How to Become a Truly Deviant Photographer – with Josh Wattles

Joshua S. Wattles is Advisor in Chief to deviantART, the world’s largest online community for artists and art enthusiasts, and he has acted as both general counsel for Paramount Pictures and senior intellectual property lawyer for Paramount Communications.

In these roles, Mr. Wattles has managed more than 60 lawyers and was responsible at Paramount for the studio’s highest-profile talent, content agreements, and major litigations. Additionally, he advised on intellectual property matters related to film, book publishing, sports, and cable television and was a key architect of the film industry’s anti-piracy program.

At Paramount he was also the executive in charge of all music including the development of the modern soundtrack album and the management of its music publishing, Famous Music, in its time one of the most prominent independent publishers in the world.

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