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Interviews, panel discussions and public appearances

featuring Dina LaPolt:

 
 
 

The Stiletto Room with Dina LaPolt

The Stiletto Room is the unfiltered chat show where Dina LaPolt—one of the most powerful women in the music and entertainment industries - sits down with creative visionaries, iconic disruptors, and unapologetic originals to dive deep into work, life, love, LGBTQ+ journeys, social justice, and everything in between. Imagine Call Her Daddy meets Mel Robbins.

Music Attorney Dina LaPolt Marks 20 Years in the Biz, and 20 Lessons She Learned Along the Way

Attorney Dina LaPolt founded her own firm 20 years ago and went on to represent music stars like Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, rappers 21 Savage and Cardi B and the Tupac Shakur estate. As her practice grew, so did LaPolt’s conviction for righting the music ecosystem’s wrongs. She’s tackled songwriters’ rights and access to digital royalties; she campaigned for federal COVID relief to help music creators and independent contractors; and she’s currently advocating to eliminate the use of triggering terms like “master recording” in contracts. A Variety ‘Power of Women’ honoree, the openly gay, loudly sober industry trailblazer lets ‘Strictly Business’ into her world of advocacy.

AFEM Industry Insider Podcast | Episode 4: NFT’s ft. Dina Lapolt

NFTs have really exploded into our industry this year - it’s becoming a high profile new format for selling digital art, music, fan experience bundles and essentially anything where digital ownership changes hands.. so in this discussion we’re going to try and cover off all the basics and explain what NFTs are, what opportunities and potential challenges they might present for creators and the wider electronic music industry, and separate the hype from the reality.

Changing The Music Business | Superstar Music Attorney Dina LaPolt 

Dina joins The Miss Krystle Podcast to talk about being an Entertainment Attorney, the Monetization Act, and how she sued the Department of Justice!

 

NFT BOOM, ART & MUSIC – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

The demand for non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) is at an all-time high and many say it is here to stay. NFTs are unique digital items such as visual art, stickers, game skins, and even music, that allow virtual goods to be “tokenized” and exchanged for cryptocurrency on the blockchain. This Beverly Hill Bar Association panel explores the regulatory legal topics and the intellectual property concerns as it pertains to art and music in an NFT and how to maximize its value and monetize same.

 

ARI’S TAKE PODCAST: DINA LAPOLT ON GETTING LAWS PASSED AND FIGHTING FOR SONGWRITERS

Dina sits down with the “Ari’s Take” podcast to discuss challenges that independent artists and songwriters are dealing with and how they rarely get a seat at the table. Dina also talks about what she did with the CARES Act. She made sure musicians and songwriters were included in the CARES Act and HEROES Act. Additionally, she discusses how a mixed earners stipulation was added in the follow-up bill. She also describes what she's working on right now with the Biden Administration to make sure that musicians and songwriters don't get left behind.

See all the highlights from the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year Gala honoring Aerosmith, including performances, speeches and a special finale from Aerosmith. Watch the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26 on CBS.

MusiCares 2020

Dina introducing MusiCares Person of The Year, Aerosmith.

 

MIDEM 2019

Dina’s Keynote with Hannah Karp from Billboard.

 
The Atlanta-based rapper, who was arrested and detained by ICE, speaks out after his release in an interview with ABC News' Linsey Davis airing Friday at 7 a.m. ET on "GMA."

Good Morning America

LaPolt featured on Good Morning America after her diligent work which released 21 Savage from ICE detention.

 
Danielle Aguirre, Jacqueline Charlesworth, Susan Genco and Dina Lapolt accept the Executives of the Year award at Billboard's Women in Music 2018. #ExecutivesOfTheYear #WomenInMusic #Billboard Subscribe for The Latest Hot 100 Charts & ALL Music News! ►► https://bitly.com/BillboardSub Billboard News: New Channel, Same Awesome ►► http://bit.ly/DailyMusicNews

2018 Billboard Women in Music

Music Modernization Act Key Figures Accept Executives of the Year Honor

 
Counting Steven Tyler, deadmau5, Britney Spears and Fifth Harmony, among others, as her clients, Dina LaPolt is without a doubt one of the most respect lawyers in the music industry. A true advocate for creator's rights, she has co-founded Songwriters of North America (SONA) and has become one of the strongest voices in favour of the Music Modernization Act.

MIDEM 2018

Dina featured on the the The Voice of the Creators panel.

 
3 years after the USA opened the way for copyright reform, what have been the consequences and concrete benefits or down pits of this change? How has it impacted the American music industry and the international music business as a whole? Where do we stand with the Music Modernization Act?

MIDEM 2018

Dina featured on the the Copyright Reforms in North America: What Next? panel.

 
You may not know this, but the American songwriter is on the brink of extinction. In this inspiring talk, acclaimed music lawyer Dina LaPolt breaks down the current landscape of the music industry, her journey to becoming an advocate for creator's rights, and the importance of fighting for what you believe in, whatever that may be.

TedX Talk 2016

LaPolt explores the landscape of the music industry, standing up for creator’s rights, and fighting for what you believe in.

 
With the international attention focused on the 2015 evolution of the US legislative landscape and as similar copyright laws' reviews are happening in other countries, join the conversation with international stakeholders on the key outcome of such developments outside of the US.

MIDEM 2015

The International Impact of Copyright reforms in the USA.

 
On Friday, May 9th as part of the 2014 Music Summit, Canadian Music Week presented a panel discussion called Keys To Success: The EDM Boom, at the Toronto Marriot Hotel, where the past and future of Dance Music, and the concept of Branding as "Patronage of the Arts", were among the topics discussed.

Canadian Music WEEK 2014

Panel discussion, Keys To Success: The EDM Boom, at the Toronto Marriot Hotel, where the past and future of Dance Music, and the concept of Branding as "Patronage of the Arts", were among the topics discussed.

 

Steven Tyler, Mick Fleetwood Lobby Hawaii Legislature

Steven Tyler and Mick Fleetwood and their attorney, Dina LaPolt, lobby Hawaii senate for stronger privacy laws. The Steven Tyler Act would make it a civil tort to "capture or intend to capture, in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, through any means a visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of another person while that person is engaging in a personal or familial activity with a reasonable expectation of privacy."

 
Rockerrazzi.com sits down with rock n roll attorney Dina LaPolt for an exclusive interview.

RockerrazzI

Sit down with music attorney, Dina LaPolt