Internet piracy is an issue for both content and service providers. Content providers suffer from lost revenue. Service providers are overwhelmed by the huge data volumes generated by P2P file sharing and one-click file hosting. The ubiquitous and free-of-charge availability of high-quality content is a major stumbling block for the launch of commercial content-distribution schemes.

This session will start with an overview of the contents being exchanged in today's Internet to show the extent of the problem. There is an ongoing and controversial discussion about how to deal with Internet piracy. We will provide different perspectives and also talk about possible solutions using commercial, technical, legal, and regulatory control mechanisms.

Klaus Mochalski Chief Executive Officer ipoque

Prior to founding ipoque in Leipzig, Germany, in spring 2005, and after three years as an IT consultant, Mr. Mochalski worked as a researcher at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand; at the University of Leipzig in Germany; and the San Diego Supercomputer Center in the United States.

Simon Aspinall Managing Director, Internet Business Solutions Group - Service Provider Cisco

Mr. Aspinall leads a team that is responsible for driving, identifying, and developing new business opportunities with telecoms, broadcast and media operators-linking the service provider, mobile, broadcast, business and consumer sectors. Mr. Aspinall has held a number of senior management roles at Cisco, leading IBSG's worldwide mobile practice, and leading the European field operations team with responsibility for new business solutions, Cisco Powered Networks marketing, service consulting, business consulting, and market intelligence for the European telecommunications business. Before Cisco, he spent eight years at Mercer Management Consulting, a firm providing management, financial, and marketing consultancy to the worldwide telecommunications sector.

Jean Berbinau Secretary General ARMT

Mr. Berbinau works for the regulatory authority for exceptions to authors' rights and DRM implementation. These past months, he has been instrumental in drafting the new bill aimed at implementing a "three-strikes-and-you're-out" policy for people downloading illegally. Mr. Berbinau has held various positions as sales manager for large accounts at France Telecom, chief technology officer of the Agence France Presse, and secretary general of the Judicial Conference Committee on IT (Ministry of Justice). Mr. Berbinau is also a member of the French CSPLA, which is in charge of undertaking studies and proposing reforms or amendments to the code of intellectual property. He holds Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom-PARISTech degrees and University of Paris Master2's degrees in statistical science, business, and law.

Bobby Chang Chief Operating Officer RapidShare AG

Mr. Chang is responsible for daily operations, business development, and the creation of new services. Prior to this appointment in October 2006, he held various positions in the telecommunications and high-tech industry, working for companies such as Cogent Communications and Konrad Electronics in central Europe as well as Asia.

Carsten Rossenhövel Managing Director European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC)

Mr. Rossenhövel is Managing Director of the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC), an independent test lab in Berlin, Germany. EANTC offers vendor neutral network test facilities for manufacturers, service providers and enterprises. In this role, Mr. Rossenhövel is responsible for the design of test methods and applications.  He heads EANTC's manufacturer testing, certification group and interoperability test events. He has over 15 years of experience in data networks and testing. His areas of expertise include Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Carrier Ethernet, Triple Play, and Mobile Backhaul.

Christian Sommer Director, EMEA Anti-Piracy Operations Warner Bros. Entertainment

Mr. Sommer has strategic responsibility for all EMEA Internet operations for the studio. He joined Warner Bros. in 2004 as part of the studio's then-newly created anti-piracy group. Prior to that, he worked as a legal counsel for the Hamburg Media School and for the local television and broadcasting station TIDE. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Sommer headed the press office of a governing party's parliament representation, where he was also in charge of media policy. Prior to that, he worked for AOL/TimeWarner's Germany office as a member of the Public Policy and Government Relations team. Mr. Sommer is a graduate of the Universities of Hamburg and Muenster, where he specialized in media law and earned a law degree.