Symposium on Collective Rights Management in Music - Current Problems and Future Prospects - 23-24 November 2007

SYMPOSIUM

COLLECTIVE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN MUSIC CURRENT PROBLEMS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Istanbul Bilgi University Dolapdere Campus, Istanbul
23-24 November 2007

Organizers :
Istanbul Bilgi University Intellectual Property Law Research Center
MU-YAP Turkish Phonographic Industry Society

Sponsors :
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism
MESAM Musical Work Owners' Society of Turkey
MSG The Group of Musical Work Owners' Society
MUYORBİR Music Performers' Society

23rd November
Collective Rights Management - Current Problems

09:30 - 10:00
Opening Speeches
Asst. Prof. Dr. Gül Okutan Nilsson, Director, Intellectual Property Law Research Center of Istanbul Bilgi University
Prof.Dr. Turgut Tarhanlı, Dean, Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law
Abdurrahman Çelik, Copyright and Cinema General Directorate of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism General Manager

10:00 - 11:00
First Session - Collective Rights Management in Turkey
Moderator - Prof.Dr. Ünal Tekinalp, President of Turkish Commercial Code Commission

Günay Kiracı, Copyright and Cinema General Directorate of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Deputy General Manager
Bülent Forta, Chairman of MU-YAP
Ali Rıza Binboğa, Chairman of MESAM
Akın Beşiroğlu, Lawyer

11:00 - 11:15
Question and Answer

11:15- 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:45
Second Session - Copyright Levy in Turkish Law and Comparative Law
Moderator - Barış Şensoy, Lawyer, Secretary General of MSG

Katrien Van Der Perre, University of Ghent Faculty of Law, Belgium
"Private copying in Europe; overview and perspectives"

Asst. Prof. Dr. Gül Okutan Nilsson, Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law
"Copyright levies in Turkey"

Yvonne A. Looye, Director legal & general affairs of the Dutch association for producers and importers of image and sound carriers, The Netherlands
"The private copy exemption in the Netherlands"

Aslı Devrim Uğurlu, MU-YAP International Relations and R-D Manager
"The need for regulation of copyright levies in Turkey"

12:45 - 13:00
Question and Answer

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 15:15
Third Session - The Retransmission Right in Turkish Law and Comparative Law
Moderator - Necmettin Ovacık, Secretary General of MESAM

Dr. Temel Nal, Lawyer, Munich Bar, Germany
"Retransmission in the perspective of EU, German and Turkish Laws"

Ad van Loon, NLKabel Manager Legal and Regulatory Affairs, The Netherlands
"The present and future roles of re-tranmission rights in a European Context?"

Prof. Roger Wallis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
"The retransmission right- The Swedish example"

Murat Turhan, Lawyer, Istanbul Bar
"The retransmission right and Turkish law"

15:15 - 15:30
Question and Answer

15:30 - 15:45
Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:00
Forth Session - Current Problems in the Judicial Process
Moderator - Asst.Prof.Dr. Tekin Memiş, Kadir Has University Faculty of Law

Prof.Dr. Oğuz Atalay, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law
"EU Enforcement Directive and Turkish Law"

Uğur Çolak, Judge
"The judicial process in intellectual property law in Turkey"

Ajda Ciddi Bilgehan, Lawyer, MESAM
"Current problems caused by Turkish Copyright Law Art.76"

Ahmet Türkoğlu, Lawyer, MU-YAP
"Current problems in the judicial process"

17:00 - 17:15
Question and Answer

24th November
Collective Rights Management - Future Prospects

10:00 - 11:00
Fifth Session - New Business Models in the Mobile Area
Moderator - Ahmet Asena, Secretary General of MU-YAP

Müjgan Horozoğlu, Vodafone Consumer Products Content Manager
Arif Emre Eriş, Turkcell VAS - Consumer Services Head of Content Services
Berk Üder, AMVG Business Development and Technology Director

11:00 - 11:15
Question and Answer

11:15 - 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30
Sixth Session - New Business Models on Internet
Moderator - Ahmet Asena, Secretary General of MU-YAP

Dr. Ayşe Ufuk Ağar, TTNet, Vice President of Product Development and Portfolio Strategy
Miki Tunis, General Manager, The Orchard (Europe)
Steve Gordon, Lawyer - Author

12:30 -12:45
Question and Answer

12:45 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 16:00
Seventh Session - The Effects of New Technologies on Collective Rights Management
Moderator - Asst. Prof. Dr. Gül Okutan Nilsson, Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law

Prof. Roger Wallis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
"Can the IPR regime survive the digital revolution? Threats and opportunities."

Tarja Koskinen Olsson, The Honorary President of IFRRO - International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations, Belgium
"Licensing Models for CMOs in the New Business Landscape"

Dr. Silke von Lewinski, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Germany
"The EC Recommendation on online music licensing"

Asst. Prof.Dr. Tekin Memiş, Kadir Has University Faculty of Law
"Legal basis of collective management on the digital area"

16:00 -16:30
Question and Answer

"Supported by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism"