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Columbia Law School

and

The Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts

present

"Constitutional Challenges to Copyright"

The past several years have seen an increasing number of challenges to copyright and related laws on constitutional grounds. The 1976 Copyright Act, the Copyright Term Extension Act, the Berne Convention Implementation Act, the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, the Copyright Restoration Provisions of the URAA, the federal anti-bootlegging statutes, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act have all been subject to challenge, and one federal district court has held the federal anti-bootlegging statute unconstitutional, while another has reached the opposite conclusion. Our symposium will explore the sources and limitations of Congress's power to enact copyright and copyright-related laws, the merits of these constitutional challenges, and the courts' responses so far.

Our panelists will discuss and debate:

* Congress's power to enact copyright laws, and limitations on that power inherent in the Copyright Clause

* Alternatives to the Copyright Power: The relationship of the Copyright Clause to the Commerce Clause and the Treaty Power

* Copyright and Freedom of Expression

Keynote Speaker

Marybeth Peters

U.S. Register of Copyrights

Featuring

Prof. Graeme Austin

University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law

Prof. Paul Bender

Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Prof. Robert Kasunic

American University, Washington College of Law

(Visiting, 2006-07)

Prof. Joseph Liu

Boston College School of Law

Prof. Thomas Nachbar

University of Virginia School of Law

Prof. Dotan Oliar

University of Virginia School of Law

Prof. R. Anthony Reese

University of Texas at Austin School of Law

New York University School of Law (Visiting, 2006-07)

Prof. Chris Sprigman

University of Virginia School of Law

Prof. Rebecca Tushnet

Georgetown University Law Center

Moderators:

Prof. Jane Ginsburg

Columbia Law School

Prof. Clarisa Long

Columbia Law School

Prof. Tim Wu

Columbia Law School

June Besek, Esq.

Executive Director, Kernochan Center

for Law, Media and the Arts

Columbia Law School

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The Symposium is sponsored by

The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts

and The Horace Manges Lecture and Conference Fund

In conjunction with

The Software & Information Industry Association and

LexisNexis

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CONFERENCE DETAILS

Friday, October 27, 2006

Jerome L. Greene Hall, First Floor, Room 103

435 West 116th Street at Amsterdam Avenue

New York City

Schedule:

9:00 am - 9:30 am Registration and continental breakfast

9:30 am - 9:40 am Welcome and introductions

9:40 am - 10:30 am Marybeth Peters, Keynote Speaker

10:30 am - 10:45 am Break

10:45 am - 12:30 pm First panel: Congressional power and limitations inherent in the Copyright Clause

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch

1:45 pm - 3:30 pm Second panel: The relationship of the Copyright Clause to the Commerce Clause and the Treaty Power

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break

3:45 pm - 5:30 pm Third panel: Copyright and freedom of expression

5:30 pm - 5:45 pm Wrap up

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm Closing reception

CLE Credit: This program in its entirety will provide seven (7) transitional New York Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits to be applied to the Professional Practice Requirement. Advance registration is mandatory to receive CLE credit. Please register by October 20, 2006.

Registration forms are available on the conference website at http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/kernochan/symposium102706 or by contacting Teresa Chang at the number listed below.

Under Continuing Legal Education rules, CLE credit will be offered only to those attorneys completing the entire session; attorneys attending only part of a session are not eligible for partial credit. Please see the conference website for more information about CLE credit and requirements.

Registration Rates

Private Practice $95.00 per person

Public Interest/Nonprofit $85.00 per person

Law school faculty and students may attend free of charge, but only upon advance registration. The registration deadline is Oct. 20. 2006.

A limited number of scholarships is available in cases of financial hardship, provided that an application is made by September 30, 2006 to Teresa Chang explaining the basis for the request.

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Direct inquiries to Teresa Chang

T: 212-854-6278 F: 212-854-9111

E: tchang@law.columbia.edu

Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts

435 West 116th Street, A-17

New York, NY 10027

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