Publications & talks
Standards work, selected talks and interviews, and publications on content identity, rights, and the infrastructure underneath both. Tap an entry to see the full reference.
Standards
ISO 24138:2024 – International Standard Content Code (ISCC)
2024 · Co-initiator. Content-derived identifier for digital media assets.
OpenSelected interviews & presentations
Invited speaker, author, and expert at more than 50 international conferences, workshops, and policy forums since 2007.
2026
Talks from 2025 and 2026 are still being added — this section will be updated soon.
2025
EU Repository of public domain and open licensed works
9 January 2025 · European Public Domain Day 2025, Royal Library of Belgium.
2024
Content? Context! Generative KI und kreative Autorschaft in Wissensarbeit und Literatur
10 December 2024 · Darmstadt.
TDM·AI – Making Unit-Based Opt-out Declarations to Providers of Generative AI (using ISCC Codes)
19–20 September 2024 · IAB Workshop on AI-CONTROL, Washington, DC.
GPAI/OECD workshop on AI and Intellectual Property: Multi-Disciplinary Solutions for Addressing Data Scraping Challenges
27 September 2024 · Washington, DC.
Using ISCC to make opt-out declarations and create trust in digital media
27 June 2024 · Crafting Value in Today's Book World, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. With Claudia Crescenzi.
Use Cases for ISCC Declarations: Tackling Counterfeit Products and Making AI-Opt-Out Statements
23 January 2024 · Book Industry Study Group (BISG).
Watch2023
The role of the ISCC in the AI ecosystem
4 December 2023 · IPA webinar on AI – Standards for content protection.
The Goal of Fingerprinting: ISCC & Article 17 of the European DSM Directive 2019/790
17 November 2023 · DDEX Musical Works Data and Rights Standards Implementation Seminar, Arlington.
Verifizierbare digitale Medieninhalte für mehr Vertrauenswürdigkeit online
9 November 2023 · Heise IT-Sicherheitstag 2023, Institut für Internet-Sicherheit, Gelsenkirchen.
Report on the Anti-Counterfeit TF of the PCG
11 September 2023 · W3C TPAC, W3C PBG meeting.
ISCC-Deklarationen für mehr Transparenz und Rechtssicherheit im Zusammenhang von KI-Anwendungen
29 August 2023 · Workshop Initiative Urheberrecht: Text and Data Mining in Zeiten von KI-Entwicklung und -Training, Berlin.
Report on the Anti-Counterfeit TF of the PCG
18 July 2023 · W3C PBG meeting.
Authenticity and Counterfeit
19 June 2023 · Digital Publishing Summit, Paris (virtual).
Decentralised Content Identification, Content Declarations, Verifiable Credentials (and a Live Demo)
17 May 2023 · IPTC Spring Meeting 2023, Tallinn.
2022
Les NFT dans l'édition, qu'est-ce que cela signifie?
28 November 2022 · Assises du livre numérique 2022, Paris.
Trust in Claims and Identity: ISCC declarations, SSI and VCs on the bloxberg network
26 October 2022 · bloxberg summit 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus.
Open Standards for the Metaverse: Decentralized Content Identification with the ISCC
19 September 2022 · Bitkom Roundtable Metaverse.
WatchIntellectual Property and Decentralized Identifiers
30 May 2022 · Bucerius Law School lecture series, Prof. Dr. Linda Kuschel.
ISCC in the context of the Copyright Infrastructure
27 April 2022 · WIPO Copyright Infrastructure Webinars.
OpenDigital Content Management in a Decentralised and Democratised Online World
8 April 2022 · IMZ Academy Session at Karajan Music Tech 2022.
Watch2021
The Liccium Protocol – On NFTs, Cryptoart and Decentralised Identifiers
27 October 2021 · Geekle Blockchain Development Online Summit '21.
WatchLiccium Protocol – Bridging the world of NFTs and Copyright
22 October 2021 · Munich Blockchain Stampede.
Spacecamp 2021 DeFi bootcamp – Final submission
5 October 2021 · DeFi bootcamp.
WatchIntellectual Property and Decentralized Identifiers
31 May 2021 · Bucerius Law School lecture series, Prof. Dr. Linda Kuschel.
The Digital Sovereign in the Age of Cryptography
26 May 2021 · University of Hagen.
ReadDE:PICT – How Decentralised Identifiers and Blockchains Can Support the Copyright Infrastructure
22 April 2021 · LUISS Law School webinar, "Rules and Tools: Exceptions and technologies in the DSM Directive".
Read2020
Intellectual Property and the Rise of Blockchain
12 November 2020 · Jaktent, Jakarta Content Week.
The Future of Rights Management & Content Monetization (panel)
29 October 2020 · 2020 Global Blockchain Week, Toronto. With Roanie Levy (Access Copyright) and Lambert Heller.
Content Blockchain
10 February 2020 · EIC Horizon Prize 'Blockchains for Social Good' Finalists' Day, Brussels.
2019
Blockchain Applications in Publishing
24 November 2019 · The Publishing Fair 2019, Torino.
Radical Thinking Required: Blockchain and the Cultural Industries
5 November 2019 · IFRRO World Congress and AGM 2019, Edinburgh.
Blockchain – The Future of Rights?
15 October 2019 · Frankfurt Rights Meeting 2019, Frankfurt am Main.
Content Blockchain & ISCC
25–26 May 2019 · DPUB Summit Conference, Paris.
Blockchain in der digitalen Distribution: Eine praktische Annäherung mit dem ISCC
17–18 May 2019 · Jahrestagung IG Digital, Buchtage 2019, Berlin.
ISCC – International Standard Content Code
8 May 2019 · ISO/TC 46/SC 9 Meeting, Ottawa.
Hands on the Blockchain
4–6 May 2019 · Readmagine Conference, Madrid.
Werkstattbericht Content Blockchain
8 February 2019 · EbookCamp, München.
2018
ISCC – Kick-off für Blockchain-Anwendungen in der Medienbranche? (interview)
21 November 2018 · Buchreport, Dortmund.
Decentralised, censorship-proof, blockchain-friendly: could ISCC be the new ISBN for books? (interview)
31 October 2018 · The Bookseller / FutureBook, London.
Content Blockchain for the Media Industries
13 October 2018 · TheArts+, Frankfurt am Main.
The Content Blockchain and the ISCC Standard Identifier
10 October 2018 · Frankfurt am Main.
Keynote: Blockchain – Specific Use Cases for NSBs/SDOs?
9 October 2018 · 2nd International Standards Technology Forum, Frankfurt am Main.
The Content Blockchain Project
28 September 2018 · Vierde vrijdag!, The Hague.
Rights Management and Formats: Blockchain for the Publishing Market
6–7 June 2018 · 5th International Digital Distributors Meeting, Madrid.
2017
Building Blocks for the Content Community – Blockchain und Verlage
November 2017 · digital publishing report 11/2017, "Blockchain, Metadaten und Produktinnovationen".
2015
The Success of Mobile Book Distribution in Emerging Markets
13 October 2015 · The Markets: Global Publishing Summit, Frankfurt am Main.
Marketing for the Future (workshop)
13 February 2015 · Globalocal, New Delhi.
2014
Global Distribution and Marketing of Ebook Content (workshop)
7–9 September 2014 · Indonesian publishers, Jakarta.
2013
Werkstatt Buchkarrieren (table session, on marketing and bestseller lists)
3 July 2013 · Buchreport360°, Dortmund.
Libraries in a Digital Age
21 August 2013 · Media Evolution Conference, Malmö.
Daten im Dialog: Monitoring, Marketing und der 'Trade Impact Factor'
4 July 2013 · Verlag 3.0, Buchakademie München.
Getting Ebooks Mainstream (podium)
23 April 2013 · TOC Buchreport, Berlin.
Monitor, Or What Is A Trade Impact Factor?
19 March 2013 · IfBookThen 2013, Milan.
SlidesMit Daten statt Intuition entscheiden (interview)
21 February 2013 · Buchreport.online.
2012
Ebooks in the Global Marketplace
6 November 2012 · DBW Webcast.
2011
Europas Märkte: E-Books bei unseren Nachbarn
24 November 2011 · Kindermedienseminar, Buchakademie München.
Jetzt – erst Recht: Herausforderungen bei der Verwaltung von Lizenzen und digitalen Nutzungsrechten
17 November 2011 · E:PUBLISH – Kongress für Neues Publizieren.
Current developments in setting standards for rights & licensing and sales metadata
11 October 2011 · O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference, Frankfurt.
Standards für das digitale Spielfeld (interview)
10 October 2011 · Buchreport.blog.
The digital rights quagmire: on the complexity of digital publishing rights (interview)
4 October 2011 · O'Reilly Radar.
Über die Leistungen eines Digitalvertriebs im sich 'normalisierenden' Ebook-Geschäft (interview)
14 August 2011 · Buchmarkt.de.
E-Reader noch nicht abschreiben (interview)
2 February 2011 · Buchreport online.
2009
Ebook Publishing: Über Gadgets, Medienhypes und (andere) seriöse Perspektiven der Verlagsbranche
24 April 2009 · Ringvorlesung Berufsfelder, Ruhr-University Bochum.
Mobiles digitales Lesen: Entwicklungen und Perspektiven im Bereich der Reader
23 April 2009 · Die Bibliothek in der Jackentasche?, Media University, Stuttgart.
E-Books: Was bietet der Markt?
3 March 2009 · Medienzukunft, Zukunftsmedien, ekz, Reutlingen.
2008
Die digitale Verlagsauslieferung – Format- und plattformübergreifende Vertriebslösungen für E-Books
15 October 2008 · Frankfurt Bookfair, Frankfurt am Main.
Die digitale Verlagsauslieferung – Format- und plattformübergreifende Vertriebslösungen für E-Books
18 September 2008 · 10. Crossmedia Forum, München.
Verlage brauchen eine digitale Auslieferung (interview)
3 September 2008 · Buchreport online.
Publishers and Readers: Aspects of Digital Distribution in an Expanding E-Book Market
17 April 2008 · STM Book 2.02 Seminar, London.
2007
Digitale Verlagsauslieferung – neue Lösungen für E-Publishing und Online-Vertrieb
12 October 2007 · Frankfurt Bookfair, Frankfurt am Main.
Publications
Comment on the study "Intellectual Property Rights and Distributed Ledger Technology with a focus on art NFTs and tokenized art"
2022.
ReadThe eco Blockchain Governance Framework (eBGF)
2021 · dotmagazine / Institute for Internet Security.
ReadUnchaining Collective Intelligence for Science, Research, and Technology Development by Blockchain-Boosted Community Participation
7 May 2021 · Frontiers in Blockchain. With J. Ducrée, M. Etzrodt, S. Bartling, R. Walshe, T. Harrington, N. Wittek, K. Wittek, A. Ionita, W. Prinz, D. Kogias, T. Paixão, I. Peterfi, J. Lawton.
ReadDecentralization and Scarcity – Blockchain and the Cultural Industries
2019 · Anuario AC/E 2019 de Cultura Digital, Acción Cultural Española, Madrid.
ReadDer Weg zur digitalen Professionalisierung. Über (fehlende) Trenddaten zu E-Book-Verkäufen
2012 · buchreport.magazin 10/2012, pp. 102–103.
Digital dabei sein. Die Buchhandlung als augmentierter Raum
2011 · Buchmarkt, No. 5, 2011.
Publishing ist Rechtehandel (translation, with an introduction by Mike Shatzkin)
2010 · buchreport.magazin 12/2010.
Recherche und Vertrieb elektronischer Publikationen
2009 · wissenschaftsmanagement 5, 2009.
E-Books, Reader und ihre Formate – Anmerkungen zur Zukunft elektronischer Publikationen (in Bibliotheken)
2009 · BuB Forum Bibliothek und Information, 2009.
Neue Vertriebswege für den digitalen Konsumenten
2008 · buchreport.spezial Herstellung & Management, 2008.
Paul de Man: Versprechen (Gesellschaftsvertrag) – translation
2005 · in: Manfred Schneider (ed.), Die Ordnung des Versprechens, Munich.
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