Conference 2021

10:30 a.m.

Welcome

Katharina Uppenbrink, Managing Director Initiative Urheberrecht

Greeting

Prof Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Academy of Arts

Greeting

Dr. Alice Halsdorfer, Head of Department,
Senate Chancellery

Presentation of the program

Matthias Hornschuh, composer, spokesperson for the creators in the Authors’ Rights Initiative (IU)

„In the engine room of copyright“

What consequences are emerging after the adoption of the legislative package effective summer 2021?

Initial real-world assessments, reports and experiences.

10:45 a.m.

Brief statements

Focal point: Article 17

Dr Urban Pappi, managing director
Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst
Annika Siems, illustrator, Chairwoman
Illustrators' organization board
Ella Rohwer, cellist, Chairwoman
Pro Musik board
Dr Götz von Einem, managing director GSA
Peermusic (Germany), Member of the Board and Chairman of the Legal Committee German Music Publishers Association (DMV)
Dr Georg Nolte senior legal counsel
Google Germany
Dr Tobias Holzmüller, general counsel
GEMA

Focal point: copyright contract law/Articles 18-23

Heike Rost, photographer, journalist
Dr Christina Oelke, senior legal counsel
VAUNET
Dr Oliver Schwenzer, legal counsel
VDD (Screenwriters‘ guild of Germany)

11:45 a.m.

Break

12:00 p.m.

Discussion

Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive – State of affairs in Europe

12:20 p.m.

Article 18 – from the perspective of audiovisual authors

Cécile Despringre, Executive Director
Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA, Brussels)

Chapter 3 – Copyright contract law and the future of our concerns in the EU

Pauline Durand-Vialle, Chief Executive
Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA, Brussels)

Article 17, streaming platforms and the future of our issues in the EU

Marc du Moulin, Secretary General
European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA, Brussels)

12.45 p.m.

Discussion

1.00 p.m.

Lunch break

"After platform regulation comes platform regulation"

1:30 p.m.

"DMA and DSA – an assessment of the current situation"

Representative of an European Umbrella Organization representing authors / artists and Katharina Uppenbrink

1:35 p.m.

Statement 1

Peter Kraus vom Cleff, President
Federation of European Publishers (FEP, Brussels)

Statement 2

Christiane Sommer, Head of Production and Producer
Razor Film, Vice President of SPIO

What is the current situation on the Council?

Dr Armin Jungbluth, Head of Division
Legal Framework for Digital Services, Media industry, BMWi (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy)

2:00 p.m.

Discussion

"After the election …" Demands for policy makers

2:15 p.m.

Keynote "How to #FixStreaming – a Songwriter's Campaign for Fair Remuneration”

Helienne Lindvall, singer, musician and author

2:25 p.m.

Statements

Streaming

Dr Matthias Röder, Executive Director
Eliette and Herbert von Karajan Institute, Board Member of the Karajan Foundation

Class action

Prof Caroline Meller-Hannich, professor
Civil law, civil procedure law and commercial law at the University of Halle-Wittenberg

Private Copying

Dr Tilo Gerlach, Managing Director
GVL and president of AEPO-ARTIS

E-lending

Christian Schumacher-Gebler, CEO
Bonnier Media Germany
Nina George, Novelist & President of the European Writers' Council (EWC)

2:50 p.m.

Discussion

3:15 p.m.

Brief summary

Matthias Hornschuh

3:25 p.m.

Closing statement

Katharina Uppenbrink

Subject to changes!