Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act

On April 16-17, the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts held the first of two bicoastal symposia: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act, at the University of California, Berkeley Law School.  The first symposium examined the origins of the 1976 Act and its key reforms and features. Speakers included Shira Perlmutter, the 14th Register of Copyrights, judges from the Second and Ninth Circuits, and leading copyright scholars, including the Kernochan Center's co-Faculty Directors Professor Jane Ginsburg and Professor Shyam Balganesh.  Links to summaries, videos, and transcripts of each session are available at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology's site.