Artists Rights Symposium to explore Ticketing, Metadata and More
This year’s Artists Rights Symposium will focus on ticketing and metadata. The annual gathering was founded by Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman, University of Georgia lecturer and staunch artist advocate David Lowry.
from Music Tech Policy
We are announcing the time schedule and speakers for the 4th annual Artist Rights Symposium on November 20. The symposium is supported by the Artist Rights Institute and was founded by Dr. David C. Lowery, Lecturer at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business.
This year the symposium is hosted in Washington, DC, by American University’s Kogod School of Business at American’s Constitution Hall, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016. We are also pleased to have a Kogod student presentation as part of the speaker lineup.
Admission is free, but please reserve a spot with Eventbrite, seating is limited! The symposium starts at 8:30 am and ends with a reception at 4:30 pm.
The symposium will be recorded as an audiovisual presentation for distribution at a later date, but will not be live-streamed. If you attend, understand that you may be filmed in any audience shots, questions from the floor or still images. The symposium social media hashtag is #ArtistRightsKogod.
Schedule
8:30 — Doors open, networking coffee.
9:00-9:10 — Welcome remarks by David Marchick, Dean, Kogod School of Business
9:10-9:15 — Welcome remarks by Christian L. Castle, Esq., Director, Artist Rights Institute
9:15-10:15 — THE TROUBLE WITH TICKETS: The Challenges of Ticket Resellers and Legislative Solutions:
Kevin Erickson, Director, Future of Music Coalition, Washington DC
Dr. David C. Lowery, Co-founder of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, University of Georgia
Terry College of Business, Athens, Georgia
Stephen Parker, Executive Director, National Independent Venue Association, Washington DC
Mala Sharma, President, Georgia Music Partners, Atlanta, Georgia
Moderator: Christian L. Castle, Esq., Director, Artist Rights Institute, Austin, Texas
10:15-10:30: Ticketing Project Presentation by Kogod students
10:30-10:45: Coffee break
10:45-11:00: OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LITIGATION: Kevin Madigan, Vice President, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel, Copyright Alliance
11:00-12 pm: SHOW ME THE CREATOR – Transparency Requirements for AI Technology:
Danielle Coffey, President & CEO, News Media Alliance, Arlington, Virginia
Dahvi Cohen, Legislative Assistant, U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff, Washington, DC
Ken Doroshow, Chief Legal Officer, Recording Industry Association of America, Washington DC
Moderator: Linda Bloss-Baum, Director of the Kogod School of Business’s Business & Entertainment Program
12:00-12:30: Lunch break
12:30-1:30: Keynote: Graham Davies, President and CEO of the Digital Media Association, Washington DC.
1:30-1:45: Coffee break
1:45-2:45: CHICKEN AND EGG SANDWICH: Bad Song Metadata, Unmatched Funds, KYC and What You Can Do About It
Richard James Burgess, MBE, President & CEO, American Association of Independent Music, New York
Helienne Lindvall, President, European Composer & Songwriter Alliance, London, England
Abby North, President, North Music Group, Los Angeles
Anjula Singh, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, SoundExchange, Washington DC
Moderator: Christian L. Castle, Esq, Director, Artist Rights Institute, Austin, Texas
2:45-3:15: Reconvene across street to International Service Founders Room for concluding speakers and reception
3:15-3:30: OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEGISLATION: George York, Senior Vice President International Policy from RIAA.
3:30-4:30: NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF AI: Current initiatives to protect creator rights and attribution
Jeffrey Bennett, General Counsel, SAG-AFTRA, Washington, DC
Jen Jacobson, Executive Director, Artist Rights Alliance, Washington DC
Jalyce E. Mangum, Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington DC
Moderator: John Simson, Program Director Emeritus, Business & Entertainment, Kogod School of Business, American University
4:30-5:30: Concluding remarks by Linda Bloss-Baum, Director of the Kogod School of Business’s Business & Entertainment Program and reception.
