My UM
My UM
Search

IPKM Expert Lecture by David Stopps

-

David Stopps started his career as promoter of the famous Friars Club in Aylesbury, England. From 1969-84 he presented pretty much everybody but notably David Bowie, U2, Genesis, The Kinks, Blondie, The Police, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, The Jam, Kraftwerk, The Ramones and The Clash amongst many others. In 2009 he successfully re-opened the Friars Club after a break of 25 years. With over 90,000 members it is the largest music club in Europe.

In 1982 he went into management, originally managing Marillion and then Howard Jones and later still The Fat Lady Sings. He currently is the Managing Director of Friars Management Limited (FML) International Artist Management;  International Music Business Consultant and Music Business Educator; Director of Copyright and Related Rights for the Music Managers Forum UK;  Senior Advisor on Copyright and Related Rights for the Featured Artists Coalition; and Director of PPL (Public Performance Ltd). 

In this lecture, he will talk about copyright and related rights, while drawing on his vast experience on such topics as artist management, monetisation of music, branding and social media.

After the lecture, David will also appear during the launch of the Indie Art Legal Clinic at Muziekgieterij, Boschstraat 7 6211 AS Maastricht at 17:00 hrs

boek

Also read

  • Jean Monnet Lecture by EmergEU

    On 13 May, our speaker is Hakan Altinay, professor of the practice at Tufts University in Boston and Director of the European School of Politics in Istanbul, with a guest lecture about "Countering Societal and Political Breakdown: The Role of Conversations and Camaraderie".

    lecture
    13 May

  • THEO VAN BOVEN LECTURE 2025

    Environmental Apocalypse and Digital Doomsday: Can strategic human rights litigation save the world? by Christiaan van Veen 

    lecture
    28 May

  • European Administrative Law Dialogues

    These online discussions seek to set the scene for further exchange about the intellectual, conceptual, social, legal and practical interactions between comparative administrative law in Europe and European administrative law. The European Administrative Law Dialogues are strongly anchored in...

    Highlight and lecture
    4 Jun
    31 Dec