The British Literary and

Artistic Copyright Association

12 May 2022, 6.15pm

Bristows LLP

100 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0DH

(In person)

Our distinguished expert panel will draw on recent research and explore the role copyright plays in the theatre:

Dr Luke McDonagh (London School of Economics) will introduce us to his new book on ‘Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship’;

 

Professor Ysolde Gendreau (Université de Montréal) will give us an account of her research on the rights of stage directors of theatrical productions conducted in the context of a WIPO Study;

 

Philippe Kern (KEA European Affairs, Brussels) will report on a study compiled for the European Commission on the state of theatres in Europe.

 

 

Chair: Brigitte Lindner, BLACA Vice-Chair

This seminar will discuss a current UK ‘Hot topic’ – exhaustion of rights, with emphasis on downstream uses of copyright works. A distinguished panel from legal, policy and the copyright industries has been invited by our vice-chairman Stephen Edwards to discuss the issues and alternative options. The UK currently has an ‘asymmetric’ exhaustion policy for products of EEA origin. A recent government consultation did not produce a definite recommendation on future exhaustion policy.

Speakers: Catriona Macleod Stevenson (General Counsel, Publishers Association), David Harmsworth, (General Counsel, Phonographic Performance Limited)

Professor Guido Westkamp (Chair in Intellectual Property and Comparative Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies)

CHAIR:
Stephen Edwards (BLACA Vice-Chairman)