Karen Soich - Achievements

I have a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws with my thesis written on Entertainment Law.

My industry appointments include:

President of Screen Producers and Development Association of NZ (SPADA) 2000, 2001, 2009 to present
Vice-president of SPADA 1999
Executive of SPADA 1994 – 2002 and 2006 – 2009
SPADA Alternative Representative to Copyright Council 1999 – 2001
Board of Women in Film & Television (Auckland) Inc (WIFT) 1996 – present
President of WIFT 2007 – 2009
Executive of WIFT 1994 – 1998 and 2003 –2007
Governance Board of WIFT 2004 – 2009
Advisor to Nga Aho Whakaari
Trustee of Connected Media Trust

I have lectured and written on matters of interest in the fields of intellectual property and entertainment law and have written and/or collaborated in drafting the following submissions:

Digital Review
Submissions to Select Committee on Employment Relations Bill 2000
Submissions to Select Committee on the Inquiry in to New Zealand’s Economic and Trade Relationship with Australia
Submissions to the Government on Digital Technology and the Copyright Act
Further submissions to the Government on Technology and the Copyright Act
Submissions relating to Performers Rights
Submissions relating to Parallel Importing
Submissions relating to Censorship
SPADA Paper on Local Content

I have:

Appeared before Government Select Committees relating to:
- Employment Relations Bill 2000
- New Zealand’s Economic Trade Relationship with Australia
Participated in Ministry of Economic Development Discussion Group on Digital Technology and the Copyright Act

Litigation has included a successful class action representing 1900 plaintiffs who were unable to see an outdoor performance of the opera “Aida”

Film Credits include:

Vintners Luck
District 9
Once Were Warriors
Rain
Perfect Strangers
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
Broken English
Crooked Earth
The Merchant of Venice (Te Tangata Whai Rawa O Venice)
Channelling Baby
Jubilee