Robert Thorne

Background

Thorne, Robert was born on December 6, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Education

University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors and distinction, 1977). Hastings College of the Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1980).

Career

Worked at Thorne and Company, A Professional Law Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Entertainment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1980, California. Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Kappa Delta.

Member, Editorial Board, 1978-1980 and Note and Comment Editor, 1979-1980, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. Author: "Copyright Royalty Tribunal Increases Royalty Payable Under Compulsory Music Recording License," 6 Century City Bar Bulletin 1, May 1981. "Entertainment Law Update," 6 Century City Bar Bulletin 5, December 1981.

"Compulsory Licensing: The Music Makers as Money Makers," 5 Los Angeles Lawyer 11, March 1982. "The Section 110 (5) Exemption For Radio Play in Commercial Establishments: A Narrowly Construed Music Copyright Haven," 3 Loyola Entertainment Law Journal 101, 1983. Co-Author: "International Aspects of United States Copyright Law: The Music Business," 1984 Symposium on Copyrights, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Syllabus Editor, Symposium on Production and Distribution of Videocassettes, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1986. Contributing Editor, 1981-1985 and Member, Advisory Editorial Board, 1985—, Entertainment Law Reporter. Editor-in-Chief, Century City Bar Association Journal, 1982-1985.

Co-Editor, Entertainment, Publishing and The Arts Handbook, 1985—. Instructor, "The Law and Business of Music in the '80s: Developments and Trends," University of California at Los Angeles, 1985-1986. Symposium Chair and Moderator, "Lights, Camera, Trial: Do Cameras in the Courtroom Serve the Public Interest or Inhibit Justice?" Century City Bar Association, 1995.

Former Partner, Loeb & Loeb, LLP. Member: Century City Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1988, Treasurer, 1989, Secretary, 1990, Vice President, 1991, President Elect, 1992, President, 1993, Chair, Entertainment Law Section, 1988-1990 and Chairman, Bar Journal Committee, 1982-1985). Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1988 and 1986 Symposium Planning Committee, Intellectual and Unfair Competition Section). State Bar of California.

Los Angeles Copyright Society.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1980.

Works

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  • 1989 Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook

    (Great Law handbook!)

  • Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 1992

Membership

Member State Bar California, Century City Bar Association (secretary 1970, chairman bar journal committee 1982-1985, Board of Governors 1985-1988, chair entertainment law section 1988-1990, treasurer 1989, editor-in-chief journal 1982-1985), Los Angeles County Bar Association (member Executive Committee 1986-1988, member symposium planning committee intellectual and unfair competition section 1986), Los Angeles Copyright Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Delta.