Conference Announcement: Copyright & Privacy
- CONFERENCE AT JMLS – NOVEMBER 18th, 2004
COPYRIGHT & PRIVACY: COLLISION OR COEXISTENCE?
THE STANDARD CLUB
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
8:50 am
INTRO – Vice Dean John Corkery & Prof. Howard Knopf
PART I – THROUGH THE COPYRIGHT LENS
9:00 am to 10:50 am
THE RECORDING INDUSTRY LAWSUITS – METHODS OF OBTAINING DISCLOSURE AND RESULTS
Matt Oppenheim – Jenner & Block LLP – Counsel for RIAA
Sarah Deutsch – VP Legal – Verizon
Rod Dorman – Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP – Counsel for KaZaA
Prof. Hugh Hansen – Fordham
Prof. John Palfrey – Harvard
Prof. Michael Geist – University of Ottawa
Commentator: Ralph Oman
Moderator: Vice Dean John Corkery
Q & A
This panel will examine the recent litigation by the recording industry against P2P users in the U.S.A. and Canada. How are users’ identities being obtained? Is the process working well enough or too well? What are the technical, evidentiary, procedural, privacy, policy and substantive copyright issues at play?
Part II – THOUGH THE TECHNOLOGY LENS
11:05 am – 12:00 pm
TECHNOLOGY & PRIVACY GENERALLY – IP Issues and Beyond
Fred Von Lohmann – EFF
Prof. Doris Long – JMLS
Prof. Michael Geist
Commentator: Prof. Leslie Reis
Moderator: Prof. David Sorkin
Q & A
How is new technology impacting on the more general question of privacy in cyberspace? Is the original notion of an expectation of anonymity on the Interment still viable? Can technology pierce though the expectation of privacy, even without judicial interference? Do individuals need protection from such technology? Is there technology available to protect the individual? Should these technological tools be regulated? Should the law differentiate between various types of alleged “illegal” behavior, e.g. IP infringement, defamation, possession of pornography, terrorism?
LUNCH
Hon. Marybeth Peters – Register of Copyrights
Ms. Peters will provide a post-election report on the legislative agenda in Washington and the current policy role of the United States Copyright Office.
PART III – THROUGH THE PRIVACY LENS
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
a. Prof. Julie Cohen – Georgetown
b. Prof. Peter Swire – Ohio State
Commentator: Prof. David Sorkin
Moderator: Prof. Leslie Reis
Q & A
What legal tools do privacy advocates have available to defend an individual’s right to privacy? How far does this right go? How should these rights be defended – or if necessary – curtailed? What is the role of Government, of the practising bar, and of academics?
PART IV – THROUGH THE WIDE ANGLE LENS – IS “ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION” AN ALTERNATIVE?
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
a. Prof. William W. Fisher (Harvard)
b. Prof. Tony Reese (Visiting Stanford)
c. Prof. Howard Knopf (JMLS)
Commentator: Prof. Hugh Hansen
Moderator: Associate Dean Bill Mock (JMLS)
Q & A
Some have proposed “alternative compensation schemes” as a means of compensating copyright owners and creators for P2P activity while avoiding litigation. Some have proposed a streamlined dispute resolution system that would allow for enforcement in a manner analogous to the URDP model. Others question whether private copying should necessarily be viewed as illegal and whether any alternative compensation scheme is viable.
PART V – THROUGH THE POLITICAL LENS
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY and P2P
d. Mitch Glazier – RIAA
e. Chris Hoofnagle – EPIC
f. Declan McCullagh – journalist and commentator
g. Fred Von Lohmann – EFF
h. Ralph Oman – Dechert LLP
Commentators:
Prof. William W. Fisher (Harvard)
Prof. Howard Knopf (JMLS)
Moderator: Associate Dean Gerry Berendt (JMLS)Q & A
Veteran beltway players will discuss the politics of P2P and Privacy. How far can or should Congress go? Can the U.S.A. export its values or its laws in this area? Are content owners in a losing Luddite struggle? What is the role of litigator, lobbyists and legislators in this war?
5:30 PM
RECEPTION