AI creation vs. human ingenuity.
AI offers endless creative compositions at the press of a button.
How will it impact the music industry?
Understand the Now and Next
Specialized consultancy services at the nexus of technology, governance & the digital content industry.
Advisory
Specialised thinking for content businesses
Strategy & Legal
Strategy from Every Angle
Combining strategy methodology, legal expertise and business acumen for a structured approach that develops clear, practical advice - and delivers for the whole business.
Focus Areas
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Music & Content Copyright Clearance
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Content Licensing & Exploitation
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Intermediary Liability, UGC & PGC
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AI Ethics & AI Copyright
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Data Mining & Scraping
Innovation & Deal Flow
Turning Ambition to Outcome
Charting a roadmap for content clearance or monetization, identifying key areas of expansion and compliance obligations and translating the strategy into an actionable project plan.
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New Market Entry & New Venture Partners
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Fundraising / Deal Flow (Early Stage, Growth)
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Music & Content Rights Management
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Content Aggregation & Monetization Models
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Self-Licensing & Live Streaming Solutions
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Product Scale-Up & Roll-Out
Projects & Risk
Moving from Reactive to Strategic
Streamlining compliance, managing and mitigating risk, and creating systems for early risk identification - with a strategic compliance-by-design model.
Focus Areas
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EU Copyright Directive Readiness
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AI Ethics & AI Regulatory Initiatives
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UGC and PGC regulatory compliance
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Intermediary Liability & Safe Harbor
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Global Policies & Best Practices
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Regulatory Impact Assessments
Intelligence
Separate the signal from the noise
Insights & Briefings
Fuelling Strategic Thinking
Helping to brief more effectively, develop compelling strategies and enhance teams by delivering context and perspectives.
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Markets & Ecosystem mapping
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Reports on market developments and upcoming regulatory changes
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Regulatory & Compliance Analysis
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Impact Assessments & Briefings
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Stakeholder Consultations & Advocacy Plans
Seminar & Workshops
Uncovering context and adding perspective
Delivering perspectives and context to bridge the gap between abstract knowledge and policy compliance.
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Regulatory Compliance Seminars
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Training on current and upcoming market development and changes
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In-depth knowledge modules
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For: start- & scale ups, incubators and senior management
Thought Leadership
Cutting through Complexity
Applying a unique perspective across bespoke lectures, presentations and key-notes - delivered with impact and insight.
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Classes
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Guest Lectures
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Keynotes
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Panels
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Whitepapers
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Perspectives
Global Content Rights Clearance
Developed EMEA & CEE licensing coverage strategy and operations from scratch during rapid global expansion of a leading global platform.
Negotiated complex multi-territorial licensing deals with key rightsholder and DSP for Live, UGC & PGC.
Implemented the first global music rights & repertoire management system, reflecting split rights.
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AI & Content Compliance
Delivered complex and forward-thinking AI copyright, AI
Ethics and Text & Data Mining compliance projects.
Formulated first EMEA compliance playbooks, best
practices and global policies for rapid scaling and
expanding business with first time Western market entrance.
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Pioneering global music licensing & worlds’ first multi-territorial copyrighthub
Leading contributor to the shift to a pan-EU online music licensing and rights management.
Integral part of the JV team that set-up and launched ICE – Europe’s pioneering technology-led global licensing and music data hub.
ICE emerged from a 5-year JV project that transformed European music licensing.
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EU Copyright Directive Readiness
Lead European Copyright Directive implementation and represented the interests of a major platform by leading the dialogue with the European Commission.
Delivered thorough content licensing and scanning strategy for a major video platform and news aggregator to avoid platform liability.
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Hybrid Thinker
Expert generalist, lawyer and specialised advisor in Music, IP, Tech and AI. Extensive experience in business and strategic planning across the music industry for entertainment platforms and scaling up new ventures – with targeted expertise in the tech and content rights market in EMEA, APAC and China.
Spezilised knowledge of global rights clearance & monetization models with a strong a focus on Anglo-American, Chinese and European copyright regimes, platform regulation and global policies. Created industry standards for content technology platforms as a Music Rights Expert.
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