About this Event
About the event
The SCRIPT Centre is delighted to welcome Dr Jozefien Vanherpe for a seminar exploring the legal and policy challenges raised by music contracts in the digital age.
Drawing on her recent book, Music Contracts in the Streaming Age: Law and Policy in the European Union and the United Kingdom, Dr Vanherpe will examine the contractual structures that shape today’s music industry and the ways in which copyright contract law responds to the realities of streaming platforms. The talk will consider how legal frameworks govern the relationships between musicians, performers, publishers, and record labels, with particular attention to the distribution and exploitation of rights in an increasingly platform-driven market.
A central focus of the seminar will be the question of fairness in contractual relations within the music sector. The discussion will address issues of bargaining power, remuneration, transparency, and the protection of creators in their dealings with commercial intermediaries. It will also reflect on the broader implications of the shift from traditional ownership models to subscription-based streaming services, and the extent to which existing legal rules are capable of addressing the economic and structural inequalities that this transformation has intensified.
Offering a comparative perspective across the European Union and the United Kingdom, the seminar will be of interest to those working in intellectual property law, contract law, digital regulation, and the creative industries more broadly. The book will be available open access.
About the speaker
Dr Jozefien Vanherpe is Assistant Professor at the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), KU Leuven, within the Faculty of Law and Criminology. She studied law at KU Leuven and completed an LLM at the University of Cambridge, where she graduated with First Class honours. Prior to joining academia, she practised as an associate specialising in intellectual property law with leading Belgian law firms. She joined CiTiP as Assistant Professor in 2022 and teaches across a range of subjects in intellectual property law.
All are warmly welcome to attend.
Event Location
Teaching Room 01
Old College
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Edinburgh Law School, South Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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