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# Artists Rights Symposium to explore Ticketing, Metadata and More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/artists-rights-symposium-to-explore-ticketing-metadata-and-more/
- Published: 2024-11-13T15:47:01.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-13T15:47:16.000Z
- Description: This year’s Artist Rights Symposium will focus on ticketing and metadata. The annual gathering was founded by Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman, University of Georgia lecturer and staunch artist advocate David Lowry.
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, Live & Ticketing, Music Business, Artist Rights Symposium, music, musician, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

This year’s Artists Rights Symposium will focus on ticketing and metadata. The annual gathering was founded by Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman, University of Georgia lecturer and staunch artist advocate David Lowry.

*from [Music Tech Policy](https://musictechpolicy.com/2024/11/12/updates-for-nov-20-artistrights-symposium-at-americanu-kogodbiz-in-washington-dc/?ref=hypebot.com)*

We are announcing the time schedule and speakers for the 4th annual Artist Rights Symposium on November 20\. The symposium is supported by the [Artist Rights Institute](http://www.artistrightsinstitute.org/?ref=hypebot.com) and was founded by Dr. David C. Lowery, Lecturer at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business.

This year the symposium is hosted in Washington, DC, by [American University’s Kogod School of Business ](https://kogod.american.edu/?ref=hypebot.com)at American’s Constitution Hall, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016\. We are also pleased to have a Kogod student presentation as part of the speaker lineup.

Admission is free, but [please reserve a spot with Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-artist-rights-symposium-at-american-university-washington-dc-tickets-1048234576837?aff=oddtdtcreator&ref=hypebot.com), seating is limited! The symposium starts at 8:30 am and ends with a reception at 4:30 pm.

The symposium will be recorded as an audiovisual presentation for distribution at a later date, but will not be live-streamed. If you attend, understand that you may be filmed in any audience shots, questions from the floor or still images. The symposium social media hashtag is #ArtistRightsKogod.

#### **Schedule**

8:30 — Doors open, networking coffee.

9:00-9:10 — Welcome remarks by [David Marchick, Dean, Kogod School of Business](https://www.american.edu/profiles/staff/dmarchick.cfm?ref=hypebot.com)

9:10-9:15 — Welcome remarks by [Christian L. Castle, Esq.](http://www.christiancastle.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Director, Artist Rights Institute

9:15-10:15 — **THE TROUBLE WITH TICKETS: The Challenges of Ticket Resellers and Legislative Solutions**:  
  
Kevin Erickson, Director, [Future of Music Coalition](https://www.futureofmusic.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington DC  
Dr. David C. Lowery, Co-founder of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, University of Georgia  
[Terry College of Business](https://www.terry.uga.edu/?ref=hypebot.com), Athens, Georgia  
Stephen Parker, Executive Director, [National Independent Venue Association](http://nivassoc.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington DC  
Mala Sharma, President, [Georgia Music Partners](https://georgiamusicpartners.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Atlanta, Georgia

**Moderator:** [Christian L. Castle, Esq.](http://www.christiancastle.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Director, Artist Rights Institute, Austin, Texas

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10:15-10:30: **Ticketing Project Presentation by Kogod students**

10:30-10:45: **Coffee break**

10:45-11:00: **OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LITIGATION**: Kevin Madigan, Vice President, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel, [Copyright Alliance](https://copyrightalliance.org/?ref=hypebot.com)

11:00-12 pm: **SHOW ME THE CREATOR – Transparency Requirements for AI Technology**:

Danielle Coffey, President & CEO, [News Media Alliance](https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Arlington, Virginia  
Dahvi Cohen, Legislative Assistant, [U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff](https://schiff.house.gov/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington, DC  
Ken Doroshow, Chief Legal Officer, [Recording Industry Association of America](http://www.riaa.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington DC

**Moderator:** [Linda Bloss-Baum,](https://www.american.edu/kogod/faculty/blossbau.cfm?ref=hypebot.com) Director of the Kogod School of Business’s Business & Entertainment Program

12:00-12:30: Lunch break

12:30-1:30: **Keynote:** Graham Davies, President and CEO of the [Digital Media Association](https://dima.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington DC.

1:30-1:45: **Coffee break**

1:45-2:45: **CHICKEN AND EGG SANDWICH: Bad Song Metadata, Unmatched Funds, KYC and What You Can Do About It**

Richard James Burgess, MBE, President & CEO, [American Association of Independent Music](http://www.a2im.org/?ref=hypebot.com), New York  
Helienne Lindvall, President, [European Composer & Songwriter Alliance](http://composeralliance.org/?ref=hypebot.com), London, England  
Abby North, President, [North Music Group](http://northmusicgroup.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Los Angeles  
Anjula Singh, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, [SoundExchange](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington DC

**Moderator**: [Christian L. Castle, Esq](http://www.christiancastle.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Director, [Artist Rights Institute](http://www.artistrightsinstitute.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Austin, Texas

2:45-3:15: Reconvene across street to International Service Founders Room for concluding speakers and reception

3:15-3:30: **OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEGISLATION**: George York, Senior Vice President International Policy from [RIAA](http://www.riaa.com/?ref=hypebot.com).

3:30-4:30: **NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF AI**: **Current initiatives to protect creator rights and attribution**  
  
Jeffrey Bennett, General Counsel, [SAG-AFTRA](https://www.sagaftra.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington, DC  
Jen Jacobson, Executive Director, [Artist Rights Alliance](http://www.artistrightsalliance.org/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington DC  
Jalyce E. Mangum, Attorney-Advisor, [U.S. Copyright Office](http://www.copyright.gov/?ref=hypebot.com), Washington DC  
  
**Moderator**: [John Simson](https://www.american.edu/kogod/faculty/simson.cfm?ref=hypebot.com), Program Director Emeritus, Business & Entertainment, Kogod School of Business, American University

4:30-5:30: **Concluding remarks** by [Linda Bloss-Baum,](https://www.american.edu/kogod/faculty/blossbau.cfm?ref=hypebot.com) Director of the Kogod School of Business’s Business & Entertainment Program and reception.