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Friday 23 March 2012 Expert Speaker Panel
central london Stephen Hornsby, Davenport Lyons
Paul Herbert, Goodman Derrick
Attending this timely event will enable you to:
Lawrence Abramson, Fladgate
• Understand the implications of Hollywood’s High Court win
requiring BT to block the website Newzbin2 Paul Taylor, Osborne Clarke
• Discuss what ‘communication to the public’ means in today’s Tony Ballard, Harbottle & Lewis
digital environment
Simon Baggs, Wiggin LLP
• Explore the regulatory issues surrounding the advent of
“Connected TV”
“Expert instruction and advice
• Debate whether new online business models will kill off the from industry leaders.
traditional entertainment industry A calibre that I have come to
expect from LexisNexis.”
• Hear the latest on cross border licensing initiatives in Europe Paul crum-ewing, liberty global europe
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IP and Media in the Digital Age
Why attend this conference?
Network with your peers
Increasingly the population is turning to online and digital methods to consume
Past delegates that benefited from
media. This has led to a proliferation of ways in which intellectual property rights can
our Intellectual Property conferences
be abused, which is particularly demonstrated by the increase in illegal download
include:
websites and peer to peer software. However, the entertainment industry has begun
to fight back, with Hollywood winning a High Court case against BT forcing them to • Virgin Media
block the website Newzbin2. This case is likely to be followed by the music industry as
• The Walt Disney Co Ltd
they plan to take on the website Pirate Bay.
• Intellectual Property Office
• BT plc
With this emerging case law it is essential that you keep up to date with the • De Beers
competing issues being fought out in the courts, as well as understanding the • GKN plc
complexities of new online business models. • 2 entertain
• British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
Butterworths’ IP and Media in the Digital Age conference will provide a comprehensive • Classic Media
analysis of new approaches to protecting intellectual property rights. Join our panel of • FremantleMedia Group
expert speakers who will help you to answer the following key questions: • Kobolt Music Group
• How do you strike a fair balance between protection of IP rights and the freedom • NBC Universal
to conduct a business?
• Hogan Lovells International LLP
• Field Fisher Waterhouse
• What does communication to the public mean? • Clifford Chance LLP
• Withers & Rogers LLP
• Does sampled music always merit a share of copyright? • Ashurst LLP
• Following the Hargreaves Report, do we need a further breakdown of copyright • Nabarro LLP
issues with the internet?
• Betfair Limited
• Omnifone Ltd
• With the introduction of new business models how can the entertainment • Infineum UK Ltd
industry maintain and grow revenue? • Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf
GmbH
Who should attend? • Philip Morris Limited
• Office of Fair Trading
Media and entertainment specialists, broadcasting specialists in private practice, • The IP Media Group
heads of legal and business affairs in the broadcast and online media, legal directors • Simmons & Simmons
in ISPs, intellectual property and media specialists. • University of Nottingham
• Unveristy of Bedfordshire
hear what delegates at our Broadcasting and • ARM Limited
entertainment law conference said: • Eversheds
• Wragge & Co
“Superb. Extremely useful for existing practitioners in the field of • Slaughter and May
media and broadcast law and those working in the sector.” • Bird & Bird
lydia Fairfax, geldards llP • Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
“Concise, interesting and valuable.” • DLA Piper UK LLP
James ralan, Weil, gotshal & Manges • Nauta Dutilh
• Forensic Science Service
• Forbes Anderson Free
Pre-conference networking • 7Stones IP
all our delegates will be able to take advantage of our pre-conference online net- • Oxford University Press
working. our system, leebug, allows you to connect with other delegates, discuss • Richemont International Ltd
and debate the issues, set up meetings and submit questions for the panels. • BPI
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3. “Informative and thorough. Learned speakers, delivered
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Programme
Friday 23 March 2012
09.00 registration and coffee 13.45 Types of work protected by copyright
• Following on from the Whiter Shade of Pale case
09.20 Chair’s Opening Remarks • Trend of increased sampling in music
• What contribution merits a share of copyright?
09.30 Website blocking – where next? Lawrence Abramson, Partner, Fladgate
• BT Newzbin2 case and subsequent developments
• The impact of L’Oreal –v- Ebay and Sabam 14.30 The aftermath of the Hargreaves Report
• The Stop Online Piracy Act in the US This session will discuss Professor Ian Hargreaves’
• What next for the Digital Economy Act report Digital Opportunity: an Independent Review
of IP and Growth, published in May 2011. While
Simon Baggs, Partner, Wiggin LLP
some commentators have cautiously welcomed
the proposals there has also been criticism of the
10.15 Cross border licensing initiatives in Europe report for being too vague on how the proposals
will be implemented. This session will address the
• QC Leisure & Murphy
practicalities of implementation.
• CISAC appeals and the music sector
Add Speaker to be confirmed
• Where do we go from here?
• Collective licensing
15.30 afternoon tea
Stephen Hornsby, Partner, Davenport Lyons
15.45 New business models
11.00 Morning coffee
How will the introduction of new models such as
Google music, iCloud, Amazon service and Facebook
Copyright issues as they relate to digital
Panel Session
11.15 music affect intellectual property issues within the
licensing industry? Will this be the end of the industry?
• ITV/TV Catchup case goes to Europe Paul Taylor, Consultant, Osborne Clarke
• What does ‘communication to the public’ mean? Other panellists to be announced
• Airfield decision
• Upcoming Football Dataco decisions
16.45 Chair’s closing remarks
Tony Ballard, Partner, Harbottle & Lewis
17.00 conference close
12.00 Growth of on demand and “connected TV”
• The model
• Regulation of content
• Regulation of access Sponsorship opportunities
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