The Kernochan Center's annual symposium, Past, Present and Future of Copyright Licensing, featured four panels of academics, industry experts, government and non-government officials, and lawyers representing different interests within the world of licensing. Each panel focused on a particular creative industry and examine the different models of licensing that these copyright sectors have employed.
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9:00AM – 9:30AM - Breakfast
9:30AM – 9:45AM - Introduction
9:45AM – 11:15AM - Panel I: The Publishing Industry
Panelists:
- Roy Kaufman '91, Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations, Copyright Clearance Center
- Anita Huss-Ekerhult, Secretary General and CEO, International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations
- Matthew Stratton, Deputy General Counsel, Association of American Publishers
- Regan Smith, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, News/Media Alliance
11:15AM – 11:30AM - Break
11:30AM – 1:00PM - Panel II: Licensing Images and Motion Pictures
Panelists:
- Ron Wheeler, Head of Business and Legal Affairs, Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
- Benjamin Marks, Head of Intellectual Property and Media Practice, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Nancy Wolff, Partner, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
1:00PM – 2:00PM - Lunch
2:00PM – 3:30PM - Panel III: The Music Industry
Panelists:
- Judge Steve Ruwe, Copyright Royalty Board
- Elliott Peters '95, General Counsel, EMPIRE Records
- Joe Keeley, Keeley Law & Policy
- Lidia Kim, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Concord Music Publishing
3:30PM – 3:45PM - Break
3:45PM – 5:15PM - Panel IV: Collective Licensing and Antitrust Concerns
Panelists:
- Professor Tim Wu, Columbia Law School
- Professor Johan Axhamn, Senior lecturer, Department of Business Law, Researcher, Lund University Centre for Business Law
- Judge David Strickler, Copyright Royalty Board
- Anu Sawkar, Special Counsel for Intellectual Property, Federal Trade Commission
Information Regarding New York CLE Credits:
Columbia Law School has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Board as an Accredited Provider of CLE programs. Under New York State CLE regulations, this traditional live classroom for newly admitted and experienced CLE Program will provide 6 hours of New York CLE credit in the Areas of Professional Practice category. This CLE credit is awarded to New York attorneys for full attendance of each individual session of the Program. Attorneys seeking credit must affirm arrival and departure times with a signature in the registers. On sign-out on departure, attorneys should also submit their completed Evaluation Form, furnished at the Conference. This attendance verification procedure is required by the New York State CLE Board. Please note the NYS Certificates of Attendance will be sent to the email address as it appears in the register unless otherwise noted there.
ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION
Attorneys seeking credit must affirm arrival and departure times with a signature in the registers. On sign-out on departure, attorneys should also submit their completed Evaluation Form, furnished at the Conference. This attendance verification procedure is required by the New York State CLE Board.