Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood, May 4-7, 2009 Wednesday, May 6th 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Track III: Content Rights - Digital Rights - Entertainment & Technology Track Digital Choice and Access to Digital Content - Balancing Consumer Rights with Technology, Regulation and Legal Principles Digital technology enables consumers to enjoy and interact with creative content across a wide array of platforms. Success in the digital age hinges on the ability to meet the demands of the digital consumer and embrace novel business models that capitalize on new products, markets, and distribution methods made possible by digital technology. As Congress and the courts struggle to keep pace with rapidly advancing technology, the law has evolved to create a precarious balance between protecting the rights of copyright owners and meeting the demands of the digital consumer. Are changes to the law able to help harmonize these interests? How could the power of new technologies be harnessed in a way that fairly rewards copyright owners yet delights consumers? Is the law able serve to foster the creativity of Web 2.0 consumers and broaden the appeal of user-generated content? Is it possible to shape the law and regulation to drive technological advancement instead of stifling innovation? Arnaud Robert, Corporate Vice President, Emerging Technology Strategy, The Walt Disney Company Michael Alexander, Strategy & Growth Initiatives, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry Stuart Rosove, VP, Media & Entertainment, Digimarc Corporation Laurin H. Mills, Managing Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP Iain Scholnick, CEO and President, ImageSpan Ann Chaitovitz, consultant, former Executive Director at Future of Music Coalition, copyright attorney-advisor, USPTO James M. Burger, Attorney at Law, Dow Lohnes, Moderator Arnaud Robert is Corporate Vice President, Emerging Technology Strategy for The Walt Disney Company. In his role, Arnaud guides the company and its business units through the rapidly changing digital media distribution ecosystem, drives consumer enablement efforts, and also provides insights on related emerging technologies. In addition, Arnaud leads the content protection technology strategy for the company. Arnaud has previously held senior positions at Thomson-Technicolor, Microsoft, Nagravision-Kudelski, and start-up ventures. Arnaud has extensive background in digital media distribution platforms, media commerce, signal processing, cryptography, and brain modeling. He holds a doctorate and masters of Computer Science from the Swiss Institute of Technology, as well as a degree in Communication Systems from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. Arnaud has more than a dozen patents issued or pending in emerging media technologies, has published over thirty broadly distributed scientific papers in new media, and is directly involved in deployment projects across Disney's varied media enterprises. Michael Alexander, Strategy & Growth Initiatives, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry: Michael Alexander has more than 30 years of systems development experience in all aspects of the information technology business. Currently, Alexander is global solutions architect for SPST (service provider strategic transformation) in IBM’s global telecom solutions. He consults with clients globally as an NGN telco subject matter expert (SME) and as a technical leader in VoIP solutions. In addition, Alexander is responsible for the development of telco technical NGN and specifically for VoIP solutions developed by IBM for U.S. clients AT&T, BellSouth, Qwest, SBC & Verizon. He was previously the IT architect profession executive and enterprise architecture practice lead for business innovation services, Australia/New Zealand. Before joining IBM, Alexander was technical partner & chief architect in the solutions integration practice at AT&T Solutions. He was responsible for the development of solution architectures that ensured successful engagements with all clients. Previously, Alexander worked at Unisys for 22 years and was the chief architect for Unisys’ global systems integration practice. He has previously spoken on digital media topics at TM Forum Americas and TM Forum Nice. Stuart Rosove, VP, Media & Entertainment, Digimarc Corporation: With more than 17 years of experience in technology management and market development, Rosove is responsible for content identification and related IP and technology for the Media & Entertainment Industry as Vice President, Media & Entertainment at Digimarc Corporation. He works closely with Digimarc licensees to further promote the adoption of digital watermarking for managing, protecting and enhancing digital content. Prior to joining Digimarc, Rosove was president and CEO of Activated Content Corp., a leading supplier of digital watermarking solutions to the music industry. Rosove was CEO of AudioTrack Watermark Solutions Corp. and was founder and CEO of Sequel Technology Corp. In 1996, Rosove was ranked as the 43rd top CEO by Washington CEO Magazine. He has held senior management positions at Delrina Corp. and QNX Software and was a founding partner of Rosove Gerb & Associates. Rosove holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of Manitoba in Canada. Laurin Mills is the managing partner of Nixon Peabody's Washington, DC, office. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and focuses his practice on intellectual property and media-related counseling and litigation, and white-collar criminal defense. Mr. Mills has substantial experience advising and representing national media organizations on the full range of newsroom issues, privacy-related and newsgathering torts, and Internet privacy policies and privacy issues. He is the co-editor of the District of Columbia section of the Media Law Resource Center's Annual 50-State Survey of Libel Law. Mr. Mills also has substantial experience in patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret-related litigation in federal courts across the nation. His recent patent case experience includes cases involving a vaccine for cervical cancer, bariatric hospital beds, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery devices, close-quarter “battlehouses” used for live-fire combat training, in-line roller-hockey skates, and disease detection assays. Mr. Mills’s recent copyright experience includes representing an international cruise ship line in a case involving the performance of Broadway shows at sea, a major microcomputer manufacturer in a case involving the alleged infringement of product advisor software, a defense contractor in case concerning infringement of the software that forms the hub of the Army’s tactical internet, and a foreign cable company in a case brought by the motion picture industry alleging piracy of premium cable-TV channels. Ann Chaitovitz, consultant, former Executive Director at Future of Music Coalition, copyright attorney-advisor, USPTO: Ann Chaitovitz has more than 15 years of experience representing songwriters, publishers and recording artists on copyright matters. Most recently, Ann was the Executive Director of Future of Music Coalition — a national non-profit education, research and advocacy organization focused on creating a bright future for creators and listeners. Before joining FMC, Ann was an attorney-advisor specializing in domestic and international copyright law at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where she handled copyright and related rights issues in various international regions. Ann also represented the U.S. in various multilateral fora, such as WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, and participated in the development and implementation of U.S. domestic copyright and related intellectual property laws and policy. Prior to USPTO, Ann served as the National Director of Sound Recordings at the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), the labor union representing recording singers, performers and broadcasters in radio and television. At AFTRA, Ann worked on domestic and international copyright issues. She worked to repeal the amendment to the “work made for hire’ definition of the US Copyright Law, to ensure the direct payment of digital performance fees to artists and to change the structure of SoundExchange, so that artists would share control. Ann also focused on the rights of U.S. performers internationally, negotiating with foreign countries’ collecting societies to ensure that U.S. performers receive their share of royalties. Prior to AFTRA, Ann worked as a staff attorney at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), where she conducted copyright litigation on behalf of songwriters and publishers. Ann serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (AARC), has served on the Board of Directors of SoundExchange, participated in the American Assembly on “Art, Technology, and Intellectual Property” and graduated in 2004’s Leadership Music class. She holds degrees from Amherst College (BA, cum laude) and New York University School of Law. Iain Scholnick, CEO and President, ImageSpan: A veteran of the Internet and wireless industries, Iain Scholnick brings more than 18 years of technical and operations experience to drive ImageSpan towards its mission of leading the market in licensing and billing automation for media. Under Iain’s leadership, ImageSpan has filed three patents, secured significant funding in financing led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Alan Patricof and his venture fund, Greycroft Partners, and forged strategic partnerships with Adobe, Omnicom, and Bertelsmann. His experience in entrepreneurial settings and vertical markets include his role at ERUCES, a data security company, where as VP, Business Solutions, he focused on deploying a high volume of data encryption and key management platform into the wireless, healthcare, finance, government and media industries. Previously, as CTO of Livemind, a wireless commerce and technology services company, Iain secured tier 1 venture capital through institutional investors. The architect of Livemind’s product platform, Iain scaled the company infrastructure and engineering operations to 75 employees. Previous to Livemind, Iain was a member of the ClickAction Company (NASDAQ: CLAC) executive team, building an Enterprise Marketing Automation platform. James M. Burger, Attorney at Law, Dow Lohnes: specializing in representation of technology companies on intellectual property, communications and government policy matters. Mr. Burger joined the firm's Media, Information and Technologies group in January, 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Burger was a Senior Director in Apple Computer's Law Department. During the nine years he was at Apple, Mr. Burger had a variety of assignments, including representing Apple's Advanced Technology Group, USA Field Sales organizations, and World-Wide Operations and Manufacturing, as well as General Counsel for Europe and Latin America and responsible for world wide government affairs. In addition, from 1991 until 1996, he was Chair of the Information Technology Industry Council's Proprietary Rights Committee. Mr. Burger has worked extensively on legal and policy issues arising from the confluence of digital technology, intellectual property protection and government regulation, particularly as affecting the Internet. Mr. Burger has participated in resolving such complex issues as DVD copy protection and digital download of music - representing the Computer Industry Group in negotiations developing the DVD Content Scrambling System copy protection rules as well as the Secure Digital Music Initiative. In addition, he has been engaged in such matters as the efforts to amend copyright law from leading the negotiations to exclude the computer industry from the Audio Home Recording Act, to avoid passage of the Digital Video Recording Act and to accommodate the protection of intellectual property on the Internet as well as the efforts to change the encryption export rules to protect digital communications. A native of New York City, he received his Bachelors (with Honors), Masters and Law (cum laude) degrees from New York University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the NYU Law Journal. For seven years, he was an adjunct professor at University of Virginia Law School, where he taught Advanced Administrative law.