We are pleased to announce RightsTech AI Summit at Digital Entertainment World. This track will focus on AI, copyright and licensing. The premiere B2B entertainment & technology event will be held February 5, 2024 at the UCLA Palisades Ballroom. More information to be announced soon.
2024 Speakers Include:
Albhy Galuten
Senior Fellow,
Intertrust Technologies
Amadea Choplin
Chief Operating Officer,
Pex
Amy Isbell
Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations,
Universal Music Group
Ben Berman
CEO,
AppMana
Beverly Macy
Lecturer,
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Member, Executive Board Innovate,
UCLA
Bill Colitre
Vice President & General Counsel,
Music Reports, Inc.
David Bloom
Senior Contributor,
Forbes
David Fink
Partner,
Venable
Duff Berschback
EVP, Legal & Business Affairs,
Concord Music Publishing, LLC.
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt
Director, Innovation & Education,
International Music Managers Forum
Joel T. Jordan
Founder & President,
SynchTank
Josh Love
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Karyn Temple
Senior Executive Vice President & Global General Counsel,
Motion Picture Association
Lori Fena
Co-Founder & Head of Business Development,
Personal Digital Spaces
Lydia Gregory
CEO & Co-Founder,
Figaro.AI
Matthew Neco
Attorney & Mediator,
Unaffiliated
Michael Grecco
Founder & Board Member,
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Ned Sherman
Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer
Skybound
Founder
Digital Media Wire
Neeta Ragoowansi
President,
Music Managers Forum - US
Nikki Bhargava
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Pamela Samuelson
Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law,
Berkeley Law
Paul Sweeting
Co-Founder
RightsTech Project
Founder & Principal
Concurrent Media Strategies
Peter Harvey
CEO,
RoyFi
Sneha Deo
Responsible AI Product Lead,
Microsoft
Sophie Goossens
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Virginie Berger
Chief Business Development & Rights Officer,
Matchtune
Wendell Adams
CEO,
PrimeLab.io
Will Kreth
CEO,
HAND
2024 Agenda:
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Speakers:
Ned Sherman, Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, Skybound
Paul Sweeting, Director, RightsTech Project
Ned Sherman, Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, Skybound
Paul Sweeting, Director, RightsTech Project
Ned Sherman
Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer,
Skybound
Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer,
Skybound
Paul Sweeting
Director,
RightsTech Project
Director,
RightsTech Project
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Artists, authors, and media companies agree that the use of copyrighted works to train generative AI
models requires a license and remuneration to rights owners. But how would such a licensing regime be
implemented? If direct licensing is impractical at the scale required, how should any collective licensing
system be designed? How would it be managed? Are existing collective licensing systems up to the task?
This panel will examine how artists and rights owners in different media sectors thinking about the
challenge.
Panelists:
Lori Fena, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, Personal Digital Spaces
Michael Grecco, Founder & Board Member, The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Lydia Gregory, CEO & Co-Founder, Figaro.ai
Moderator:
Paul Sweeting, Director, RightsTech Project
Panelists:
Lori Fena, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, Personal Digital Spaces
Michael Grecco, Founder & Board Member, The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Lydia Gregory, CEO & Co-Founder, Figaro.ai
Moderator:
Paul Sweeting, Director, RightsTech Project
Lori Fena
Co-Founder & Head of Business Development,
Personal Digital Spaces
Co-Founder & Head of Business Development,
Personal Digital Spaces
Michael Grecco
Founder & Board Member,
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Founder & Board Member,
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Lydia Gregory
CEO & Co-Founder,
Figaro.ai
CEO & Co-Founder,
Figaro.ai
Paul Sweeting
Director,
RightsTech Project
Director,
RightsTech Project
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
A conversation with Pamela Samuelson, the Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California, Berkeley.
Creators and copyright owners have been buffeted by disruptive technology more than once in recent decades, but none has been quite as disorienting as generative AI. An AI’s ability to learn how to conjure images, text and music that closely resembles the work of human artists and authors in a matter of seconds has raised confounding questions as to whether and how the new technology can be reconciled with existing copyright law and with notions of authorship and creativity. A renowned copyright scholar and attorney, Professor Samuelson’s has been a prominent, and at times controversial, voice in the debate on AI, innovation and copyright.
Keynote Speaker:
Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
Interviewer:
Sophie Goossens, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Creators and copyright owners have been buffeted by disruptive technology more than once in recent decades, but none has been quite as disorienting as generative AI. An AI’s ability to learn how to conjure images, text and music that closely resembles the work of human artists and authors in a matter of seconds has raised confounding questions as to whether and how the new technology can be reconciled with existing copyright law and with notions of authorship and creativity. A renowned copyright scholar and attorney, Professor Samuelson’s has been a prominent, and at times controversial, voice in the debate on AI, innovation and copyright.
Keynote Speaker:
Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
Interviewer:
Sophie Goossens, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Pamela Samuelson
Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law,
Berkeley Law
Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law,
Berkeley Law
Sophie Goossens
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
COFFEE break
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Coffee Break sponsored by:
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
While artists and rights owners await action by lawmakers and the courts on copyright rules for generative AI, do-not-train tags, data “poisoning,” and other new technical measures could offer another avenue for creators to protect their work against unlicensed use to train AI models. This panel will highlight the latest tools being developed, how they’re being implemented and who is adopting them.
Panelists:
Wendell Adams, CEO, PrimeLab.io
Bill Colitre, Vice President & General Counsel, Music Reports, Inc.
Sneha Deo, Responsible AI Product Lead, Microsoft
Joel T. Jordan, Founder & President, Synchtank
Moderator:
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt, Director, Innovation & Education, International Music Managers Forum
Panelists:
Wendell Adams, CEO, PrimeLab.io
Bill Colitre, Vice President & General Counsel, Music Reports, Inc.
Sneha Deo, Responsible AI Product Lead, Microsoft
Joel T. Jordan, Founder & President, Synchtank
Moderator:
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt, Director, Innovation & Education, International Music Managers Forum
Wendell Adams
CEO,
PrimeLab.io
CEO,
PrimeLab.io
Bill Colitre
Vice President & General Counsel,
Music Reports, Inc.
Vice President & General Counsel,
Music Reports, Inc.
Sneha Deo
Responsible AI Product Lead,
Microsoft
Responsible AI Product Lead,
Microsoft
Joel T. Jordan
Founder & President,
Synchtank
Founder & President,
Synchtank
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt
Director, Innovation & Education,
International Music Managers Forum
Director, Innovation & Education,
International Music Managers Forum
lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
An overview of the latest AI-related regulatory and legislative initiatives. Where things stand, from implanting the European Union’s AI Act, to copyright laws, to antitrust enforcement and creating a
federal publicity right.
Presenters:
Nikki Bhargava, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Sophie Goossens, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Amy Isbell, Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations, Universal Music Group
Presenters:
Nikki Bhargava, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Sophie Goossens, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Amy Isbell, Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations, Universal Music Group
Nikki Bhargava
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Sophie Goossens
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Amy Isbell
Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations,
Universal Music Group
Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations,
Universal Music Group
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
From song catalogs, to film and television libraries, to literary estates, copyrights have been a hot asset
class. But has the market cooled? How has the rapid growth of generative AI affected valuations, and
what does the new macroeconomic environments portend for the future of rights investing?
Panelists:
Peter Harvey, CEO, RoyFi
Duff Berschback, EVP, Business & Legal Affairs, Publishing, Concord Music Publishing, LLC
Neeta Ragoowansi, President, Music Managers Forum - US
Moderator:
David Bloom, Senior Contributor, Forbes
Panelists:
Peter Harvey, CEO, RoyFi
Duff Berschback, EVP, Business & Legal Affairs, Publishing, Concord Music Publishing, LLC
Neeta Ragoowansi, President, Music Managers Forum - US
Moderator:
David Bloom, Senior Contributor, Forbes
Peter Harvey
CEO,
RoyFi
CEO,
RoyFi
Duff Berschback
EVP, Business & Legal Affairs, Publishing,
Concord Music Publishing, LLC
EVP, Business & Legal Affairs, Publishing,
Concord Music Publishing, LLC
Neeta Ragoowansi
President,
Music Managers Forum - US
President,
Music Managers Forum - US
David Bloom
Senior Contributor,
Forbes
Senior Contributor,
Forbes
break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Coffee Break sponsored by:
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
In the most of the world, works created by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted. But works
containing AI elements alongside the work of human creators sometimes can be. But where is the line?
How much AI is too much? How can creators make sure their works containing AI elements can be
protected?
Panelists:
Ben Berman, CEO, AppMana
Albhy Galuten, Senior Fellow, Intertrust Technologies
Josh Love, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Matthew Neco, Attorney & Mediator, Unaffiliated
Moderator:
David Fink, Partner, Venable LLP
Panelists:
Ben Berman, CEO, AppMana
Albhy Galuten, Senior Fellow, Intertrust Technologies
Josh Love, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Matthew Neco, Attorney & Mediator, Unaffiliated
Moderator:
David Fink, Partner, Venable LLP
Ben Berman
CEO,
AppMana
CEO,
AppMana
Albhy Galuten
Senior Fellow,
Intertrust Technologies
Senior Fellow,
Intertrust Technologies
Josh Love
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Matthew Neco
Attorney & Mediator,
Unaffiliated
Attorney & Mediator,
Unaffiliated
David Fink
Partner,
Venable LLP
Partner,
Venable LLP
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Identifying and detecting works produced by AI is essential for filtering AI content from streaming
royalty pools and preventing fraud. This panel will highlight the latest efforts to develop effective AI
detection and identification tools and their integration with real world services and applications.
Panelists:
Virginie Berger, Chief Business Development & Rights Officer, Matchtune
Amadea Choplin, Chief Operating Officer, Pex
Will Kreth, CEO, HAND
Moderator:
Beverly Macy, Lecturer, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Member, Executive Board Innovate, UCLA
Panelists:
Virginie Berger, Chief Business Development & Rights Officer, Matchtune
Amadea Choplin, Chief Operating Officer, Pex
Will Kreth, CEO, HAND
Moderator:
Beverly Macy, Lecturer, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Member, Executive Board Innovate, UCLA
Virginie Berger
Chief Business Development & Rights Officer,
Matchtune
Chief Business Development & Rights Officer,
Matchtune
Amadea Choplin
Chief Operating Officer,
Pex
Chief Operating Officer,
Pex
Will Kreth
CEO,
HAND
CEO,
HAND
Beverly Macy
Lecturer,
UCLA Anderson School of Management,
Member, Executive Board Innovate,
UCLA
Lecturer,
UCLA Anderson School of Management,
Member, Executive Board Innovate,
UCLA
reception
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
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