The Reeperbahn Festival

On Thursday 18 September 2025, Götz Schneider-Rothhaar – Partner and Head of Music at SKW Schwarz, Frankfurt, Germany, moderated an IAEL panel at The Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg Germany entitled “That`s Entertainment Law – international legal developments in the entertainment industry”.  The session covered major legal developments around the world.  In particular, the expert panellists considered AI and its influence on recorded and published music, on live entertainment, but also the responsibility of platforms for content infringements or deep fakes and collective licensing.

The panellist lawyers were:

Chantal Bolzern, Partner at BKS Rechtsanwälte AG, Bern Switzerland
Peter Marx, Partner at MVVP - Advocaten, Brussels, Belgium
Dennis Engbrink; Partner and Head of Entertainment at ZIRNGIBL Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, Berlin, Germany
Susan Abramovitch, Partner and Head, Entertainment and Sports Law, Gowling, Toronto, Canada
Olivia van Rikxoort, Attorney, De Vos & Partners Advocaten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Viktor den Hollander, Attorney, De Vos & Partners Advocaten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 
After the panel discussion, a pre-release reception celebrated the presentation of the first article of our 2025 IAEL book: Music Without Borders: Hot Legal Topics in the Music Business after the First Quarter of the 21st Century.