Christoph Beat Graber

Christoph Beat Graber is a Swiss academic. He founded the i-call research center (International Communications and Art Law Lucerne) of the Law Faculty of the University of Lucerne and is the leader of the eDiversity Project in the framework of the NCCR Trade Regulation project. He teaches in the fields of international trade law, communications and art law, European and global media law and the sociology of law at the University of Lucerne, lectures on audiovisual services in the MILE program of the World Trade Institute, and is a recognized expert in the field of audio-visual services.

Professor Graber was educated at the University of Bern, the University of St. Gallen, the European University Institute, and the Georgetown University Law Center. He served as the former Managing Director of the Swiss Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television. He is currently the co-editor of the Swiss journal of communications law ‘medialex,’ as well as a member of the Swiss Federal Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Author’s Rights and Neighbouring Rights.

Christoph Beat Graber is the author of the book ‘Handel und Kultur im Audiovisionsrecht der WTO’ (‘Trade and Culture in the Audiovisual Law of the WTO’) (Staempfli, 2003), co-editor of the recent publications ‘Free Trade versus Cultural Diversity: WTO Negotiations in the Field of Audiovisual Services’ (Schulthess, 2004) and ‘Digital Rights Management: The End of Collecting Societies?’ (Staempfli, 2005), and many articles.