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Content Conference: Innovation and Incentives in the Creative Arts

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Thursday, March 3, 2016; 1:00 - 6:30 PM

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"Innovation" is often hailed as the north star in the law and technology and intellectual property communities. In patent law, for example, the focus is often on how certain types of legal protections can encourage inventors, and investors. Copyright law must also grapple with the core question of which incentives are necessary to motivate creative innovation; that is, who should make money from artistic creation, when, how, and for how long. But copyright law also explicitly introduces other, non-economic considerations, including protecting the rights of users (including other artists) in some cases, and that of encouraging investors in others. Taking a step back from current copyright controversies, this conference will examine the question of innovation and incentives in the creative arts through three lenses: (1) the perspective of the creative industries; (2) the perspective of the artists; and (3) the perspective of policy makers.

 

The first panel will ask what motivates the creative industries charged with the funding and distribution of creative content, and what role, if any, does copyright play in shaping these various motivations. Panelists will consider whether and when these incentives vary from those motivating other constituencies - including content owners, users, and advertisers - and how to balance competing constituency concerns.

The second panel will consider the different things that motivate artists themselves, and how those motivations differ not only from creator to creator, but even for the same creator from project to project. What does it mean to have different artists motivated by different factors at different times? How can copyright law encourage or discourage artistic innovation that doesn't always follow a single track?

The final panel will feature discussion by academics and policy makers about not only what copyright law currently does to encourage creative innovation and to protect creative works, but also, and importantly, what it should do going forward.

Welcome and Introduction 1:00pm - 1:10pm
  • Kristelia A. Garcia
    Associate Professor
    University of Colorado Law School
    Content Initiative Director
    Silicon Flatirons
  • Phil Weiser
    Dean
    University of Colorado Law School
    Executive Director
    Silicon Flatirons
Panel I: Industry Incentives 1:10pm - 2:25pm
  • Matt Bond
    Chairman, Content Distribution
    NBCUniversal
  • Mark Lemley
    William H. Neukom Professor of Law
    Director
    Program in Law, Science and Technology
    Stanford University
  • Lynne Rienner
    Lynne Rienner Publishers
  • Lauren Wallace
    Business and Legal Affairs & Company Counsel
    Layer3 TV, Inc
Moderator
  • Phil Weiser
    Dean
    University of Colorado Law School
    Executive Director
    Silicon Flatirons
Break 2:25pm - 2:45pm
Panel II: Creative Incentives 2:45pm - 4:00pm
Moderator
Break 4:00pm - 4:15pm
Panel III: Policy 4:15pm - 5:30pm
  • John Bergmayer
    Senior Staff Attorney
    Public Knowledge
  • Jason Everett
    Chief Minority Counsel
    Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
  • Neil Freid
    Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs
    Motion Picture Association of America
  • Paul Heald
    Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor of Law
    University of Illinois
  • Kimberley Isbell
    Senior Counsel for Policy and International Affairs
    United States Copyright Office
Moderator
  • Robert Brauneis
    Professor of Law
    Co-Director
    Intellectual Property Law Program
    The George Washington University
Reception
Sponsored by Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC Please note: per university alcohol policy, only registered guests will be admitted to the reception.
5:30pm - 6:30pm

To register please click on the links directly below.

 

Media Contact - Kelly Brown

Details
What   General Announcements, Multidisciplinary
When   Online registration closes March 2 at 9:30 AM
Where   University of Colorado Law School, Wittemyer Courtroom, Room 101, Boulder, CO
Cost   Free
Contact   See website
Website   www.siliconflatirons.com/events.php?id=1611