Digital Hollywood: A CES Partner Program
Monday, January 5, 2026
2 –2:40 PM: Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
Session I: East Level 1, Joshua 9
An AI Copyright & Data Valuation Conversation: What Comes Next?
As the AI-copyright debate enters its fourth year, legal battles and legislative proposals continue, but a robust AI data marketplace is redefining the "Value of Data.”
Speakers:
Peter Csathy, Chairman, Creative Media, Moderator
Rebecca Grossman-Cohen, Chief of Staff and Head of Strategic Partnerships, New York Times
Emi Wayner, Head of GTM & Strategic Partnership, Global Programs, Google
BT, Producer, Composer, Technologist, CEO, Soundlabs.AI
Dave Davis, General Manager, Protege Media, USA
Dave Davis is GM of Protege Media at Protege, which aggregates and licenses audiovisual works to AI companies for model training. Protege acquired Calliope Networks, where Dave was CEO and co-founder. Dave’s prior experience spans Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Most recently, Dave was Chief Commercial Officer at the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation, a private equity-owned licensing company. Prior to MPLC, Dave served in global distribution roles at NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. Dave began his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and was a corporate lawyer in Silicon Valley at Gunderson Dettmer. Dave has a BA from Wesleyan University and a JD from the University of Michigan School of Law.
BT, Producer, Composer, Technologist, Soundlab.AI: BT is a pioneer of the trance and intelligent dance music styles that paved the way for EDM, and for "stretching electronic music to its technical breaking point." In 2010, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album for These Hopeful Machines.[3] He creates music within myriad styles, such as classical, film composition, and bass music.BT has produced, collaborated, and written with a variety of artists, including Death Cab for Cutie, Howard Jones, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Madonna, Markus Schulz, Armin van Buuren, Sting, Depeche Mode, Tori Amos, NSYNC, Blake Lewis, The Roots, Guru, Britney Spears, Paul van Dyk, and Tiësto. He has composed original scores for films such as Go, The Fast and the Furious, and Monster, and his scores and compositions have appeared on television series such as Smallville, Six Feet Under, and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.