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November 14, 2001 • Cato Institute • Washington, D.C.



Conference Program


Full morning media: [Real Video]
Full afternoon media: [Real Video]

8:00–8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30–8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Patrick Dillon, Editor, Forbes ASAP

8:45–9:30 a.m. Morning Keynote Address
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.)
[Real Video] [Transcript - PDF, 30 pgs, 55 Kb]

9:30–10:30 a.m. Panel #1: First Principles
"Framing the Great Debate: What Rights Do We Have in Our Intangible Intellectual Creations?"
[Real Video]

Moderator: Adam Thierer, Director of Telecommunications Studies, Cato Institute

James V. DeLong, Senior Fellow, Project on Technology and Innovation, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Author, Property Matters

Tom W. Bell, Associate Professor, Chapman University School of Law

10:30–10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Panel #2: Copyright-1
"Digital Rights Management, Fair Use and Compulsory Licensing or Where Is Copyright Headed in the Post-Napster World: Legal or Market Solutions?"
[Real Video]

Moderator: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Director of Technology Studies, Cato Institute

Frank G. Hausmann, Chairman and CEO, CenterSpan Communications Corp.

Mitch Glazier, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Legislative Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America
[Transcript - PDF, 8 pgs, 20 Kb]

Stan Liebowitz, Professor of Managerial Economics, University of Texas at Dallas

Robin Gross, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression

12:00–12:45 p.m. Lunch—Wintergarden

12:45–1:30 p.m. Luncheon Address
Beryl Howell, Chief Council,
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
[Real Video]

1:30–2:45 p.m. Panel #3: Copyright-2
"Technology vs. Technology: Should Code Breakers Go to Jail? The Limits of Fair Use and Anti-circumvention"
[Real Video]

Moderator: Declan McCullagh, Washington Bureau Chief, Wired News

Orin Kerr, Associate Profess or Law George Washington University School of Law
[Transcript - PDF, 9 pgs, 21 Kb]

Emery Simon, Special Counsel, Business Software Alliance
[Transcript- PDF, 9 pgs, 21 Kb]

Julie Cohen, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
[Transcript - PDF, 8 pgs, 20 Kb]

Mike Godwin, Policy Fellow, Center for Democracy and Technology
[Transcript - PDF, 11 pgs, 25 Kb]

2:45–3:00 p.m. Break

3:00-3:30 p.m. Afternoon Keynote Address
John Perry Barlow, Co-Founder,
Electronic Frontier Foundation
[Real Video]

3:30–4:45 p.m. Panel #4: Patents
"Business Method Patents: Logical Evolution or Radical Break from the Past?"
[Real Video]

Moderator: Drew Clark, Senior Writer, National Journal Technology Daily

Paul Misener, Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com
[Transcript - PDF, 7 pgs, 18 Kb]

Michael Nugent, Heller Ehrman, Financial Technologies Practice Group, and former Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Walker Digital

Peter Wayner, Author, Digital Copyright Protection and "How Can They Patent That?"

Greg Aharonian, Editor, Internet Patent News Service, and Creator of www.bustpatents.com

4:45–5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks


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