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Art Neill

Art Neill

Associate Clinical Professor Executive Director
New Media Rights Clinic

Phone
(619) 591-8870
Department
New Media Rights
Faculty

Biography

Art is the founder and Executive Director of New Media Rights, and specializes in internet, intellectual property, privacy, and media law. An adjunct professor at California Western School of Law, Art teaches Internet & Social Media Law as well as the Internet & Media Law Clinic. He writes about legal issues for creators and small businesses as a Contributor for Forbes.

Art is the author of the book Don’t Panic ☺ A Legal Guide (in plain English) for Small Businesses and Creative Professionals which is used by universities across the country to teach legal concepts to students. He is also is the creator of the Fair Use App, which is licensed by the University of California to teach concepts surrounding fair use and content reuse to staff and faculty.

In 2011, 2013, and 2015 Art was appointed as a member of the Federal Communication Commission’s Consumer Advisory Committee, where he served as Co-chair of the Broadband Working Group. He has published numerous articles on copyright and net neutrality including in the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, the Tulane Intellectual Property Law and Technology Journal, the Journal for Internet Law, and CEB Business Law Quarterly (a publication of the State Bar of California and the University of California), among others. He speaks regularly on his areas of expertise, and has been a speaker at the Copyright Society of the USA, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the National Media Reform Conference, and the California State Bar Intellectual Property conference, among others. Art received his J.D. from University of San Diego School of Law in 2006, and his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in 2001.

Read more about Art at New Media Rights.

View Professor Neill's SSRN Author Page.

 

Publications

Additional publications can be found at http://ssrn.com/author=1346806