Declining revenues have put press publishers in a precarious position. Traditional publishers contend that platforms' practice of news aggregation is diverting readers and advertisers from the publishers' websites. Yet no publisher wants to be de-listed from Google and other platforms. How severe is the problem of news aggregation? What legal solutions may there be? This year’s Kernochan Center symposium will look 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. Join us October 21, from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM for Under PRESSure – Legal Protections, Regulations and the Future of Press Publishing.
8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 Welcome remarks
9:15- 10:15 Session I – Is Online News Aggregation a Problem?
Speakers:
- Emily Bell, Founding Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia School of Journalism
- Lisa George, Associate Professor of Economics, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Colin Stretch, Of Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP; Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School
Philippa Loengard, Moderator
10:15-10:35 Break
10:35-11:35 Session II – The Current Status in the US and EU of IP Protections of Press Publishers’ Rights: Should the US Adopt Ancillary IP Rights?
- Andrew Foglia, Senior Counsel, Office of Policy and International Affairs, United States Copyright Office
- Neil Netanel, Pete Kameron Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Eduoard Treppoz, Professor of Law, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Of Counsel, Bird & Bird
Jane Ginsburg, Moderator
11:25-11:45 Break
11:45-12:45 Session III – Antitrust and Other Regulation of Press Publisher/NewsAggregator Relations: A Sounder Approach?
Speakers:
- Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
- Ariel Katz, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
- Dana Scherer, Telecommunications Policy Specialist, Congressional Research Office
- Hal Singer, Managing Director, Econ One; Senior Fellow; Senior Fellow, George Washington Institute of Public Policy, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business
Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Moderator