Rob van Dongen has been working in the media and entertainment industry for over 35 years. Nowadays as a media- and entertainment lawyer, previously as a musician. Together with the Amsterdam band Lois Lane and Prince, he composed and produced the music for the Lois Lane album ‘Precious’.
Since the mid-1990s, Rob has been the regular media and entertainment lawyer for many. He acts for national and international (EDM) DJs, artists and composers, as well as artist managers, booking agents, labels, music publishers, promoters and festival producers. Rob also works in the theater and musical industry, for both theater producers and makers.
Rob is an absolute expert in the field of (music) copyright law, neighboring rights, privacy law and contract law and frequently advises on these topics, for example in matters relating to royalties, digital distribution (via YouTube, for example), collective management of music rights (Buma/Stemra and Sena) and (music) plagiarism. In addition to his advisory practice, Rob is a much sought-after litigator and regularly – successfully – litigates on behalf of his clients.
Rob also advises in the field of privacy and IT, having successfully completed the highly regarded postgraduate Grotius course in ICT and IT law.
“Writing an advice or a plea should be like composing a pop song: complete, convincing and to the point!”
Examples of cases in which Rob has been involved
- Lawsuit between Afrojack’s former manager and Afrojack
- Lawsuit between Mr. Probz and his record company Sony Music Entertainment
- Lawsuit between DJ Roger Sanchez and his former manager/agent
- Lawsuit between Julio Iglesias and his record company
- Lawsuit between Stichting Norma and Stichting Thuiskopie
- Acquisition Peer Music – Global Master Rights
- Acquisition Foreign Media
Rob has registered the following main (and sub) areas of law in the Register of Jurisdictions of the Dutch Bar Association: Information Law, Media Law and Intellectual Property Law. Pursuant to this registration, he is required to obtain ten education points in each registered main area of law every calendar year, in accordance with the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.
Rob is a member of the following (specialty) associations
- Vereniging voor Auteursrecht (VvA) (Copyright Association)
- Vereniging voor Media en Communicatierecht (VMC) (Assocation for Media and Communciation Law)
- Vereniging Intellectuele Eigendom Proces Advocaten (VIEPA) (Association of Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyers)
Publications
- Annotatie in Auteursrecht 2021/4, bij vonnis Rb Amsterdam 9 maart 2021 Epica / Centertainment
- Annotatie in Auteursrecht 2021/1, bij arrest HvJ EU / 18 november 2020, Atresmedia/ AGEDI en AIE.
- Annotatie in AMI 2020/5, bij arrest Hoge Raad 17 juli 2020 AMP/SENA.
- Bijdrage in AMI 2018/6, 25 jaar WNR: de betekenis voor rechthebbenden.
- JBC 2014, Boom Juridische Uitgevers, 2014
- Coauteur Televisiemaken: Van programmaformat tot uitzending, Boom onderwijs, Den Haag 2008
- EB Live nr 2: Voortaan sex and drugs and rookverbod, juni 2008, Hilversum iMediate
- Coauteur Basisboek Entertainmentmarketing, Uitgeverij Coutinho, Bussum 2006
- Coauteur Televisiemaken: Van idee tot programmaformat, Boom onderwijs, Den Haag 2006
- Media Tools Magazine: Muziekrechten wie betaalt wat?, Media Tools Hilversum
Other additional positions
- Stichting Educatie Theaterprojecten (Educational Theatre Projects Foundation), secretary
- Guest lecturer InHolland Haarlem
- Guest lecturer HKU
- Guest lecturer Rock Academy
- Guest lecturer HvA
