Reed Smith's leading Media and Technology team is pleased to present an exclusive series of seminars and training sessions focussing on legal and regulatory challenges and opportunities arising from ongoing developments in media technologies. The series is directed at in-house counsel and executives who are interested in content, technology, data and strategic partnerships in a connected environment.

• The state of digital - and overview of legal and regulatory issues facing lawyers and executives in industry
• Update on copyright law and contractual methods for exploiting content
• Data mining, the semantic web and privacy
• Navigating collaborative partnerships in the digital value chain
• Creating, protecting and monetising intellectual property on digital networks and devices
• Investing in development and taking advantage of future market and legal uncertain
  
  

The next topic is an update on copyright law and include:

• Copyright law developments at the EU & UK level, including an update on Hargreaves implementation and the proposal for a Digital Copyright Exchange.
• Copyright cases of importance to media companies: including Murphy, TVCatchup, and Viacom/YouTube.
• An overview of changes in contracting practices arising from copyright law developments, including sample clauses

For further information on this event, please contact the Events Team.