Current legal issues in the live industry sector - Comparative analysis
Anne-Marie Pecoraro is a lawyer specialized in intellectual property and information technology, ranked among the best in France, as a leading and renowned lawyer in the music sector. She has solid expertise in digital law, copyright and in the music, television and film industries. Based in Paris and Brussels, she represents producers, studios, studios, authors, artists, performers, guilds, unions and non-profit organizations. She assists her clients in negotiations and litigation, in particular in the context of anti-counterfeiting programs (blocking sites and counterfeiting procedures). Anne-Marie Pecoraro has acquired valuable experience in a number of major projects related to performing arts, AI, digital law, strategic communication, from the protection of the right to privacy to crisis communication and public affairs campaigns, both at the national and European levels.
Dr. S. Dennis Engbrink, LL.M., Head of Media & Entertainment, is a lawyer in the Berlin office of the law firm ZIRNGIBL. He specializes in intellectual property and media and entertainment law. One of his main areas of interest is artificial intelligence and digital transformation. He advises and represents primarily media and information technology companies, entertainment industry companies, event organizers, publishers, producers and agencies. During his professional and academic career, he gained international experience through stays in Wellington, Amsterdam, Brussels and Tokyo.
Jeff Liebenson is president of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers and director of Liebenson Law in New York.
Jeff focuses his practice on the convergence of music and technology. He negotiates digital licensing agreements and advises on intellectual property issues related to digital entertainment.
Previously, he was the director of legal and commercial affairs for the international division of BMG Entertainment, where he oversaw activities in 53 countries.
Jeff is the editor of “User-Generated Content: New Business Models and Legal Issues” and “The Streaming Revolution in the Entertainment Industry,” and author of “Music in the Metaverse-Negotiating Key Issues.”
Mathias T. Gebremichael has 10 years of experience in supporting customers in the music, sports and entertainment industries.
He is based in Oslo, Norway, and works as a partner/lawyer at the law firm Ect Law Advokater AS: Ect Law Advokater AS.
He has assisted national and international players in the music industry (artists, producers, songwriters, managers, record companies, publishing houses, reservation companies, etc.) in the context of contractual negotiations related to intellectual property rights, such as copyright, related rights and trademarks.
In addition to being a lawyer, Mathias is a soccer agent licensed by FIFA and assists soccer players in the negotiations and conclusion of player contracts, image rights agreements, sponsorship agreements, assistance in disciplinary cases, representation before the FIFA dispute resolution body, etc.
Olivier Sasserath is a partner lawyer at MVVP in Brussels. He specializes in intellectual property law, information technology law and media law. His practice is very largely oriented to the entertainment sector, and therefore among others to the music sector, in which he has been advising and assisting a wide variety of stakeholders for more than 15 years, such as publishers, producers, artists as well as law management companies, for all questions concerning both Belgian and European law. He has extensive experience in disputes relating to copyright and (unfair) competition, before Belgian courts, but also before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
He is a member of several professional associations, including the Belgian Association for the Protection of Copyright (ABA), and the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL). He regularly publishes in legal journals and also regularly participates as a speaker in conferences concerning music law.
Ralf Kitzberger is a lawyer and partner at the German law firm Schickhardt Rechtsanwälte. He studied law at the University of Constance (Germany) and Lausanne (Germany) and obtained his master's degree in 1994/95 at Temple University in Philadelphia (United States). Ralf Kitzberger specializes in entertainment and sports law and acts on behalf of artists, promoters, music labels and athletes in areas such as contract negotiation, copyright, etc.
Trained between Italy, France and the United Kingdom, Stéphanie Rotelli is a specialist in intellectual and industrial property law who practices in Italy at Cosmo Legal Group, which she co-founded. She has extensive knowledge and expertise in a wide range of areas, such as copyright, media and entertainment, music, cinema, fashion law, trademarks, industrial design, commercial communications, and new technologies and platforms, with a particular focus on the application of digital legislation. Stéphanie regularly assists producers, creators and users of intangible goods, as well as operators in the fashion, luxury, entertainment and more generally creative sectors, in contentious and non-contentious cases. She also pursues her academic interests by writing and lecturing at Italian universities.