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June 9, 2011  

Web Sheriff Tackles Music Piracy With A Soft Touch

| Jun 9, 2011

The Internet security firm prefers persuasion over prosecution in dealing with online piracy and points to recent winners Lady Gaga and Adele.

The recording industry has a well-earned reputation for a brass-knuckles approach to Internet piracy. But in the run-up to the official release of Lady Gaga’s new album, “Born This Way,” the security firm hired to thwart would-be music thieves took to Twitter and various online fan forums with a surprisingly gentle plea.

“We would kindly ask you not to post pirated copies of ‘Born This Way’ on your site,” wrote the London-based firm called Web Sheriff. “The label, management and artist would greatly appreciate your cooperation…. Thank you for respecting the artist’s and label’s wishes.”

This gentle, gradual approach – used on three of the biggest-selling albums of the last year – represents a sharp turn in the recording industry’s life-and-death struggle with piracy, one driven largely by performers and their managers rather than the record companies.

The notable successes for the velvet glove approach include “Born This Way,” which crashed through the million-sales barrier in its first week, Adele’s “21,” the No. 1 record in the country for nine weeks, and Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now,” a mega-seller last fall.

But not everyone in the industry buys into what might be called the diplomatic strategy, with critics pronouncing it naïve.

Web Sheriff, founded 11 years ago by John Giacobbi, a veteran intellectual property lawyer, has emerged as a leading advocate of the soft sell in representing artists including Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Prodigy, Adele and others. Giacobbi says his preferred strategy is to persuade rather than prosecute, to educate rather than incarcerate. He strives to avoid cease-and-desist orders, fines and criminal prosecutions and seeks to differentiate between professional music thieves and those he regards as hyper-enthusiastic fans.

“The only thing most fans are guilty of is over-exuberance,” Giacobbi said in a recent interview. “When you’ve got some artist they love and have been waiting for a new album for two years, you’ve got to treat them with respect rather than hit them with the big stick – it’s a better way of doing it.

“Generally speaking it’s impossible to put the genie 100% back into the bottle, but you can contain it to a significant degree,” he said. “With Adele, we eliminated 99% of it (pre-release leaks).” The album has sold nearly 2 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Read more: Here

June 2, 2011  

Claire Sinclair Interview With COMPLEX Magazine – Talks “Playmate Of The Year” Honors, Role Playing, And Man-Boys

| Jun 2, 2011

Early last month, the coolest man alive bestowed Claire Sinclair , the October 2010 issue’s “Playmate of the Month,” as his 2011 Playmate of the Year. Having just turned 20 years old last week, the buxom Los Angeles native is one of the youngest women to ever hold the title; so young, in fact, that the Las Vegas club promoters that hosted her coronation ceremony had to shuffle her out of the venue immediately after her acceptance speech, due to the rampant alcohol on the premises. See, not all girls have it that inside nightclubs.

Sinclair isn’t your typical Playmate of the Year, though. Aside from her uniquely pre-21 age, she’s a throwback to the old 1950s pin-up days of Bettie Page, whom Sinclair has idolized since she was a little girl; a time when sexy ladies posed in vintage lingerie for the sake of thumbtacks stuck into guys’ bedroom walls. In fact, Hefner has cited Sinclair’s nostalgically sexy look as the reason why he selected her as Playboy’s latest 365-day queen.

Read more: Here

May 31, 2011  

Chad Hudson Events Nominated As Finalist for “Event Producer of the Year”

| May 31, 2011

Los Angeles, CA — Chad Hudson Events has been nominated as a finalist for the BizBash West Readers’ Choice Awards in the “Event Producer of the Year” category. The winner will be announced at the BizBash West Expo & Awards on Tuesday, June 14th at the Pasadena Convention Center at 5PM.

Readers may vote once daily for their choices from now through June 12th at www.bizbash.com/westvotes. All award nominees were nominated by BizBash readers for events held in 2010.

Chad Hudson launched Chad Hudson Events (CHE) following 12 years of event production and management, including seven years at Warner Bros. Pictures and three years at Castle Rock Entertainment and NBC studios.

CHE emphasizes the importance of developing fresh ideas and implementing a creative design process that adheres to strict aesthetic taste, while providing a friendly staff and superior management for its innovative events. The CHE team coordinates all aspects of the event including budget, design, rentals, lighting, sound, catering, invitations, RSVP tracking, seating, staffing, management and all other necessary tasks.

Some event highlights include the upcoming New York premiere of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, LA Pride, the Twilight films, Source Code, RED, the Guess North American Conference, Chivas Regal launch, as well as philanthropic events and many more. CHE major clients include Summit, Warner Bros, Paramount, Relativity, Trevor Project and Guess.

May 26, 2011  

Claire Sinclair, Playboy’s 2011 Playmate Of The Year, Celebrates Her 20th Birthday At sbe’s Katsuya Hollywood

| May 26, 2011

HOLLYWOOD, CA – Claire Sinclair, Playboy’s 2011 Playmate of the Year, celebrated her 20th birthday with boyfriend Marston Hefner at sbe’s Katsuya Restaurant at Hollywood & Vine. As she enjoyed a sushi dinner surrounded by close friends, Sinclair exclaimed, “I’m so glad I’m not a teenager anymore!”

©Film Magic

Read more about Claire: Here

May 6, 2011  

CU BOULDER in This Week’s Celebrity Access Photo Tour

| May 6, 2011

The University of Colorado, in Boulder’s Program Council presented GLOWfest 2011 featuring a “battle of the DJ’s” spinning the night away in a seven hour marathon of dance music, lasers and lights to a SRO crowd of nearly 4,000 at Balch Field House on the Boulder Campus. Talent included SAVOY, Crystal Castles, Sorry for Partying, Fresh2Death, Thick Chick and Josh McAdoo. Pictured (left-right) are Lobeline Communications P.R. guru Phil Lobel (a former CU Program Council Director) and current student Director Justin Greenstein on May 22nd.

(Photo Credit: Jordan Loyd ©2011)

See photo: Here

April 25, 2011  

The Fader’s Web Sheriff Interview

| Apr 25, 2011

Respect Yourself: Interview with the Web Sheriff
STORY BY: Duncan Cooper

This is a pretty long interview but Britain’s Web Sheriff is a pretty weird thing: an artist-hired, sometimes clandestine but always incredibly personable copyright enforcement agency that continues to leave a very real mark on art on the internet, probably differently than forces before them. The dumbest way of looking at the world is like it’s not changing, and the practices of the Web Sheriff reflect a really smart way of dealing with that: in the words of John Giacobbi, the company’s founder, they engage illegal-file-uploading music fans directly “to turn the perceived negative of anti-piracy to the positive function of viral marketing.” Leveraging essentially well-intentioned criminals for unpaid advertising is incredibly creative and maybe scary, but definitely something that we find, as people who download a ton of stuff, worth thinking about.

Read more: Here

April 21, 2011  

John Denver Induction to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame

| Apr 21, 2011

Broomfield, CO – John Denver was the first inductee to the new Colorado Music Hall of Fame (along with Red Rocks Amphitheatre) in a sold out benefit concert of 6,000 fans at the 1STBANK Center, celebrating his music and life, hosted by Olivia Newton-John on Earth Day Eve. All three of Denver’s children were present, including with his first wife Annie (of “Annie’s Song”) and his second wife Cassandra Delaney Denver.

Attendees included Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor Bill V. Vidal and NASA astronaut Michael T. Good. Musicians included: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lee Ann Womack, Michael Martin Murphey, Richie Furay (of Buffalo Springfield and Poco), John Oates and many more, backed by the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra in a special tribute performance.

Chuck Morris, President/CEO of AEG LIVE Rocky Mountains, remarked, “it was a memorable night that celebrated the great musical history the state has given the world and we look forward to growing this permanent exhibition in the years ahead along with future inductees.” A $50,000 check by Libby Anschutz Brown of The Anschutz Foundation was also presented to the University of Colorado Boulder Music School.

Photo Credit: Phil Lobel © Lobeline Communications

April 4, 2011  

Inside the ‘Source Code’s’ Hollywood Premiere Party: Chad Hudson talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the fete, held at Boulevard3

| Apr 4, 2011

It’s not often that a movie premiere party goes until after 1 a.m., but the fete for The Source Code — held at Boulevard3 in Hollywood earlier this week — was still going into the morning.

“The DJ played a lot of house-y, upbeat music — more than you’d normally hear at a premiere party, because of the feel of the film — so people were actually on the dance floor until 1 a.m. on a Monday night!” event planner Chad Hudson (of his eponymous company) told The Hollywood Reporter today, the day the movie hits theaters. The film has received mixed reviews; read THR’s here.

The overall theme of the party? “The movie had an industrial feel to it, and it was also a love story… well, not a love story, but a romance story that’s intertwined within the movie more so than the masculine films out there right now,” says Hudson, referring to Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan’s relationship in the thriller sci-fi film, in which Gyllenhaal wakes up in the body of another man and realizes he’s on a mission to stop the bombing of a Chicago train.

Hudson and his team decorated the indoor-outdoor space with steel, brushed metal, succulent florals, “pretty lighting and gorgeous metallic linens to make it masculine with a touch of a feminine side,” he tells THR. Also projected on the walls: a graphic of the sonic wave-like “source code” that Gyllenhaal steps through.

Food was an homage to Chicago, and included deep-dish pizza, chicken parmesan and Sprinkles cupcakes.

The stars seemed to enjoy it. “The cast stayed a long time, which is always a good sign that they like it!” Hudson says.

Read more: Here

March 21, 2011  

John McEuen Interviews Web Sheriff’s John Giacobbi

| Mar 21, 2011

A fascinating interview by music artist John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band about protecting music rights, something Web Sheriff founder John Giacobbi is very serious about.

John Giacobbi, an entertainment rights barrister, keeps a vigilant eye and ear on the web protecting musicians from pirated music worldwide. Giacobbi has worked as an attorney at Universal, RCA and other labels and grew up in the music industry.

Photo Credit: © Bryan Adams

Listen to interview: Here

March 7, 2011  

Mardi Gras New Orleans Celebrity Brunch Benefit

| Mar 7, 2011

NEW ORLEANS — For Mardi Gras, Bourbon Pub and Parade owner Sandy Sachs hosted a Celebrity Brunch benefiting The Trevor Project. It raised over $5,000 for their suicide prevention hot lines, which help save the lives of LGBT and questioning youth nationwide.

Joining the celebrity brunch with Sachs were, (l-r) actor Jonathan Silverman, and his wife Jennifer Finnigan (star of the new ABC TV series “Better with You”); Sachs; Executive Director of The Trevor Project, Charles Robbins; Mardi Gras Krewe of Orpheus Celebrity Monarch Jennifer Coolidge and actor, author and speaker Reichen Lehmkuhl. Recording artist Taylor Dayne also attended the brunch and performed at the Bourbon Pub that night.

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