ASCAP—turns up more than 140 song titles with the words “law,” “court/courtroom,” "lawyer," or "attorney." And judges, ...
Class 62: Taking Down Social Media
(04:59)
From: Michael Olivas
We have many platforms of social media, and most people think we are better off for these connections, but a growing number recognize the false intimacy can invade privacy, ...
Class 61: Antitrust, Concert Tours, and the Shapeshifting of Live Entertainment
(04:59)
From: Michael Olivas
In the year 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice approved a merger between the two largest live music businesses—to be governed by a complex consent decree setting out the ...
Class 60: Management Ripping Off Artists
(05:00)
From: Michael Olivas
Entertainers entertain, and rely upon a bevy of lawyers and business professionals to negotiate their contracts, handle their financial affairs, arrange their tours, and ...
Class 59: Terrorism and Concerts, Vol. 2
(05:00)
From: Michael Olivas
The horrific mass shooting that killed almost 60 attendees and wounded another 850 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas has forever ...
