FX Nuttall is an independent expert in the field of Digital Copyright. He is currently acting as a senior consultant to CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) providing insight to Author’s Societies on the evolution of the new digital environment.
With strong expertise in Digital Rights Management (DRM), FX is a contributor to many international technical forums such as MPEG, DDEX or Moebius and a frequent speaker at Media Industry conferences.
Prior to his work for CISAC, FX Nuttall was a consultant for various Music Industry Trade Organizations before becoming the founder and CEO of AudioSoft, a US based company that pioneered the tracking of copyrighted content on the Internet.
Throughout his career, FX Nuttall has contributed to many publications from Electro-Acoustics courses to DRMs and is the co-author of a book on MPEG-21, an ISO Standard for the management and the protection of Digital content. FX holds degrees in physics and mathematics and wrote various patents in the field of DRM and Audio Signal Compression Algorithm.