Conference 2024
12th Conference on Authors' Rights 25.11.2024
Europe needs strong authors and performers.
Following the adoption of the European AI Act on June 13, 2024, many questions remain unanswered while new ones continue to emerge. The report by Professors Dornis and Stober has attracted worldwide interest. For this reason, this year's IU Conference will once again focus on generative artificial intelligence.
From content industry’s perspective, three areas of action will remain critical for the foreseeable future: licensing/legal action/ and regulation.
We will discuss these and other critical issues with selected experts on November 25, 2024 at the Academy of Arts, Pariser Platz.
Places are limited and the conference will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person. Confirmation of in-person attendance will be sent in November. We will provide simultaneous translation from German to English and from English to German.
Time:
Admission 9:30 a.m.
Conference 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Akademie der Künste an Pariser Platz
Pariser Platz 4
10117 Berlin
Fotos
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Katharina Uppenbrink, Managing Director of the Authors’ Rights Initiative, und Matthias Hornschuh, composer and spokesman for the Initiative Urheberrecht greet the audience (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Hanna Möllers, Journalist and legal counsel DJV (Foto©gezett/IU).
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The audience listening (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Prof Dr. Sebastian Stober, Professor of Artificil Intelligence at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Dr. Pascal T. Sierek, on behalf of Prof. Dr. Tim Dornis (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Prof. Dr. Alexander Peukert, Goethe University Frankfurt, Co-Chair Code of Practice (Foto©gezett/IU).
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The technical team highly concentrated at work (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Thomas Heldrup, Danish Rights Alliance (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Applause from the audience (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Dr. Robert Staats, VG Wort (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Dr. Kai Welp (middle), GEMA, in conversation with Katharina Uppenbrink (Authors’ Rights Initiative) und Mathias Hornschuh (spokesman for the Authors’ Rights Initiative (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Katharina Uppenbrink (IU) receives a bouquet of flowers from Micki Meuser (DEFKOM) as a thank you for ten years as the Managing Director (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Katharina Uppenbrink (IU) und Sabine Richly (Lawyer, focus on media and copyright law) im Gespräch mit Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Head of Department Commercial and Business Law, BMJ (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Beka Bediana, actor and board member of BFFS (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Sara Gorf-Roloff, Illustratoren Organisation e.V. (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Stober, Professor of Artificil Intelligence at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Dorothe Lanc, Legal counsel BFF (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Katharina Uppenbrink (IU) and Johannes Studinger, UNI MEI (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Katharina Uppenbrink und Matthias Hornschuh with Ellen Stutzman, Writer´s Guild of America West via Zoom (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Dr. Thorsten Lieb, MdB (Foto©gezett/IU).
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A strong statement from Jürgen Geuter (alias Tante), philosopher, author and computer scientist (Foto©gezett/IU).
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Ansgar Heveling, MdB, talking via Zoom with Katharina Uppenbrink and Matthias Hornschuh (Foto©gezett/IU).
Programme
9:30 a.m.
Admission
Coffee and tea will be served
Welcome and introduction
10:30 a.m.
Welcome address
Katharina Uppenbrink, Initiative Urheberrecht Managing Director (IU)
Greeting
Prof. Manos Tsangaris, President of the Academy of Arts
Presentation of the programme
Matthias Hornschuh, composer and spokesman for the Initiative Urheberrecht
AI and Ethics
10:45 a.m.
AI and ethics
Prof. Dr. Peter Kirchschläger, Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne
Questions
Questions from the audience
State of affairs: journalism
Hanna Möllers, Journalist and legal counsel DJV
11:10 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
Focus on Generative AI
11:40 a.m.
Introduction
Copyright + training of generative AI models – technological + legal principles
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Stober, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg
Dr. Pascal T. Sierek, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
Questions
Questions from the audience
The view from Brussels
Prof Dr Andreas Peukert, Goethe University Frankfurt
International perspective
Thomas Heldrup, Danish Rights Alliance
AI and collective rights management
Dr. Robert Staats, VG Wort
Lawsuit? Lawsuit!
Dr. Kai Welp, GEMA
Questions
Questions from the audience
1:10 p.m.
LUNCH
AI-regulation in and from Germany
1:50 pm
Introduction
Keynote
Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Department Manager Trade and Commercial Law, Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ)
Discussion with
Dr. Andreas Görgen, Secretary General of the Federal Ministry for Culture and the Media
2:25 p.m.
Questions
Questions from the audience
A look into the 'engine room'
2:35 p.m.
Introduction
AI and art
Dr. Karin Lingl, Gf. Stiftung Kunstfonds
AI and text
Claudia Hamm, translator and author
AI and audiovisual media
Beka Bediana, actor, BFFS
AI, illustration and science
Sarah Gorf-Roloff, IO
AI and image
Dorothe Lanc, BFF, lawyer
AI and work
Johannes Studinger, UNI MEI
Questions
Questions from the audience
3:30 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
Political Perspectives
4:05 p.m.
Introduction
Perspectives
Ellen Stutzmann, WGA West
Questions
Questions from the audience
Perspectives
Dr. Thorsten Lieb, MdB
Ansgar Heveling, MdB
Awet Tesfaiesus, MdB
Jürgen Geuter (aka tante), philosopher and computer scientist
Closing remarks
Matthias Hornschuh, composer and spokesman for the Initiative Urheberrecht
Katharina Uppenbrink, Initiative Urheberrecht Managing Director
5:00 p.m.
END
Subject to change.
The program is continually updated.
Speakers
© Jan Düfelsiek
© Martin Peterdamm
© Maurice Weiss
© Michael Donath
© Thomas Tolstrup
© Tobias Koch
© Sebastian Linder
Prof. Dr. Peter Kirchschläger
Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne
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© Klaus Mellenthin
© Joppen
© private
© Frank Sonnenberg
© BMJ
© Privat
Prof. Dr. Alexander Peukert
Code of Practice, Goethe University Frankfurt, Co-Chair (Copyright)
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© Ansgar Kleine
© Julia Krüger
© Andrée Van Voorst Vader
© Jilly Wendell
© Jana Dünnhaupt / Uni Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Stober
Professor of Artificil Intelligence at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg
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© Shari-Lynn Venus
© gezett
© gezett
© Sebastian Linder
Our partners
Our cooperation partner
Gefördert durch die Initiative Musik gemeinnützige Projektgesellschaft mbH mit Projektmitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.