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Stan Soocher, associate professor of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies at CU Denver, presented the "Annual Entertainment Law in Review" to the Nashville Bar Association in December. This was his 20th consecutive year doing so. His 2013 speech covered recent court rulings on, among other things, band partnership disputes, rights of publicity, content in video games, artist/record label contract disputes and how digital download royalties are calculated. Also in Nashville in December, for the 17th consecutive year, Soocher presented "Copyright Year in Review" to the Copyright Society of the South. … Eleven faculty or staff members joined UCCS in January. They are: James Van Scotter, instructor, College of Business; Roberta Mancuso, research associate, Psychology Department; Tamarinde Doane, scholarship counselor, Department of Financial Aid and Student Employment; Andrea Smith, admissions counselor, Student Recruitment; Paul Deniston, director of retail services, University Center; Rick Landis, structural trades, Facilities Services; Peter Hannon, custodian, Facilities Services; Timothy Fal, research associate, Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology; Kurt Liljekvist, police officer, Police Department; Brittney Scholnick, art registrar, College of Letters, Arts and Science; and Victoria Novoselski, sign language interpreter, Office of Disability Services.