Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the 1909 Copyright Act
April 30, 2009
Santa Clara University School of Law
http://law.scu.edu/hightech/copyright-conference.cfm
Sponsored by:
High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law, and
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California at Berkeley School of Law
Join two dozen distinguished scholars and practitioners to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the 1909 Act and its profound effect on U.S. and international copyright law.
The 1909 Copyright Act marked a revolution in U.S. copyright law. The 1909 Act was the first to protect works upon publication with notice, without prior registration; the first to expressly recognize a right to prepare derivative works; and the first to expressly recognize the public domain. The 1909 Act remained in effect for seven decades, during which time copyright law was repeatedly called upon to deal with the disruptive effect of new technologies, such as motion pictures, sound recordings, radio and television, photocopy machines, and computers. As a result, the 1909 Act had a significant influence on the copyright law we have today.
Keynote speakers:
David Nimmer, Of Counsel, Irell & Manella
William Patry, Senior Counsel, Google
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office
Participants:
Howard Abrams, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Jon A. Baumgarten, Proskauer Rose LLP
Oren Bracha, University of Texas School of Law
Michael Carroll, Villanova University School of Law
Julie Cohen, Georgetown University Law Center
Laura Gasaway, University of North Carolina School of Law
Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt University Law School
Justin Hughes, Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law
Peter Jaszi, American University Washington College of Law
Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, DePaul University College of Law
Marshall Leaffer, Indiana University School of Law
Jessica Litman, University of Michigan Law School
Joseph Liu, Boston College Law School
Lydia Pallas Loren, Lewis & Clark Law School
Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara University School of Law
Ruth Okediji, University of Minnesota Law School
Tony Reese, University of Texas School of Law
Pamela Samuelson, Univ. of California at Berkeley School of Law
Christopher Sprigman, University of Virginia School of Law
John Tehranian, Chapman University School of Law
Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Tulane University School of Law
Alfred Yen, Boston College Law School
Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required. CLE is available for a small fee. For more information or to register, please visit http://law.scu.edu/hightech/copyright-conference.cfm
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