Are copyright protections absolute – or should they be flexible? How much control does a copyright owner really have in a world where digital content can so easily be downloaded and distributed? Publishers argue they need to extract value from intellectual property to fund its creation. Creative Commons advocates “a best-of-both-worlds way to protect… works while encouraging certain uses of them — to declare ’some rights reserved’.” Hear both sides, and the business issues raised by the movement to liberate content.
Moderator
Jon Hart
Member, Dow Lohnes PLLC
Panelists
Thomas W. Kirby
Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
David Olson
Resident Fellow, Center for Internet & Society
