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.



