Introduction
The inaugural Vanderbilt Music Law Summit was held on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at Vanderbilt Law School. This year’s summit focused on generative artificial intelligence, featuring a stellar lineup of experts from industry, academia, government, and beyond. The Summit was held during the 32nd annual Tin Pan South songwriters festival.
Register Now
Registration is now closed, please email Clay.Cline@vanderbilt.edu with questions.
Summit Programming
| Time | Event |
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| 9:15 AM | Coffee and Casual Breakfast |
| 10:00 AM | Welcome – Dean Chris Guthrie |
| 10:10 AM | Voice, Image, Name and Likeness (NO FAKES ACT/No AI FRAUDs Act) Panelists: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Nat’l. Exec. Dir. and Chief Negotiator, SAG-AFTRA Ken Doroshow, Chief Legal Officer, RIAA Joshua Matz, Kaplan, Hecker & Fink LLP Prof. Jennifer Rothman, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School Colin Rushing, EVP and General Counsel, Digital Media Association (DiMA) Ben Sheffner, SVP and & Associate General Counsel, Law & Policy, Motion Picture Association |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch & Keynote – AI and Music Policy Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office |
| 1:00 PM | Demonstration and Discussion: Use of Generative AI to Empower Creators and Fans Panelists: Meng Ru Kuok, CEO, BandLab Waleed Diab, Head of Business Development, YouTube Prajakta Joshi, Head of Product, YouTube Music |
| 1:45 PM | Use of Existing Music for Machine Learning Panelists: Danielle Aguirre, General Counsel, NMPA Sy Damle, Latham & Watkins Carletta Higginson, EVP and Chief Digital Officer, Warner Music Group Tom Rubin, Chief IP Counsel, OpenAI Prof. Matthew Sag, Emory University School of Law |
| 3:30 PM | ELI Writing Contest Neil Crilly, Managing Director, Recording Academy Olivia Fortunato, Harpist; J.D. Candidate, Cardozo School of Law |
| 3:45 PM | Keynote – Ed Newton-Rex, Composer; Founder, Jukedeck; Developer, Stable Audio; CEO, Fairly Trained |
| 4:45 PM | Artist Interview – the artist/songwriter personal perspective on AI Eddie Schwartz, singer-songwriter, producer Shane Stevens, singer-songwriter Kristin Robinson, Billboard |
| 5:30 PM | Closing Reception |
Speakers
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Danielle Aguirre
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NMPA
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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, SAG-AFTRA
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Sy Damle
Partner, Copyright Practice of the Litigation & Trial Department, Latham & Watkins
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Waleed Diab
Global Director and Head of Recorded Music Business Development, YouTube
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Ken Doroshow
Chief Legal Officer, Recording Industry Association of America
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Carletta Higginson
Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, Warner Music Group
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Prajakta Joshi
Head of Product, YouTube Music
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Meng Kuok
Group CEO & Founder of Caldecott Music Group
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Joshua Matz
Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP
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Ed Newton-Rex
Founder & CEO, Fairly Trained
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Shira Perlmutter
Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office
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Kristin Robinson
Music Publishing Reporter, Billboard
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Jennifer Rothman
Nicholas F. Gallicchio Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
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Tom Rubin
Chief IP Counsel, OpenAI
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Colin Rushing
EVP and General Counsel, Digital Media Association (DiMA)
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Matthew Sag
Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
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Eddie Schwartz
singer-songwriter, producer
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Ben Sheffner
Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Law & Policy, Motion Picture Association
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Shane Stevens
Singer-Songwriter
Faculty Advisors
Book Your Stay!
The 2024 Vanderbilt Music Law Summit has set up a hotel block at the Aertson - directly across the street from the Law School.
Parking
Parking on and around campus is limited. Attendees who are able to use alternative transportation such as rideshare or walking are encouraged to do so. The address for rideshare is 131 21st Ave. S. Nashville, TN
The closest paid parking is available at the Aertson complex on 21st Ave S., across from the law school. Paid campus parking is available in Lot 8 and the Wesley Place Garage. Payment using ParkMobile. A campus parking map is available here.
Visiting Music City
There's plenty to do while you're visiting in Music City! Click the links below to learn more about each attraction.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
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Advisory Committee
- Danielle Aguirre, National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)
- Glen Barros, Exceleration Music
- Neil Crilly, Recording Academy (GRAMMYS)
- Kirsten Donaldson, Digital Media Association (DiMA)
- Ken Doroshow, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- Mitch Glazier, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- Bart Herbison, Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
- David Israelite, National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)
- Gadi Oron, International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
- Jennifer Turnbow, Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
- Rachel Whitney, Spotify