April 2009
April 30th, 2009
Event: WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property: UNCTAD/ICTSD Side-event on the WIPO Development Agenda and the Public Domain Date: 30 April 2009 Location: Geneva, WIPO Room B, chemin des Colombettes 34 Description: Responding to the call from WIPO Member States for intensified cooperation between WIPO and UNCTAD on intellectual property (IP)-related issues, UNCTAD and the International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) are organizing a side-event at the upcoming meeting of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). The objective is to provide delegates with an opportunity to discuss the concept of the “public domain“, in preparation for their debate on the implementation of recommendations no. 16 and 20 of the WIPO Development Agenda.
Main speakers at this event:
- Mr. James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law.
- Ms. Uma Suthersanen, Lecturer in IP, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London.
Recommendations of the WIPO Development Agenda
- Consider the preservation of the public domain within WIPO´s normative processes and deepen the analysis of the implications and benefits of a rich and accessible public domain.
- To promote norm-setting activities related to IP that support a robust public domain in WIPO´s Member States, including the possibility of preparing guidelines which could assist interested Member States in identifying subject matters that have fallen into the public domain within their respective jurisdictions.
Co-organized with: International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [tbc]Sponsor / funding: Department for International Development (DFID), UK Language(s): English Contact: Kiyoshi.Adachi@unctad.org Related sites: Development Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights March 2009
No Law: Intellectual Property in the Image of an Absolute First Amendment
March 21, 2009
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Room 4047, Duke Law School
WEBCASTWhat part of “No Law” don’t you understand? That is the question that David Lange and H. Jefferson Powell pose in their provocative new book No Law: Intellectual Property in the Image of an Absolute First Amendment (Stanford University Press 2008). In honor of the book’s publication, CSPD presents a conference that will explore the intriguing intersection of intellectual property and freedom of expression. What would it mean for intellectual property if we took the First Amendment seriously? This event will bring together some of the leading scholars in the country to address this question, and debate the role of copyright and free speech in the marketplace of ideas and the construction of a collective culture. Panelists will include Professor Neil Netanel from the UCLA School of Law, Professor Garrett Epps from the University of Baltimore School of Law, Professor Keith Aoki from the UC Davis School of Law, Duke Law Professors James Boyle, David Lange, H. Jefferson Powell, Jerome Reichman, and Neil Siegel, and CSPD Director Jennifer Jenkins.
The event is free and open to all, but it is suggested that you register to guarantee a seat by sending an email to Balfour Smith at bsmith@law.duke.edu.
AGENDA
9:30 a.m.-9:55 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
9:55 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Jennifer Jenkins
Director, Center for the Study of the Public Domain
Duke Law School
PANEL 1
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Keynote Address
Neil Netanel
Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Commentary
Neil S. Siegel
Associate Professor of Law and Political Science
Duke Law School
10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Discussion
PANEL 2
11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Keynote Address
James Boyle
William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law
Duke Law School
11:45 a.m.-12:00 noon Commentary
Jerome H. Reichman
Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law
Duke Law School
12:00 noon-12:15 p.m. Discussion
Lunch
PANEL 3
1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Keynote Address
Garrett Epps
Professor of Law
University of Baltimore School of Law
2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Commentary
Keith Aoki
Professor of Law
UC Davis School of Law
2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Discussion
PANEL 4
2:45 p.m.-3:05 p.m. Author’s Response
David Lange
Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law
Duke Law School
3:05 p.m.-3:25 p.m. Author’s Response
H. Jefferson Powell
Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Divinity
Duke Law School
3:25 p.m.-3:40 p.m. Commentary
Jennifer Jenkins
Director, Center for the Study of the Public Domain
Duke Law School
3:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Discussion
Reception
10th March, 2009 LondonRSA Lecture. “The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind” 6pm March 10 Register
Where:
8 John Adam Street
London, WC2N 6EZ, United Kingdom
+44 20 7930 511512 March, 2009, Cambridge
Where:Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Cambridge University
Thursday 12 March 2009, 6pm-7:15pmJanuary 2009
The Opposite(s) of Property
an interdisciplinary investigation
of property and its bordersJanuary 17, 2009
Duke Law SchoolWebcasts
(click on a session to view the webcast or on a name for information on the speaker)James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins
Ringing Up Baby: Gender, Property and Price Fixing in the Market for Reproductive Services
Kimberly Krawiec
Professor of Law, University of North Carolina Law SchoolCommentary: Arti Rai
Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke Law School
Slavery: Beyond the Pure Property Paradigm
Adrienne Davis
William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law, Washington University Law SchoolCommentary: Jedediah Purdy
Associate Professor of Law, Duke Law School
Property, Commons, and Cooperative Human Systems Design
Yochai Benkler
Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law SchoolCommentary: Jerome Reichman
Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law, Duke Law School
The Original Public Domain
Jedediah Purdy
Professor of Law, Duke Law SchoolCommentary: David Lange
Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law, Duke Law School
Hohfeld in the Underworld
James Boyle
William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke Law SchoolCommentary: Jennifer Jenkins
Director, Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke Law School
Conclusion:
Common Threads and Differences
(Plenary Panel)December 2008
December 18th, 2008, from 9pm – 2am at 111 Minna Gallery (111 Minna Street, San Francisco)
Creative Commons Turns Six Years Old!
I’ll be joining the uber-cool folk at CC HQ for this celebration. I am chipping in free CC licensed comic books for the first 50 guests. Hope to see you there. If you can’t make it, you can always see if there is another CC birthday party nearer you.
Creative Commons was born December 2002, and to celebrate we’re inviting the CC Community worldwide to join the party!
To celebrate six exceptional years for CC and the December 31st wrap-up of our 2008 fundraising campaign, CC headquarters is hosting a birthday bash in San Francisco! The event will be held on Thursday, December 18th, 2008, from 9pm – 2am at 111 Minna Gallery (111 Minna Street, San Francisco). 111 Minna is 21+
We’re thrilled to announce that Into Infinity, the remixable art and music exhibition produced by dublab and Creative Commons, will make one of its first “real world” appearances as a physical installation at the party. Digital renderings of the show’s visual works will be run through a software program that melds random pieces together to create new combinations. The resulting feed will be delivered to a projector and displayed against a wall to provide ever-changing visual stimuli to our partygoers. Additionally, there will be a live performance by DJs Jimmy Tamborello, Frosty, Professor Cantaloupe, and matthewdavid, who will use Into Infinity’s sound loops as the basis for an improvisational electronic music show.
And, of course, there will be dancing! Music will be provided by DJs Ripley and Kid Kameleon, both regulars at Surya Dub in San Francisco.
Tickets will be sold at the door, but please RSVP to rsvp@creativecommons.org so we know you’re coming. 111 Minna is 21+
From 9-11pm: $15 for CC Network members and $20 for non-members. Hosted bar: beer, wine, and well-drinks (cash bar otherwise). Join the CC Network today to secure your discount! After 11pm: $5 for CC Network members and $10 for non-members. Cash bar.We hope you’ll join us for a fun and festive night of celebrating free culture and the future of Creative Commons! Everyone is welcome, but space is limited – so bring friends and arrive early!
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12/12/2008 6:30pm Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center, Cambridge, MA
The Commons: Celebrating Achievements, Discerning Futures
Jamie Boyle, Lawrence Lessig, Joi Ito, Molly S. Van Houweling, and Jonathan Zittrain
Friday, December 12, 6:30 pm
Ropes Gray Room, Pound Hall, Second Floor (Map)
RSVP required (melissa@creativecommons.org). Facebook event page.
This event will be webcast live at 6:30 PM ET on 12/12.
Creative Commons and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society are pleased to invite you to a special event in Cambridge, MA on the evening of Friday, December 12, 2008, that will bring together some of the top thinkers on copyright in a digital age.
Panelists include:
- James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
- Lawrence Lessig, Remix
- Joi Ito, Free Souls
- Molly S. Van Houweling, Creative Commons’ first Executive Director
- Jonathan Zittrain, of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and author of The Future of the Internet — and How to Stop It will moderate.
A reception will follow at 7:30 pm. Space is limited. Please RSVP by December 1st to Melissa Reeder, Development Manager, at melissa@creativecommons.org.
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November 2008
Professor James Boyle “A Song’s Tale: Mashups, Borrowing and the Law“ November 24 at 12:15 p.m. Duke Law School Room 3041 (webcast — requires Real Player)
“This is the story of a song and of that song’s history. But it is also a story about property and race and art, about the way copyright law has shaped, encouraged, and prohibited music over the last hundred years, about the lines it draws, the boundaries it sets, and the art it forbids…
On August 29th, 2005, a hurricane made landfall in Louisiana. The forecasters called it Hurricane Katrina, quickly shortened to Katrina as its story took over the news…”
These lines come from Professor James Boyle’s new book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind. In this lecture, Professor Boyle will describe the history of a single song – a protest song about the government’s inept response after Hurricane Katrina – and will trace its lineage back through more than a century, with stops in the work of Kanye West, Ray Charles, Clara Ward and many others. Each of these musicians borrowed from the music of others before them, yet they borrowed in different ways, under different legal rules, in a different musical culture. Their music was shaped, for better and worse, by those constraints. At the end of the 100 year journey, we can have a sense of how the music of the future may be shaped, and of what our musical culture will give up in the process.
