Kernochan Center Symposia

On Friday, January 23, 2009 Columbia Law School hosted a day-long symposium on on the myriad of issues surrounding secondary liability. The 2009 symposium, entitled "Copyright Intermediaries: Inviting or Averting Infringement?", keynote speaker was Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski. The panels discussed the evolution of secondary liability in copyright, Section 512's merits and flaws, and the issues raised by filtering. The event was held at Jerome L. Greene Hall at Columbia Law School.

Keynote Speaker:

The Hon. Alex Kozinski
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Fred Yen
Boston College Law School

Prof. Peter Menell
Boalt Hall School of Law
UC Berkeley

Prof. Mark Bartholomew
University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY

Prof. Miguel Peguera
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona

Prof. Sonia Katyal
Fordham Law School

Prof. Tony Reese
Univ. of Texas — Austin

Prof. John Palfrey
Vice Dean, Library and Information Resources
Harvard Law School
Faculty Director, The Berkman Center

Sean Varah
Composer
CEO, MotionDSP

Terri Southwick
Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property
The Walt Disney Company

Moderators:

June M. Besek
Jane C. Ginsburg
Scott Hemphill

Sponsored by:

Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts
The Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts
The Horace Manges Lecture and Conference Fund

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The Media Institute

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The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Broadcast Music, Inc.
LexisNexis/Reed Elsevier
Microsoft Corporation
Morrison & Foerster LLP
The Software & Information Industry Association
Viacom