The distribution right and the principle of exhaustion through the Court of Justice of the EU case-law for tangible and digital works
The distribution right under copyright law, historically tied to tangible copies of works, has become an increasingly complex issue with the rise of digital and intangible works. In recent years,...Read more
Anthi Akritidou M.A., LL.M., PhD (C.),
Head of Legal and EU Affairs, International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations, Belgium
Who Owns The Rights in a Song: Evolving Trends in Music Copyright in India
It is trite to say that copyright is a bundle of rights. This truism is best demonstrated when a song is played on the radio or performed as part of...Read more
Amit Sindhwani
Head of IPR, Usha International, India
Rajendra Kumar
Founding Partner RKR & Partners, RKR & Partners, India
The Rise of Generative AI: Benefits and Dangers for Professionals
It is, of course, the topic of the moment. It is producing both fear and excitement in roughly equal measures, particularly for the legal profession.
However, the important point is...Read more
Ian McDougall
EVP & General Counsel, LexisNexis, USA
QR Codes: Legal Risks & Mitigation in Marketing Motion Pictures
Increasingly, marketers use QR codes to promote, advertise and market goods. This article focuses on how QR codes are used in the marketing of motion pictures and some important legal...Read more
Rey Rodriguez
Assistant General Counsel, The Walt Disney Company, USA
Kisha Lyons
Counsel - Marketing, Legal Affairs, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, USA
Economics of Streaming & the Rise of the Music Artists’
Rights and Compensation
As the big era of buying CDs and vinyl records has mostly passed, music streaming continues to hit the music industry by storm. It is a market estimated at $153...Read more
Afzana Anwer
Head of IP, Altilium Clean Technology, UK
Jansher Verscht
Economics Student, University of Loughborough, UK
Digital Content Consumption at the Time of Web 2.0. 
TV companies in Europe lost €3.21 billion in 2021 because of people using illegal streaming sites to watch TV, that’s a number revealed by a study published by Bournemouth University....Read more
Christine Maury-Panis
EVP, General Counsel and Public Affairs, Viaccess S.A, France
Going off Grid: A New Idea for Systemizing Intellectual Property Enforcement from TED Conferences
Last year’s COVID-19 mandated shift to virtual environments forced many companies to start producing new types of content tailored principally to online consumption. This seemingly overnight transition to digital distribution,...Read more
Hunter Vanaria
Associate Counsel, TED Conferences, USA
The Future is Cordless: How the Cordless Future will Impact Traditional Television
A cord-cutter is a person who cancels a paid television subscription or landline phone connection for an alternative Internet-based or wireless service. Cord-cutting is the result of competitive new media...Read more
Sabrina Lewis
Director of Business Affairs, Paramount Television, USA
About 'changed circumstances', 'imprévision' and 'commercial impractibility' in the light of the new art. 1195 of
the French civil code
The French civil code established in 1804 (also known as Code Napoleon) promoted the autonomy of the parties and minimal intervention of the judge in the performance of contractual obligations....Read more
Camelia Seghedi
In-house Counsel International Contracts and Public Tenders , JCDecaux , France
The Case under the GDPR for Video and Audio Recording in Commercial Spaces and Interactions: An Example of Fitting Legacy Systems and Practices into a Forward-Looking Compliance Regime
This Paper considers how to square potentially the new General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR” or “Regulation”) requirements with the longstanding commercial practices of recording customers through video and...Read more
Daniel Corcoran
SVP, International General Counsel, Marchex, USA