Symposia

Three panels of distinguished guests addressed the many questions about the derivative works right which remain in the wake of Warhol v. Goldsmith.

The Kernochan Symposium on Press Publishers' Rights looked at why the press is floundering, whether the 2019 EU Copyright Directive's sui generis IP right for press publishers offers an appropriate response to save the industry, and whether legislators should look to copyright or antitrust law for a solution.

The Kernochan Center Symposium, "NFTs: Future or Fad?" served as a guide to this growing, creative, and potentially lucrative, market, and will discuss what role copyright can play in protecting these assets.

The form authorship takes has never been static, but in the 21st century, the changes seem to be happening at lightning speed.  While forms of creative expression advance at a faster rate than the law, authors must grapple with how – and whether – copyright attaches to their creations.

"Owning Personality: The Expanding Right of Publicity" looked not only at the historical contours of the right of publicity, but also at its normative goals. Panels focused on how such a right is best crafted, including what uses should be exempted from its scope, and delved into other areas of the law implicated by publicity and privacy statutes.