MARTIN SCHAEFER Dr. jur., (Attorney at
Law) began his career as assistant to his mentor, Professor Dr. Wilhelm
Nordemann. From the beginning of the 1990s, Dr. Schaefer was employed by the
German national group of the recording industry association, IFPI. (Bundesverband
der Phonographischen Wirtschaft und Deutsche Landesgruppe der IFPI). As
in-house counsel, and from 1998 as Managing Director, Dr. Schaefer was
responsible for such areas as combating piracy, representing industry
interests in the making of government copyright policy, and the development
of future oriented industry projects. In 2001, he moved to BMG (Bertelsmann
Music Group) as Vice President, Legal Counsel Europe. In this position, he
was integrated into the European management team before leaving the company
at the beginning of 2004 in order to apply his knowledge and experience in
as lawyer. He has specialized in copyright law with an emphasis on music
industry matters, collective and individual administration of rights and
electronic media law.
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