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On representing the Jackson Five, as well as Michael Jackson; generally on the television show and Joe Jackson's involvement 59:31
Interview: Dixon Dern
On representing the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew intellectual property rights in a dispute between United Artists and Warner Bros. 56:14
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the creation of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which was born out of the departure of Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyers, Mike Rosenfeld, Rollin Perkins, and Bill Haber from the William Morris Agency 10:55
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the origin of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and its initial chapters: Hollywood, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and New York; the Emmy Awards 05:10
Interview: Dixon Dern
Dixon Dern on representing the Jackson Five as legal counsel, and Joe Jackson's vision for Michael Jackson 02:19
Interview: Dixon Dern | Person: Michael Jackson
Dixon Dern on intellectual property rights involving characters such as the Hardy Boys; the difficulty in determining rights ownership between authors and studios 04:49
Interview: Dixon Dern | Profession: Attorney
Dixon Dern on the creation of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which was born out of the departure of Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyers, Mike Rosenfeld, Rollin Perkins, and Bill Haber from the William Morris Agency 46:32
Interview: Dixon Dern | Profession: Attorney
Dixon Dern on representing the Jackson Five as legal counsel, and Joe Jackson's vision for Michael Jackson 02:19
Interview: Dixon Dern | Show: Jackson 5ive
Dixon Dern on representing Arnold Shapiro in Scared Straight! franchise, in which young boys meet hardened criminals who gave them an insight to life behind bars 50:21
Interview: Dixon Dern | Show: Scared Straight!
On the growing rift between the chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; the lawsuit that was initiated to claim the rights to the Emmy awards 59:39
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the basis for the lawsuit from the Hollywood chapter and the National Academy over the Emmy voting process, initiated in 1975; attempts at settlement 53:20
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the negotiation between Marvin Burns and Dern in attempt to solve the lawsuit by the creation of two separate academys: NATAS in New York and ATAS in Hollywood; the "divorce" of the Emmys into primetime and daytime awards 46:22
Interview: Dixon Dern
On how the Emmy award itself was divvied up in the negotiation between NATAS and ATAS; unusual for a trademark 42:45
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the membership of the Television Academys; the broadcast rights to the Emmy awards 40:57
Interview: Dixon Dern
Dixon Dern on the lawsuit over the Emmy Awards settling by the creation of two separate academies: NATAS in New York and ATAS in Hollywood; the "divorce" of the Emmys into primetime and daytime awards how the Emmy award itself was divvied up in the negotiation between NATAS and ATAS; unusual for a trademark 46:22
Interview: Dixon Dern | Topic: Emmy Awards
On the "Network Wheel" method of scheduling the Emmy telecast; the competitive bidding over the rights to the telecast 59:32
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the effect of strikes on the Emmy telecast; the 2002 renegotiation process for the Emmy telecast license fee 55:12
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the status of the ongoing litigation between NATAS and ATAS (at the time of this interview in 2003) 52:18
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the mission statement of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; the education initiative of the Academy 51:08
Interview: Dixon Dern
On representing Judge Joseph Wapner in the 1980s; on how the People's Court show was initiated 49:04
Interview: Dixon Dern
On working with Phil Roman Productions; other animation clients such as Chuck Jones 46:34
Interview: Dixon Dern
On what has transpired since his last interview (in 2003) and now: at the time he had been in the middle of litigation between NATAS and ATAS 59:59
Interview: Dixon Dern
On the division between the National Academy and the Hollywood Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: the various points related to that litigation: on John Cannon's involvement and his replacement, Peter Price at NATAS; a new dispute arose over a Spanish-language Emmys 59:20
Interview: Dixon Dern