The Donald E. Biederman Entertainment & Media Law Institute of
Southwestern Law School Presents
REFORMING COPYRIGHT: PROCESS, POLICY, AND POLITICS
Keynote Speaker:
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Southwestern Law School
3050 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW:
The 1976 Copyright Act, passed decades ago, and originally conceived even earlier, has proved a poor fit for the various novel forms of creative production that have emerged in the digital age. Congressional response to these innovations has been piecemeal amendment of the 1976 Act, resulting in an elephantine statute that, some argue, lacks any conceptual coherence. Numerous scholars have thus called for substantial revision of the 1976 Act. Yet these calls for revision typically focus on particular policy proposals rather than the overall structure of a revised act and the process by which such a revision could be realized.
Reforming Copyright: Process, Policy and Politics focuses on the distinctive issues and challenges of significantly reforming the Copyright Act of 1976. The conference will gather leading scholars, practitioners and policy makers from around the country who will focus on this issue from a variety of perspectives, considering the question of wholesale versus incremental reform; how to envision the architecture of a Copyright Act attuned to the distinctive expressive media of the digital age; and the politics and procedural roadblocks that stand in the way of reform and possible strategies for navigating those roadblocks.
Confirmed panelists include: Jessica Litman (Michigan), David Nimmer (Irell & Manella), Fred von Lohmann (EFF), Pamela Samuelson (Boalt Hall), Neil Netanel (UCLA), Doug Lichtman (UCLA), Jon Baumgarten (Proskauer Rose), Lon Sobel (Southwestern Law School), Paul Geller (General Editor, International Copyright Law and Practice), Julie Sigall (Senior Copyright Counsel, Microsoft), Fritz Attaway (MPAA)
There is no fee to attend this conference. Attendees will receive CLE credit.
REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:
If you have any questions or to reserve your spot at the conference, please contact:
Contact: Dave Kohler
Tel: (213) 738-6842
Email: dkohler@swlaw.edu
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