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European Audiovisual Observatory
French Presidency

New Technologies and Piracy: a Challenge to the Audiovisual Industries
Friday, the 18th of June 2004

Held at the Kléber International Conference Centre - Room Nr 3
19 Avenue Kléber - 75775 Paris Cedex

You will find hereafter the detailed programme of this conference as well - whenever available - the contribution or presentation of the participants in PDF format.

09.30

Morning coffee
10.00

Welcoming address:

  • Didier Le Bret (FR), President of the European Audiovisual Observatory's Executive Council
  • Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory

Rapporteur: Jukka Liedes (FI), Director of the Division of Culture and Media Policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland, and member of the Executive Council of the European Audiovisual Observatory
10.10

Opening speech:

  • Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres (FR), Minister for Culture and Communication
10.30

Theme 1: Where does piracy start?

Moderator: David Kessler (FR), Director General of the Centre national de la cinématographie

10.35

Technical aspects:

  • Didier Huck, Vice President, Public Affairs and Regulation, Thomson:
    "Where does piracy start? How does piracy spread?"
10.45

Legal aspects:

  • Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department Legal Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory
    "Where does piracy start? The difficult case of p2p-networks"
  • Dr. Martin Diesbach (DE), Partner of the German law firm Nörr, Stiefenhofer Lutz, and Member of the Experts' Sub-committee on New Media in the German Bundestag:
    "Where does piracy start? The German perspective"
  • Lionel Thoumyre (FR), Project Manager and Lawyer, Internet Rights Forum
11.15

Discussion
11.35 Break
11.45

Theme 2: What is the impact on the audiovisual industries?

Moderator: Serge Siritzky (FR), Editor-in-chief of Ecran Total
11.50

Introduction: How do we analyse the impact?

  • Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing of the European Audiovisual Observatory:
    "The impact of piracy on the audiovisual industry"
12.00

The professionals' point of view:

  • Dara MacGreevy (IE), Vice President and Regional Director Anti-Piracy, Europe, Middle East & Africa, of the Motion Picture Association of America (Brussels office):
    "New technologies and piracy: a challenge to the audiovisual industries"
  • Bernard Miyet (FR), President of the SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique)
  • Nicolas Seydoux (FR), President of the ALPA, French anti audiovisual piracy organisation
  • Jean Grenier (FR), President of the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (AEPOC)
12.40

Discussion
13.00 Lunch
15.00

Theme 3: From the findings to action: the solutions

Moderator : Philippe Chantepie (FR), Chargé de mission, Administration for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Communication

15.05

The international context:

  • Yvon Thiec (FR), Representative at the WIPO of EUROCOPYA
  • Bertrand Moullier (FR), Director General of the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations)
15.25

The European context:

  • Jörg Reinbothe, Head of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Unit, DG Internal Market, European Commission
15.35

National replies:

  • Hungary: Dr. Mihály Ficsor (HU), President of the Hungarian Copyright Experts' Council
  • Norway: Professor dr. jur. Ole-Andreas Rognstad (NO) of the Institute of Private Law, Oslo University:
    "Copyright piracy actions vs. public interests - A Norwegian experience"
  • France : Pascal Rogard (FR), Director General of the SACD (Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques)
16.05

Break

16.15 Discussion
17.00

Conclusions

Conclusions by the rapporteur Jukka Liedes (FI), Director of the Culture and Media Division of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland, and member of the Executive Council of the European Audiovisual Observatory

 

Set up in December 1992, the European Audiovisual Observatory's mission is to gather and distribute information on the audiovisual industry in Europe. The Observatory is a European public service body comprised of 39 member states and the European Union, represented by the European Commission. It operates within the legal framework of the Council of Europe and works alongside a number of partner and professional organisations from within the industry and with a network of correspondents. In addition to contributions to conferences, other major activities are the publication of a Yearbook, newsletters and reports, the compilation and management of databases and the provision of information through the Observatory's Internet site.