Culture and liberty in Europe. That's what we've been fighting for since 2000.

For the thirteenth time, the Authors' Rights Initiative invites you to the international copyright conference in Berlin to discuss current issues surrounding generative AI with experts and the industry.

This year's conference focuses on "Future-proof and sustainable? The role of generative AI in the creative ecosystem." It will therefore provide an update on Gen AI – from legal, political, media, legal policy, and cultural perspectives.

The number of in-person seats is limited; the conference will be livestreamed in parallel. Confirmation of in-person participation will be confirmed in october. Simultaneous interpretation (German-English and English-German) will be available.

Location:
Akademie der Künste am Pariser Platz
Pariser Platz 4
10117 Berlin

Time:
Monday, November 10, 2025
Doors open 9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., followed by a short reception

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Meet our speakers

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  • 01 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 02 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Katharina Uppenbrink and Matthias Hornschuh

  • 03 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 04 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Mario Giordano

  • 05 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Katharina Uppenbrink, Prof. Dr. Karl-Nikolaus Peifer and Matthias Hornschuh

  • 06 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Karl-Nikolaus Peifer

  • 07 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Sebastian Stober

  • 08 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Phillipp Hacker

  • 09 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Martin Andree

  • 10 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Dr. Stefanie Hubig, BMJV

  • 11 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 12 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 13 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Dr. Stefanie Hubig, BMJV

  • 14 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Katharina Uppenbrink

  • 15 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Matthias Hornschuh

  • 16 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Dr. Konrad Schmidt-Werthern, Secretary General of the Federal Ministry for Culture and the Media

  • 17 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 18 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Nathanael Liminski, Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs, and Media (NRW)

  • 19 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 20 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 21 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Renate Nikolay, European Commission

  • 22 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Axel Voss, MEP

  • 23 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 24 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 25 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 26 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 27 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Axel Voss, MEP and Renate Nikolay, European Commission

  • 28 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Götz Schneider-Rothhaar

  • 29 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Eckart von Hirschhausen

  • 30 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 31 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU

  • 32 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Petra Gehring

  • 33 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Daniel Mügge

  • 34 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Karen Rønde

  • 35 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Harrie Temmink

  • 36 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_PANEL 1

  • 37 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Sabine Richly, Dr. Amit Datta, Jean-Philippe Mochon, Prof. Dr. Philipp Hacker, Karen Rønde, Stefanie Eisenschenk

  • 38 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Dr. Kai Welp

  • 39 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 40 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Dr. Robert Staats

  • 41 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Robert Heinrich, Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation

  • 42 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

  • 43 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Dr. Stephanie Schulz-Hombach, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection

  • 44 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_PANEL 2

  • 45 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Audience

  • 46 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Ansgar Heveling, MdB (CDU)

  • 47 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Martin Rabanus, MdB (SPD)

  • 48 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Katharina Uppenbrink, Ansgar Heveling, MdB (CDU) and Martin Rabanus, MdB (SPD)

  • 49 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Katharina Uppenbrink, Ansgar Heveling, MdB (CDU) and Martin Rabanus, MdB (SPD)

  • 50 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Thomas Höppner

  • 51 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Prof. Dr. Thomas Höppner

  • 52 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Matthias Hornschuh

  • 53 / 53 ©gezett (Gerald Gezett Zörner) and IU_Katharina Uppenbrink

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Downloads

Gain a deeper insight into the subject matter and take a look at the presentations given by individual speakers.

Populism, dark tech, the need for regulation: How we can survive the "media war"

Prof. Dr. Martin Andree

e_iu-prez_andree.pdf (pdf, 4.23 MB)

AI, copyright, and the future of internet search

Prof. Dr. Phillipp Hacker

urheberrecht-ki-und-internetsuche.pdf (pdf, 1.4 MB)

Statement on the “Hirschhausen case”

Götz Schneider-Rothhaar

g_gsr_deep_fakes_evh_urteil_urhr_konferenz_schneider-rothhaar.pdf (pdf, 350.62 KB)

Regulatory approaches: Input and output

Dr. Robert Staats

iu_ki_regelungsansatze_staats.pdf (pdf, 260.96 KB)

Update on lawsuits - national and international

Dr. Kai Welp

k_251110-kw_urheberrechtskonferenz_berlin_welp.pdf (pdf, 1.14 MB)

Program

9:00 a.m.

Admission

Reception with tea and coffee

Part 1

Greetings

10:00 a.m.

Greeting

Matthias Hornschuh, Composer, IU Spokesperson
and Katharina Uppenbrink, Managing director Authors' Rights Initiative

Greeting

Prof. Manos Tsangaris, President of the Academy of Arts (via video)

Greeting

Mario Giordano, Author

Part 2

Voices of Science

10:15 a.m.

Keynote – AI Update

Prof. Dr. Karl-Nikolaus Peifer, University of Cologne

Short presentation – Race to the Bottom: TDM Update from Computer Science

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Stober, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

Shot presentation - AI, copyright, and the future of internet search

Prof. Dr. Philipp Hacker, European New School of Digital Studies

Short presentation – Populism, dark tech, the need for regulation: How we can survive the "media war"

Prof. Dr. Martin Andree, University of Cologne

11:20 a.m.

Break

Part 3

AI and Politics in Fall 2025

11:40 a.m.

Keynote

Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Dr. Stefanie Hubig, BMJV

Welcome address

Dr. Konrad Schmidt-Werthern, Secretary General of the Federal Ministry for Culture and the Media

Statement

Nathanael Liminski, Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs, and Media (NRW) (via video)

Statement

Renate Nikolay, European Commission (via video)

Statement

Axel Voss, MEP (via video)

12:50 p.m.

Questions

Statement on the “Hirschhausen case”

Götz Schneider-Rothhaar, SKW Schwarz Lawyers

Impulse - “My face belongs to me. So does my voice. A plea for the regulation of AI deep fakes”

Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen (via video)

1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

Part 4

Thinking Outside the Box

1:45 p.m.

Impulse – Political dimensions of dealing with generative AI in culture, media, and knowledge work

Prof. Dr. Petra Gehring, TU Darmstadt

Keynote – AI & Politics: the good, the useless and the ugly

Prof. Dr. Daniel Mügge, University of Amsterdam

Statement - GenAI: Update Denmark

Karen Rønde, CEO, Danish Press Publications' CMO (DPCMO)

Update from Alicante

Harrie Temmink, EUIPO (via video)

Part 5

And what does that mean in particular?

2:45 p.m.

Introduction to the PANEL - AI policy and copyright: how national actors in Europe can shape the legal framework now

Sabine Richly, Moderator, Media Law Digital

PANEL 1

Dr. Amit Datta, Aleph Alpha
Jean-Philippe Mochon, CSPLA – Ministère de la culture France
Prof. Dr. Philipp Hacker, European New School of Digital Studies
Karen Rønde Danish Press Publications' CMO (DPCMO)
Stefanie Eisenschenk, Screenwriter

3:20 p.m.

Contribution - Regulatory approaches: Input and output

Dr. Robert Staats, VG WORT

Contribution - Update on lawsuits - national and international

Dr. Kai Welp, GEMA

3:50

Break

4:20 p.m.

PANEL 2 – AI policy from and for Germany – what do the ministries say?

Robert Heinrich, Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
Dr. Stephanie Schulz-Hombach, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection

Discussion

Part 6

Prospects

5:00 p.m.

Assessments from the German Parliament

Ansgar Heveling, MdB (CDU)
Martin Rabanus, MdB (SPD)

Impulse - Update: AI and media antitrust law

Prof. Dr. Thomas Höppner, Geradin Partners

conclusion

Matthias Hornschuh, Composer, IU Spokesperson
and Katharina Uppenbrink, Managing director Authors` Rights Initiative

5:30 p.m.

End

Followed by: Short champagne reception to celebrate the 25th anniversary

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The program is continuously updated.

Speakers

Prof. Dr. Martin Andree

University of Cologne

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Dr. Amit Datta

Aleph Alpha

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Stefanie Eisenschenk

screen writer

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Prof. Dr. Petra Gehring

TU Darmstadt

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Mario Giordano

Author

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Robert Heinrich

BMDS

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Prof. Dr. Philipp Hacker

European New School of Digital Studies

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Ansgar Heveling, MdB

CDU

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Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Höppner

Geradin Partners

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Matthias Hornschuh

Coposer, IU Spokesperson

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Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Dr. Stefanie Hubig

BMJV

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Nathanael Liminski

Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs, and Media (NRW)

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Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz

BMJV

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Jean-Philippe Mochon

CSPLA – Ministère de la culture France

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Prof. Dr. Daniel Mügge

University of Amsterdam

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Renate Nicolay

European Commission, (tbc)

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Prof. Dr. Karl-Nikolaus Peifer

University of Cologne

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Martin Rabanus, MdB

SPD

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Sabine Richly

Media Law Digital

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Karen Rønde

Danish Press Publications' CMO (DPCMO)

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Dr. Konrad Schmidt-Werthern

Secretary General of the Federal Ministry for Culture and the Media

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Götz Schneider-Rothhaar

SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte

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Dr. Stephanie Schulz-Hombach

BKM

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Dr. Robert Staats

VG WORT

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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Stober

Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Harrie Temmink

EUIPO

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Prof. Manos Tsangaris

Academy of the Arts, Berlin

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Katharina Uppenbrink

Authors` Rights Initiative

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Axel Voss

MEP

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Dr. Kai Welp

GEMA

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Our partners

The 13th Copyright Conference is supported by the Initiative Musik

Funded by Initiative Musik gemeinnützige Projektgesellschaft mbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.