12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Track I:
Next Generation P2P - DRM, Paid for Pass-Along and Other Legal Distributed Computing Models and the Entertainment Industries Part II
While the debate over legal issues in music and movie distribution of content continues, the P2P and distributed computing industry is making strides in taking its technologies into the mainstream. With many evolving solutions on the way from paid-for-pass-along along with various DRM solutions and advertiser based options - and now an active trade association for P2P exists to enhance the solutions in the marketplace - we are pleased to hold a standalone solutions session on the topic at Digital Hollywood. In this session we will attempt to go beyond the legal issues into the practical applications of P2P in the marketplace. P2P advocates make claim to a major share of the market that will play a central force in the future of the music and film industries. In this session, we will hear the case for P2P - its strengths and weaknesses.
Chip Venters, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Containers
Gabe Zichermann, VP of Strategy and Communications, Trymedia Systems
Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, D3 – Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Recorded Music
Les Ottolenghi, founding Partner, INTENT MediaWorks
Jim Flynn, CEO, Artio Systems
Mark Ishikawa, Chief Executive and Technology Officer, BayTSP, Inc.
Martin C. Lafferty, Chief Executive Officer, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA), Moderator
Ted Cohen, Vice President, Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Re
corded Music: As Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Recorded Music, Ted Cohen oversees worldwide digital business development for this "big five" record company, which includes labels such as Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis. Under Cohen’s guidance, EMI has led the industry with its initiatives in new technologies and business models such as digital downloads, online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio. In addition to seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for the company, Cohen serves as both a strategist and key decision-maker for EMI’s global new media and anti-piracy efforts. He has worked to establish company-wide policies, which have allowed EMI’s artists and labels a substantial advantage in the digital music arena. Cohen served previously as the Executive Vice President of Digital Music Network Inc., where he co-founded and served as Chairman of the Webnoize ’98 & ’99 conferences. He currently chairs MidemNet, an international music/technology conference convened in Cannes each year. Cohen also held senior management positions at both Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media. Additionally, Cohen lead two highly successful new media consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Universal Studios New Media, DreamWorks Records, Liquid Audio, Wherehouse Records/Checkout.com and several other entertainment, computer and new media organizations. A 25-year industry veteran, Cohen serves on the NARAS (Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors, the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, Co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation, and lends his time and talents to the Grammy In The Schools Program.Chip Venters, Chief Executive Officer, is a career entrepreneur with exp
erience in the startup, product development and marketing of information services and software. Most recently he was executive vice president of marketing and business development of SiteScape, a start-up B2B collaboration company that grew to a position of industry leadership. The company landed 350 customers in 18 months with memorable branding, proper product positioning, effective analyst relations and partnerships with Oracle, Sun, Plumtree, SAP and others. He was a founder and VP of marketing for Deskgate Technologies, the original inventors of the Digital Containers technology. Deskgate became M2Direct E-Commerce, a technology-based DRM and marketing firm with 200 employees and 30 million in annual revenue. Prior to Deskgate/M2, Venters was founder and president of Smart Communications, parent company of TotalFax, a major provider of electronic document delivery services to the Trade Association industry. As president of V&A Advertising in Research Triangle, NC, Mr. Venters managed marketing and advertising programs for large technology companies including Cellular One and Nortel. Venters founded Audio Visual Services in 1984, which grew to be the largest provider of AV technical and production services in the Carolinas. Chip is past President of the Foundation for Health Education in Washington, DC, and has served on the boards of several health education and art organizations nationwide. He is a sought-after consultant and speaker to top trade associations and corporations on communications technology and has received numerous awards for creative and marketing excellence. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Mark Ishikawa, Chief Executive and Technology Officer, BayTSP, Inc.: M
r. Ishikawa is an expert in the fields of Internet content distribution, spidering, peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, digital rights management and database design, and has served in a variety of executive level positions in numerous Silicon Valley technology companies. Over the course of his nearly two decades in the computer services industry, Mr. Ishikawa has engineered and managed large-scale databases, wide-area networks, and encryption systems for organizations ranging from the U.S. Department of Defense to Hewlett Packard. Prior to founding BayTSP in 1999, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Infonent.com. He has served as an expert witness for the Justice Department on peer-to-peer technologies and has spoken on file-sharing, digital intellectual property protection and online privacy and anonymity at universities and conferences around the country. He has given presentations on peer-to-peer technology, Internet privacy and online intellectual property protection at Stanford, Harvard, and Duke universities and to the California Bar Association.Les Ottolenghi, Founding Partner, INTENT MediaWorks: Les Ottolenghi ha
s more than 20 years of experience in executive management, information technology and marketing with both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to founding Intent MediaWorks, Ottolenghi was CEO of AgentWare, Ottolenghi, responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of the company as well as managing all major contract relationships. Prior to co-founding AgentWare, Ottolenghi served as Vice President of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce for Carlson Wagonlit Travel. His accomplishments at Carlson included leading a team that custom-designed critical middleware for networking 10,000 travel agents over the Internet. Ottolenghi is also a former executive at Holiday Inn Worldwide, where he led the successful launch of the first Internet-based reservations system in the travel industry. In 1998, Information Week and Microsoft nominated Ottolenghi for CIO of the Year. Ottolenghi has served as the chief strategist for the Greater 15 Nations (G15) of the United Nations, and is on the board of directors for the Berkeley Center for Marketing and Technology. Ottolenghi is an undergraduate of Duke University and M.B.A. graduate of Emory University's Goizueta School of Business, where he received a Woodruff Fellowship and graduated Beta Gamma Sigma. He continues his relationship with Emory by serving as an adjunct professor and writing a book regarding technology and business strategy.Gabe Zichermann, Vice-President, Strategy and Communications, Trym
edia Systems: Gabe directs Trymedia's worldwide strategic relations, product marketing and marketing communications activities. His contributions to the digital distribution industry include such milestones as posting the first legitimate downloadable games to Peer-to-Peer Networks and completing extensive consumer research on game download habits and trends. Prior to joining Trymedia, Gabe held positions in the e-commerce field with companies such as Cisco Systems, Bay Networks/Nortel and Checkpoint Software. He was also Director of Marketing for the Game and Web divisions of CMP Media. Gabe is a frequent speaker and media resource on topics related to the digital distribution of entertainment content. He holds a BIS from Canada’s University of Waterloo, and an MBA from Rollins College in Florida.Jim Flynn is the CEO of Artio Systems, the developer of the EZTakes Internet video distribution service. Prior to co-founding Artio, Jim was the Chief Operating Officer of a $40 million Pitney Bowes subsidiary providing Internet billing software and hosted services to large businesses and several national postal organizations. Jim came to Pitney Bowes when that company acquired Alysis Technologies (NASDAQ: ALYS), where he also served as COO. Jim came to Alysis when that company acquired @Work Technologies, a pioneering developer of electronic billing and payment software that Jim co-founded and served as CEO. Prior to @Work, Jim started and managed Greenbar Software, an innovative vendor of document management technology that was acquired by FileNet (NASDAQ: FILE). Prior to Greenbar, Jim was the head of marketing and sales at International Financial Systems LTD, where he played a crucial role in building the company into an industry leading vendor of international money transfer software. Jim began his career at AT&T where he worked as a software developer, hardware engineer and sales executive. Jim earned an MBA from New York University, with dual concentrations in finance and international business, and a Bachelor of Science (Magna Cum Laude) from Manhattan College. Jim co-authored one of the first books on the Java programming language, ìVisual J++ Java Programmingî, has been a frequent speaker at conferences and has written numerous articles for trade and technical publications. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Certified Document Imaging Architect.
Martin C. Lafferty, Chief Executive Officer, Distributed Computing Ind
ustry Association (DCIA): As DCIA’s CEO, Marty Lafferty is responsible for industry outreach, strategic development and management of all association initiatives. He is an accomplished new media industry leader with a track record of successful multi-business collaboration and excellence in pioneering the distribution of content via new technologies. Throughout his career, Lafferty has served in senior leadership positions for some of the world’s most innovative technology and entertainment companies. Lafferty joined DCIA from Lafferty Media Partners LLC (LMP) where he served as Managing Partner. Prior to LMP, he was CEO of Zoom Culture, which he transformed from a year-old dotcom into a thriving digital television and new media firm within 24 months, working with partners including NBC and PAX TV. He also led Zoom’s software development team and partnered with Apple engineers to serve as the first Beta client for Scale 8’s advanced global storage network and edge content distribution system. Previously he served as CMO for StreamSearch.com, where he oversaw the conversion of streaming video search engines from a technological to an entertainment market focus, working with and for major studios such as Paramount and Artisan. While there, he also led the creation of the interactive multimedia site for Sundance Film Festival. During his tenure as Microsoft TV VP of Corporate & Service Marketing, Lafferty supported the strategic refocus of Microsoft’s WebTV acquisition from a purely B2C niche subscription offering to a B2B application suite for multichannel service distributors and their set-top suppliers, in addition to introducing plans for the Xbox game console. While serving as President of FutureVision, Lafferty supervised the redesign and rollout of the industry’s first true switched digital network service offering and the company’s acquisition by Verizon. Before FutureVision, as VP of TV Answer, he led the development of numerous technically diverse simulcast interactive applications using IVDS over-the-air transmission spectrum, and secured affiliations with PBS and commercial broadcast station groups, culminating in a strategic alliance with CapCities/ ABC. Lafferty was also CEO of NBC’s Olympics joint venture, where he led multiple vendors to develop alternative security solutions for a satellite-delivered mini-subscription PPV signal, as well as oversaw cable and broadcast affiliate marketing. Prior to that, as GE Americom VP of Cable Services, he contributed to GE Astro’s new fleet development and deployment, generating $445 million in sales to television programmers in 18 months. As VP of TDBS, he led Turner Broadcasting’s internal and GI engineering teams to develop and deploy the industry’s first signal-scrambling security technology for basic programming services. Lafferty has received recognition from, and held leadership positions in, numerous industry organizations throughout his career. He was awarded the Council for Entrepreneurial Development Award as a top-fifty new company. He served as Membership Chairman of the Interactive Services Association, and was named Chairman of the International Digital Satellite Television Symposium. Lafferty also co-founded the Satellite Broadcasting Communications Association and served as its first Vice Chairman. Lafferty holds a Master’s degree from Yale University and Bachelors with honors from Williams College. He has received the NCTA’s President’s Award and a CTAM TAMI Award for industry service.