Stephen Edwards

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Stephen is a member of Reed Smith’s Entertainment and Media Industry Group. He has a particular focus on copyright and broadcasting law, handling both rights-related and other commercial transactions as well as regulatory work for clients ranging from start-up ventures to many of the media industries' household names. He also has experience in dealing with the creation of UK and EU legislation in the copyright and regulatory fields.

In addition to television, radio and digital media work, Stephen's experience covers film and music rights, sports agreements and all forms of print and online publishing.

Stephen chairs the Education Licensing Working Group, which has streamlined copyright licensing for the education sector, is a member of the Copyright Advisory Panel to the Intellectual Property Office and is a Vice Chairman of the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association.

He also writes the chapter on the broadcasting sector for the standard work on copyright law, Copinger & Skone James on Copyright.