Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood, October 27-30, 2008 Wednesday, October 29th 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Track I: The Entertainment and Media Legal Issues Digital Rights Management – How to Compete with "Free" The increasing scope of broadband connectivity and the power of consumer technologies made it trivially easy to store, transfer, and share all types of content. Content owners have been reacting by holding the line on price and enforcement (for example the "PERFORM" US Senate DRM legislation). Distribution firms would prefer lower cost of goods and easier terms of use… as would users. So the two ends of this value chain are in conflict… and may have different approaches in mind. Let’s get the major value chain players in one place: Creation, Enforcement, Distribution… and ask some challenging questions. Like… "Why can’t we all just get along?" There could be billions in new revenue at stake for all of us. Maybe we can get along after all! Albhy Galuten, Vice President, Digital Media Technology Strategy, Sony Corporation of America Jon Ferro, EVP TV Distribution, LIONSGATE Rob Logan, CEO, ContentGuard Richard LeVine, Global Rights Management Lead, Technology Consulting, Security, Media & Entertainment, Accenture Ty Roberts, CTO, Gracenote Rajan Samtani, Director, Business Development, Digimarc Corporation Brad Hunt, Digital Media Consultant, Moderator Rob Logan, CEO, ContentGuard: Rob Logan is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of commercial and basic research expertise in the fields of media technologies, consumer electronics, enterprise computing, and human performance. Prior to joining ContentGuard, Logan spent 13 years at Thomson in a variety of executive roles in areas including intellectual property, digital components, new media, strategy, design, and consumer electronics. Prior to his career at Thomson, Logan was a scientist at IBM focused on large system optimization. Logan holds a BA, MA, and PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Binghamton. Ty Roberts, Chief Technology Officer – Gracenote: Ty Roberts is widely recognized as one of the inventors of enhanced CD technology and is accredited with producing the industry's first enhanced CDs. He joined Gracenote in November of 1998 after the company acquired ION, a multimedia and music technology company that he founded in 1993. Roberts serves as Gracenote's chief technology strategist, providing technology direction and overseeing the creation of products and services that leverage the power of the Gracenote database to deliver information services. While at ION, Roberts produced the recording industry's first enhanced audio CD titles, including David Bowie's "Jump" and "Headcandy" from Brian Eno. He was the company's lead technologist and innovator in adding multimedia content to traditional audio CDs. ION was also widely recognized as a leading provider of enhanced CD production tools utilized by recording and multimedia development companies. In September 1993, Bertlesmann Music Group created the first interactive record label after acquiring a 50 percent interest in ION. Prior to founding ION, Roberts was a founder and senior manager of LightSource, a software development company that produced multimedia and graphics editing software. Previously, he was a senior engineer at Pixar, where he created several award-winning, Apple-based music applications including "Studio Session" and "Jam Session." Roberts is Gracenote's representative to the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), an organization that is chartered with establishing standards for digital music and music playing devices. Rajan Samtani, Director of Business Development, Digimarc Corporation: Rajan Samtani is responsible for Digimarc’s licensing and business development for Digital Watermarking applications in the Media & Entertainment market. Prior to Digimarc, Raj was at ContentGuard, Inc. where he was responsible for licensing DRM intellectual property to device manufacturers and service providers. Before that, he led sales and marketing at REAL Software Systems, the leader in rights and royalties solutions. Raj has a BA in Economics from UCLA. He has been a frequent speaker and moderator at several industry events such as Digital Hollywood, Jupiter DRM, Jupiter PlugIn, IMS Research, Building Blocks and Music 2.0 among others. Albhy Galuten is Vice President of Digital Media Technology Strategy for Sony Corporation of America (SCA). In addition to his technological achievements, Mr. Galuten is a Grammy award-winning record producer, songwriter and arranger. Mr. Galuten joined SCA in March 2005, and is responsible for the Media Technology Group. The Media Technology Group assists with technology strategy and due diligence, research & development, relationships with the content industry and the development of standards. Before coming to Sony, Mr. Galuten was Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology, Universal Music Group. Under Mr. Galuten, eLabs and Universal’s Advanced Technology group provided: strategic advice to senior management in the technology space, performed technical due diligence of software, hardware and business systems, invented technology and filed patents. Under Mr. Galuten, the group also managed standards participation, negotiated technology licenses and provided technical support for lobbying efforts and trade organizations. Before working at Universal, Mr. Galuten was a Vice President at ION where he created and developed the Enhanced CD. Prior to working in technology Mr. Galuten was a musician and record producer. In 1978 he won two Grammy awards including Producer of the Year. His original compositions and orchestrations for Film, Theatre and on record have won him a Dramalogue Award and two BMI Awards. During his music career which spanned more than 20 years, Mr. Galuten worked with numerous multi-platinum artists, produced eighteen No. 1 singles, and generated sales of more than 100 million records. Jon Ferro is the Executive Vice President of TV Distribution and Digital Sales for Lionsgate and has oversight of the company's TV and Digital distribution business. Since joining Lionsgate in 2004, he has been responsible for the company's growth in the cable on-demand and digital VOD and EST platforms. In addition to launching Lionsgate's VOD business with Comcast, Time Warner and other MSO's, Jon established Lionsgate as a leader in the digital delivery business with deals with Apple iTunes, Microsoft Xbox, Sony, Amazon and Netflix. In 2008 he further expanded Lionsgate's digital distribution into the ad supported space with deals with Hulu and YouTube. Under Jon's management, Lionsgate has released 500 titles for digital distribution and has expanded the company's digital footprint into the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Jon joined Lionsgate following the merger with Artisan Entertainment where he served as Senior Vice President of TV Sales. Richard LeVine, Global Rights Management Lead, Technology Consulting, Security, Media & Entertainment, Accenture: Rick LeVine is an Experienced Senior Manager in Accenture’s Global Architecture and Core Technologies organization.He is Accenture’s thought leader in the Digital Rights Management space, and is driving significant IPTV and Digital Convergence work. Mr. Levine has held V.P. of Engineering and C.T.O. positions in the software industry, and has led technology and business partnerships between Fortune 200 Technology firms. He has nearly two decades deep technology, product creation and delivery, architecture, and management experience. He has earned a Masters in Computer Science, and a 2003 MIT Sloan Master of Science in the Management of Technology degree. Rick is also the author of several published Digital Rights Management and Security Patents Brad Hunt, Digital Media Consultant: Mr. Hunt is a digital media consultant working with clients in the consumer electronics, computer, television, and motion picture industries. His consulting has involved work in digital rights management, online content distribution, content fingerprinting & watermarking, high-definition DVD managed copying, PCTV, home media servers, digital mobile TV broadcasting, and 3-D home video. Previous to consulting, he was the EVP & Chief Technology Officer for the Motion Picture Association of America. At the MPAA, he worked closely with the six major studios on content protection and anti-piracy initiatives and policymaking. Prior to the MPAA, he held the position of President & CEO of Cintel Inc., a manufacturer of digital film post-production hardware and software. Prior to Cintel, he was the SVP of Technology for All Post Inc., a Los Angeles based video post house where he established one of the first DVD authoring and MPEG compression facilities in the U.S. He also had a long career at the Eastman Kodak Company where he held jobs in research & development, marketing, international sales, and strategic planning and was responsible for launching Kodak’s Digital Motion Imaging Division. Mr. Hunt has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. degree from the William E. Simon Graduate Business School at the University of Rochester. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.