Press Release 01 June 2009

MEDIA ALERT: REGISTER TODAY FOR WORLD COPYRIGHT SUMMIT

U.S. Policy Makers, World-Renowned Creators and Key Industry Leadersto Address Creative Rights at World Copyright Summit

Senators Leahy and Hatch, Congressman Conyers, Assistant USTRStanford McCoy, U.S. Register of Copyright Marybeth Peters and leadersfrom Bertelsmann, EMI, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Universal and YouTubejoin creators and creative rights organizations todebate copyrightissues in a new digital age

Washington, D.C. (June 1, 2009) - CISAC (International Confederation ofSocieties of Authors and Composers) is delighted to invite you to itssecond annual World Copyright Summit: New Frontiers for Creatorsin the Marketplace. The two-day Summit will provide a forum toexchange ideas, to debatediverse viewpoints and to discuss issues linkedto intellectual property and creative content online.

Key issues:

• The US agenda for copyright and intellectual property: Are theexpectations fromcreators, rights-owners and DSPs in line with thepriorities of policy-makers?
• Is collective licensing a relevant system for the 21st century?
• Online piracy and ISPs’ responsibility: Can the French "graduatedresponse" model applyto the US and elsewhere?
• Future of creative industries: Can rights-owners, content serviceproviders and ISPs finda common ground to build the digital economy ofthe future?
• The continuing erosion of the value of copyright - Finding new revenuestreams forcreators and creative industries
• How the digital media environment is providing common threats andopportunities to allcreative repertoires
• IP protection, a key factor to the US and worldwide economic recoveryefforts

Who: More than 96 speakers from18 countries will discussthe importance of copyright protection andthe distribution of creativecontent in the digital era. Key speakers include:

• U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the SenateJudiciary Committee
• U.S. Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), Chairman of the HouseJudiciary Committee
• U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Member of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee andplatinum songwriter
• Stanford McCoy, U.S. Trade representative assistant for IP andInnovation
• French Minister of Culture and Communication Christine Albanel
• Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyright
• Robin Gibb, legendary singer and songwriter of the Bee Gees andPresident of CISAC
• Lamont Dozier, songwriter and performer
• Miloš Forman, film director
• Frank Stella, painter and sculptor
• Paul Williams, songwriter, recording artist and actor
• Warren Adler, associate national executive director, DGA
• Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO, RIAA
• Del Bryant, president and CEO, BMI
• Pat Collins, president/COO, SESAC
• David C. Drummond, senior vice-president of legal affairs,Google
• Roger Faxon, chairman & CEO, EMI Music Publishing
• Theodore Feder, president, ARS
• David Israelite, president and CEO, NMPA
• Zahavah Levine, chief counsel, YouTube and associate generalcounsel, Google
• John LoFrumento, CEO, ASCAP
• Suzan Mann, senior director of intellectual property policy,Microsoft Corporation
• David Renzer, chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group
• Richard Sarnoff, president, Bertelsmann Digital MediaInvestments and chairman, Association of American Publishers
• Gary Shapiro, president & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
• Charles Slocum, assistant executive director, WGA West
• Sami Walkonen, global director, music business affairs, Nokia
• Many others representing Copyright Alliance, DiMA, HFA, IFPI, MPAA,NAB, NCAA, Public Knowledge, Real Networks, Sony/ATV, Time Warner,Warner/Chappell Music, WIPO, the World Bank...

For a complete list of Summit speakers and presenters, please visit: www.copyrightsummit.com

Participants: over 520 delegates from 57 countries,representing influential creators, rightsorganizations and guilds,content service providers, broadcasters, telecommunicationsoperators,hardware manufacturers, legal experts and policy-makers.

When: June 9-10, 2009

Where: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center 1300Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

Media must register for the Summit.
To register, please contactMubenah.khan@copyrightsummit.com

The 2009 World Copyright Summit is organized by CISAC andsupported by rights organizations andguilds in the United States: AMRA(American Mechanical Rights Agency), ASCAP (American Societyof Composers, Authors and Publishers), BMI (Broadcast Music,Inc.), NMPA (National Music Publishers’ Association), and SESAC,in the music sector; DGA (Directors Guild of America) and WGA(Writers Guildof America) in the film sector; ARS (Artists RightsSociety) and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association)representing visual artists; and The Authors Registry forliterary rights.

For more information about CISAC’s World Copyright Summit, detailedconference program andregistration, please visit www.copyrightsummit.com

Media Contact
For the U.S.: Kaci Farrell, APCO Worldwide / +1(202) 778 1305 /kfarrell@apcoworldwide.com
ForEurope: Adeline Deliau, Aspect / +33 (0) 43 59 29 87 /adeline@aspectconsulting.eu
MarianneRollet, CISAC / +33 (0) 1 55 62 08 57 /Marianne.rollet@cisac.org