Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the 1909 Copyright Act, April 30, SCU
By Eric Goldman
Please come to a Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the 1909 Copyright Act, April 30, at Santa Clara University. The event is co-sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California Berkeley School of Law.
My hope is that the speakers will look back at the last 100 years of the 1909 Copyright Act to see what worked and what didn’t. Ideally, this might help us think more intelligently about developing copyright policy and drafting copyright provisions in the future.
I’m especially excited about this event because we are bringing together 2 dozen top copyright experts to spend a day geeking out on copyright law. If you’re not a diehard copyright enthusiast, this may not be the event for you. But if discussing copyright policy and doctrine with other smart copyright experts sounds like your idea of a good time, we think we’ve scheduled a day of pure bliss.
The event is free to attend but registration is required. There is a small fee if you want 7 hours of CLE credit. You can register for the event here. Hope you can join us.
The scheduled list of speakers:
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