IAEL | Music Without Borders: Hot Legal Topics in the Music Business after the First Quarter of the 21st Century
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IAEL | Music Without Borders: Hot Legal Topics in the Music Business after the First Quarter of the 21st Century
Chairs: Kenneth D. Freundlich (Founder, Freundlich Law), Margriet Koedooder (Partner, De Vos & Partners)
Speakers: John Abrams (Associate, Lewis Bimbur Hanet Bodadilla), Rodolphe Boissau (Senior Associate, UGGC Avocats), Dennis Engbrink (Head of Media & Entertainment, ZIRNGIBL), Marcelo Goyanes (Partner, Murta Goyanes), Victor den Hollander (Associate, De Vos & Partners), Anthony Leung (Partner, Haldanes), John McLellan (Partner, Haldanes), Dick Molenaar (Tax Partner, All Arts), Anne-Marie Pecoraro (Partner, UGGC Avocats), Olivia van Rikxoort (Associate, De Vos & Partners), Stephanie Rotelli (Founder, Cosmo Legal Group), Lotte Rutgers (Associate, Leeway), Götz Schneider-Rothhaar (Partner, SKW Schwarz), Olga Sihtar (Managing Associate, Orsingher Ortu), Massimo Travostino (Partner, DGTB Legal), Emmanuel Verraes (Indie Law), Shiwen Zhang (Partner, HUI YE)
A quarter into the 21st Century, the music business is more global, digital, and legally complex than ever before. To mark the launch of the IAEL’s 2025 Yearbook, Music Without Borders: Hot Legal Topics in the Music Business after the First Quarter of the 21st Century, this special ADE panel brings together the book’s contributors for a lively discussion on today’s most pressing legal and business challenges. Topics will range from how artist branding and superfan activities are redefining careers, while new realities in record deals and catalogue sales are transforming business models. Cross-border issues are also in focus - from taxation for artists and copyright termination beyond U.S. borders, to the intricacies of licensing with CMOs in Italy, music distribution in China, and the long-debated Atresmedia equitable remuneration case. A special spotlight will be on artificial intelligence, with contributors examining authorship questions, the EU’s AI Act, and the rise of avatars, live entertainment technologies, and AI-generated “companion celebrities.” With insights from leading entertainment lawyers spanning multiple continents, this panel offers a rare, inside look at how law and technology are reshaping the global music industry - and where we go from here
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