Conference 

# Copyright Controversies: Freedom, Property, Content Creation, and the DMCA 

Date and Time 

April 26, 2006 9 AM - 1 PM EDT 

Location 

Auditorium/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

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[Jim Harper](/people/jim-harper)

Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

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James V. DeLong 

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[Timothy B. Lee](/people/timothy-lee)

Former Adjunct Scholar 

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There are substantial debates under way about intellectual property, and copyright in particular. Is intellectual property founded in a natural right to ownership of information? Is it a utilitarian tool to give incentive to creation? Or is it a counterproductive monopoly on ideas? The advance of technology has changed the creative process in many ways. Is copyright consistent with new modes of creation? Finally, there are questions about how copyright laws are enforced. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act amended the law to accommodate the advance of the Internet, but it remains highly controversial in some circles. There are differences of opinion among thoughtful people on all these issues. Join us at a conference designed to expose the issues and raise the question: What should we think of copyright?

| **8:30–9:00 a.m.** | **REGISTRATION** |
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| **9:00–9:30 a.m.** | **INTRODUCTORY REMARKS** **Rep. Lamar Smith** (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary **Rep. Zoe Lofgren** (D-CA), Member, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-1.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-1.mp3) |
| **9:30–10:30 a.m.** | **PANEL I - Foundations of Copyright** **Moderator: Drew Clark**, Senior Writer, *National Journal*'s Technology Daily **Jim Harper**, Director of Information Policy Studies, The Cato Institute **Jim DeLong**, Senior Fellow, Director of the Center for the Study of Digital Property, The Progress & Freedom Foundation **David K. Levine**, Coauthor, *Against Intellectual Monopoly* [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-2.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-2.mp3) |
| **10:30–10:45 a.m.** | **BREAK** |
| **10:45–11:45 a.m.** | **PANEL II - Copyright and Technology** **Moderator: Kevin Maney**, Technology Columnist, *USA Today* **Gregory Lastowka**, Coauthor, "Amateur to Amateur: The Rise of a New Creative Culture" **Michael Masnick**, President and CEO, TechDirt Corporate Intelligence **Patrick Ross**, Senior Fellow, Vice President for Communications and External Affairs, The Progress & Freedom Foundation [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-3.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-3.mp3) |
| **11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.** | **PANEL III– The Digital Millennium Copyright Act** **Moderator: Sarah Lai Stirland**, Senior Writer, *National Journal*'s Technology Daily **Tim Lee**, Author, "Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act" **Solveig Singleton**, Senior Adjunct Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation **Emery Simon**, General Counsel, Business Software Alliance **Gary Shapiro**, President, Consumer Electronics Association [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-4.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2006/cca-04-26-06-4.mp3) |
| **12:45–1:45 p.m.** | **LUNCHEON** |

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