The IAEL Legal Update for Entertainment & Technology

Speakers: Joshua Graubart (Principal Attorney, Law Offices of Joshua Graubart, P.C.), Dr. Jenny Kanellopoulou (Senior Lecturer, Manchester Law School), Marijn Kingma (Attorney at law/Partner, Höcker advocaten), Marcelo Goyanes (Partner, Murta Goyanes), Andre de Raaff (CEO, CTM EntertainmentCTM Entertainment)

Co-Chairs: Susan Abramovitch (Head of Entertainment & Sports Law, Gowling WLG), Peter Marx (Partner, MVVP)

This session is your front-row seat to the latest legal happenings in the entertainment/music/tech industries across the world. Once again, legal and industry experts will weigh in on the hottest legal topics that defined 2024 and will shape 2025. This year’s edition will cover:

- The legal impact of AI including the ongoing lawsuits against AI companies from around the world, various court proceedings addressing whether AI can be the author of copyrighted works and the first criminal case involving fraudulent AI-inflated music streaming

- The US Supreme Court Sherman Nealy vs. Warner Music decision on how far back copyright holders can pursue damages for infringement

- Mergers and acquisitions for masters and publishing catalogues (such as the recent Kiss catalogue deal)

- Maria Carey’s second “All I Want for Christmas is You” copyright lawsuit

- The result of Rihanna’s Instagram activities on Puma’s registered Community Design

- The “C’est La Ouate” decision of the Paris Court of Appeal judging if the use of certain words in a publicity slogan constitutes copyright infringement of song lyrics,

- The Commercial Court of Ghent (Belgium) decision on ownership of the copyrights of a graphic designer who adapted street art of Corey Pane for the artwork of Juice Wrld’s album “Legend Never Die”

- Guidance asked by the Belgian Supreme Court from the European Court of Justice on which law applies when determining if the designer of various stages and the logo of Tomorrowland assigned the copyrights in his creations

- YouTube policy with regard to requests for removal of AI generated content that mimic likeness

- Developments in the Netherlands with respect to secondary ticket sales

- Publishing rights terminations in the Netherlands as compared to the US

- The anticipated Belgian Constitutional Court decision as to the implementation of article 17 and 18 of the DSM-directive introducing an unwaivable and non-transferable right to remuneration for authors and performers with mandatory collective management for the communication of their works by UGC platforms and streaming services

- The Austrian and Dutch court decisions regarding alleged copyright infringement of a screenplay idea for the film “Yesterday”

- Universal’s (and other major labels’) deals with social media platforms

- The recent inscription of Berlin's techno scene on Germany's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, with a view to gaining international UNESCO recognition.

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