Michael D. Fricklas
Michael D. Fricklas is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Viacom Inc. He has been with Viacom (and preceding companies) since 1993, and General counsel since 1998. Before that, he was Vice President and General Counsel of Minorco (U.S.A.) Inc. (now part of Anglo American PLC) and a lawyer with Shearman & Sterling and a predecessor of DLA Piper.[1]
Fricklas is secretary and a member of the Board of Trustees of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and is the Past President of the Association of General Counsel. He was a member of the board of Blockbuster Inc. from 2004 to 2005. He is also on the board of visitors of Boston University School of Law.[1][2] He serves on the New York State Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York and on the Board of Creative Future.
Fricklas speaks extensively on copyright issues and corporate governance. In copyright he argues for a balanced copyright law that seeks effective, due process based, solutions against piracy, while at the same time recognizing the importance of fair use and other limitations.</re name="spkrbio"/>[3]
He is the lead lawyer for Viacom in the case Viacom v. YouTube and has written and spoken extensively on the subject.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Michael D. Fricklas" biography. About Viacom. Viacom Corporation.
- ^ "Speaker Biography". Copyright and Technology Conference. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-15.
- ^ Fricklas, Michael D. (March 23, 2007). "Our Case Against YouTube". Washington Post.
- ^ "Copyright, Markets and Free Speech, Should we be Free not to be Free?" (video). Lecture at Yale University.
External links
- "Excellence in Corporate Practice Award". Association of Corporate Counsel.
- "Counsel of the Year Award". Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel.
- "Viacom Gives Fair Use a Wide Berth" (video). Electronic Frontier Foundation. YouTube. (2007)
- Viacom Corporate Website
- Viacom Proxy Materials
- Jazz at Lincoln Center