Lucy Holmes Plovnick - Attorneys - Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP ~ Full service entertainment law firm

ATTORNEYS

Lucy Holmes Plovnick

Legal Expertise

Representation of media and entertainment industry clients in connection with statutory license royalty matters and in copyright enforcement matters.

Representative Matters

Represents copyright owners of syndicated series, movies and specials broadcast by TV stations in copyright royalty and enforcement matters involving cable, satellite, the internet and other delivery systems.
Represents clients before the Copyright Office, the Copyright Royalty Judges, the Federal Communications Commission, and state and federal courts.
Represents clients in administrative litigation, including royalty distribution proceedings, rate-setting proceedings, notices of inquiry proceedings, rulemaking proceedings and settlement negotiations.
Represents clients in appellate litigation, including significant experience before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Advises clients on copyright registration.

Lucy Holmes Plovnick

Partner - Washington, DC

Email Lucy Holmes Plovnick

Phone:

(202) 355-7918

Fax:

(202) 355-7888

Practice Area

Industry Focus

Media and entertainment and technology

Education

Roger Williams University, J.D., 2002; cum laude
Emory University, B.A., 1998

Court Admissions

Rhode Island, 2003
Massachusetts, 2003
District of Columbia, 2004
USDC, District of Columbia, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2011
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2011

Publications and Presentations

Plovnick Examines Pinterest.com's IP Protection Policies in Intellectual Property Magazine (May 2012)
Will the US First Sale Doctrine Go Digital? (March 2012)
Moderator, Digital First Sale and the Copyright "Duck Test", Digital First Sale Panel at Copyright & Technology Conference (November 2011)
MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.: The Right to Prevent Circumvention of Access Controls Absent Copyright Infringement Under DMCA § 1201(a) (April 2011)
Comment, Making Waves in Statutory Safe Harbors: Reevaluating Internet Service Providers' Liability for Third Party Content and Copyright Infringement, 7 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 215 (2001)

Professional, Business, and Civic Affiliations

The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Federal Communications Bar Association
The District of Columbia Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Rhode Island Bar Association
Roger Williams University Law Alumni Association, D.C. Chapter

Other Career Experience

Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald L. Lagueux, United States District Court, District of Rhode Island
Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert G. Flanders, Supreme Court of Rhode Island