IP for Creative Upstarts
November 9-10, 2012
Schedule of Events
| 8:00 a.m. | Hotel Pick-Up MSU van pick-up from Marriott Hotel; transport to Law College |
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| 8:15 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcome Remarks Sean A. Pager, Michigan State University College of Law |
| Session One: Navigating the Copyright System | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Roundtable Panel Discussion Moderator: Mark Schultz, Southern Illinois University School of Law Philippa Loengard, Kernochan Center, Columbia University Law School David Trust, Professional Photographers of America Sandra Aistars, Copyright Alliance Susan Cleary, Independent Film & Television Alliance Todd Brabec, Author, Music, Money, and Success/Former ASCAP Executive Vice President |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee/Discussion Break |
| Session Two: Enforcement | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Roundtable Panel Dicussion Moderator: Sean A. Pager, Michigan State University College of Law Susan Cleary, Independent Film & Television Alliance Kate Darling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Gregory O. Olaniran, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Arul George Scaria, Centre for the Philosophy of Law, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) Guy Pessach, Hebrew University Faculty of Law (Israel) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Speaker: David Lowery, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia “Meet the New Boss, Even Worse Than the Old Boss” |
| Session Three: Intermediaries—Traditional and New | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Paper Presentations on Intermediaries/Licensing Moderator: Jennifer Carter-Johnson, Michigan State University College of Law Iván Reidel, Universidad de San Andrés Faculty of Law (Argentina) “The Taylor Swift Paradox: Superstardom, Excessive Advertising and Blanket Licenses” Guy Pessach, Hebrew University Faculty of Law (Israel) “Deconstructing Disintermediation – A Skeptical Copyright Perspective” Heritiana Ranaivoson, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (Belgium) “The Cost of Licensing for Online Music Services: An Exploratory Analysis for European Services” Jeremy de Beer, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law “The Implications of Copyright Royalty Stacking for Creative Upstarts” |
| 3:30 p.m. | Coffee/Discussion Break |
| 4:00 p.m. | Roundtable Panel Discussion Moderator: Eric Priest, University of Oregon School of Law Gregory O. Olaniran, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Jonathan Band, Policy Bandwidth Todd Brabec, Author, Music, Money, and Success/Former ASCAP Executive Vice President J. Joel Baloyi, University of South Africa School of Law Ye Jiang, Michigan State University College of Law |
| 5:45 p.m. | Transport to Conference Reception/Dinner Copper Restaurant, Walnut Hills Country Club |
| 6:00 p.m. | Reception and Dinner Featuring musical performances, display of visual art work, and stories from creative professionals about experiences with the copyright system |
| 8:30 p.m. | Transport to East Lansing Marriott Hotel |
| 8:15 a.m. | Hotel Pick-Up MSU van pick-up from Marriott Hotel; transport to Law College |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast Breakfast meeting for scholars and other interested parties to dicuss formation of Research Network on Creative Upstarts |
| Session Four: Commercialization | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Paper Presentations related to Commercialization Moderator: John Spink, Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Kate Darling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab “What Drives IP without IP? A Study of the Online Adult Entertainment Industry”<br /> Ana E. Santos, Duke University School of Law “Nurturing Creative Industries in the Developing World: the Case of Music” Eric Priest, University of Oregon School of Law “Running the Gauntlet: Creative Upstarts in China’s Music and Audiovisual Industries” Jonathan M. Garon, Law & Informatics Institute, NKU Chase College of Law “Digital Hollywood 2.0: Reimaging Film, Music, Television and Publishing Distribution as a Global Artist Collaborative” Michael M. Epstein, Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute, Southwestern Law School “Mutiny on the Pirate Ship: Renegade Distribution and the Development of a Media Asset” |
| 10:50 a.m. | Coffee/Discussion Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | Roundtable Panel Discussion Moderator: Jonathan M. Garon, Law & Informatics Institute, NKU Chase College of Law Dennis Greene, University of Dayton School of Law Kalyan Kankanala, Brain League IP Services, India David Morrison, The Indie Film Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Sean O’Connor, University of Washington School of Law Dan Satorius, Satorius Law Firm, PC |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Speaker: Franco Sacchi, Independent Filmmaker “Nollywood, A Creative Industry at the Crossroads” |
| Session Five: Regulatory Restraints on Licensing | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Roundtable Panel Discussion Moderator: Michael M. Epstein, Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute, Southwestern Law School Joel Baloyi, University of South Africa School of Law Arul Scaria, Centre for the Philosophy of Law, Université Catholique de Louvain Nishant Kewalramani, Brain League IP Services, India |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee/Discussion Break |
| Session Six: Transnational Issues, Policy Development & Capacity Building | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Roundtable Panel Discussion Moderator: Sean A. Pager, Michigan State University College of Law Nnamdi Ezera, Commercial Law & Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce Ahmed Abdel Latif, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Jeremy de Beer, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law |
| Final Session: Making the System Work for Creative Upstarts | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Summing Up Moderators from Previous Roundtable Panels |
| 5:30 p.m. | Concluding Reception Fourth Floor Atrium, College of Law |
