Copyright and Technology: London 2014

Copyright and Technology: London 2014 returns to London for the third consecutive year after last year’s successful event. The event brings the worlds of rights owners and technology companies together providing a forum for high level discussion around the most salient legal issues surrounding copyright in the digital age.

The event will feature panels, presentations, and discussions covering issues such as ISP responsibilities for subscribers’ copyright infringement, the international effects of US copyright reform, content protection for 4K video, and new challenges and responses to online piracy.

The morning agenda will feature keynote addresses from Maria Martin-Prat of the European Commission, Shira Perlmutter of the US Patent and Trademark Office, and Dominic Young of the UK Copyright Hub. The afternoon will be split up into two parallel tracks: Law and Policy, and Technology.

Other speakers include: Ian Trow, Harmonic; Philippe Stransky, Nagra (Switzerland); Rory O’Connor, Irdeto (Netherlands); Christopher Elkins, Muso; David Price, NetNames; Andreas Gebhard, Getty Images (USA); Heather Reid, Copyright Clearance Center (USA); Asim Singh, Cabinet Singh (France); Kiaron Whitehead, BPI; Thomas Dillon, GraduatedResponse.org; Andrew Bridges, Fenwick & West (USA); Stephen Edwards, ReedSmith; and more…

For further information please visit: http://copyrightandtechnology.com/london-2014-conference/.

For VAT exclusive ticket enquires or group ticket bookings please contact Anthony Churchman  anthony@musically.com

Hosted in the ReedSmith venue with its glorious view over the London skyline 

All program be followed by a drinks reception sponsored by NAGRA

Program

(Agenda subject to change)

0830 – 0900    Registration and Breakfast

Plenary Session

0900 – 0915 Opening Remarks:

Bill Rosenblatt, President, GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies and Program Chair
0915 – 1200 Keynote Addresses:
Maria Martin-Prat, Head of Copyright Unit, Intellectual Property Directorate, Internal Market and Services, European Commission
Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Dominic Young, CEO, UK Copyright Hub

1200 – 1315 Lunch

Technology Track

1315 – 1415 Content Protection for 4K Video

Moderator: Bill Jones, Global Village Ltd

Ian Trow, Harmonic Philippe Stransky, Nagra, Ron Wheeler, Fox Entertainment Group

1430 – 1530 New Challenges and Responses to Online Piracy
Moderator: Jude Umeh, CapGemini

Rory O’Connor, Irdeto, Christopher Elkins, Muso, Darren Meale, Simmons & Simmons

1530 – 1600 Networking Break

1600 – 1700 Rights Expression Languages: Automating Communication of Content Rights

Moderator: Paul Jessop, County Analytics

Michael Steidl, IPTC, Heather Reid, Copyright Clearance Center, Abbie Enock, Capture Ltd.

Law & Policy Track

1315 – 1415 Ripples Across the Pond: The Influence of American Copyright Reform
Moderator:  Bill Rosenblatt, President, GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies and Program Chair

Maria Martin-Prat, European Commission, Shira Perlmutter, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Andrew Bridges, Fenwick & West, Stephen Edwards, ReedSmith

1430 – 1530 Should Internet Service Providers Be Copyright Cops?

Moderator: Eleonora Rosati, e-LAWnora ©onsultancy, IPKat
Asim Singh, Cabinet Singh, Kiaron Whitehead, BPI, Thomas Dillon, WIPO

1530 – 1600 Networking Break
1600 – 1700 The Cloudy Future of Private Copying

Moderator: John Enser, Olswang
Gregor Pryor, ReedSmith, Jez Bell, RaRa, Ros Lynch, UK Intellectual Property Office, Ron Wheeler, Fox Entertainment Group

1700 – 1900     Drinks Reception sponsored by Nagra

Session Descriptions

Plenary Sessions

• TBD

Technology Track

• New Challenges and Responses to Online Piracy
  The proliferation of cyberlockers, cloud storage, and BitTorrent sites has led to new challenges for media companies looking to reduce the amount of infringing content stored online. Piracy monitoring services must keep up with new data storage and distribution schemes as well as new ways in which large-scale infringers can make content available. We’ll review some of the new challenges and responses to online piracy as well as the nature of demands on piracy monitoring services.
• Content Protection for 4K Video
  The next frontier in digital video, known as 4K, offers four times the pixels of HD. Although movie studios are capturing content in 4K, the ecosystems for delivering it to consumers are still being defined. Along with superior viewing experiences, 4K gives Hollywood an opportunity to call for redesigned content protection schemes that remedy some of the deficiencies of existing ones. In this session, we’ll discuss Hollywood’s objectives for 4K content protection and hear about some proposed solutions and their tradeoffs.
• Rights Expression Languages: Automating Communication of Content Rights
  The idea of machine-readable languages for expressing rights was introduced with some of the first DRM systems some time ago. But more recently, rights expression languages have found their ways into various interesting applications for conveying rights information among links in content value chains, to support commerce and licensing agreements efficiently and unambiguously. In this session, we’ll hear from organizations who are developing schemes to apply machine-readable rights expressions to digital images, news, and other forms of content.

Law and Policy Track

• Should Internet Service Providers Be Copyright Cops?
  Internet service providers (ISPs) are beginning to take responsibility for copyright infringement that occurs over their networks – whether voluntarily (as in the UK and USA) or by force of law (as in France and Austria). On this panel, we will discuss developments that have taken place both in courts and behind the scenes that chart the progress of the content industries in getting ISPs to take responsibility for the copyright behavior of their subscribers, and whether educational or punitive measures are necessary to reduce infringement online.
• Ripples Across the Pond: The Influence of American Copyright Reform
  The United States has begun the long journey of reviewing and reforming its Copyright Act, which dates back to 1976.  Although opinions on how or whether to revise the law differ greatly, most agree that the law is a poor match for today’s rapid developments in digital content and services. Our panel of multi-national experts will speculate on the areas of the law that are most likely to change during the ensuing review process, and on how those changes will be likely to affect developments in law and technology in the UK, Europe, and beyond.
• The Cloudy Future of Private Copying
  The term “private copy” used to apply to simple scenarios such as ripping music CDs onto consumers’ personal computers. But in today’s world of ubiquitous cloud storage and easy personal file-sharing, consumers are making more copies of content on more personal devices and using it in a wider range of ways. Are the laws relating to private copying still fit for purpose? Should consumers be allowed to make copies on cloud services through which others can access the content? Should rights holders be compensated for all types of private copies, and if so, how? Answers to these questions vary by geography as well as by constituency. Our panel will grapple with these complex issues and contemplate whether reasonable solutions are within reach.