The Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal will present its annual Symposium, “The Digital Challenge to Copyright Law” on Thursday, February 5 and Friday, February 6. The focus of the Symposium will be on leading issues in the area of copyright law.
The symposium opens with a keynote address by the Honorable Judge Richard C. Tallman of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on the evening of February 5th at Santa Clara University, and continues the next day at Sun Microsystems Santa Clara Conference Center. The program includes four moderated panels and a lunchtime keynote address by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), 16th District.
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Panel 1: The Pros and Cons of Copyright
Professor Raymond Ku , Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Ralph Oman, Registrar of Copyrights (1985-1994)
Gary Watson, Esq., Huron, Maki & Johnson LLP
Honorable Judge Andrew Wistrich, U.S. District Court (C.D. Cal.) -
Panel 2: Digital Music: What Does the Future Hold?
Wendy Seltzer, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Chris Gorog, Chairman & CEO, Roxio/Napster
Jeffrey G. Knowles, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP (representing the RIAA)
Gerard J. Lewis, Jr., Sr. Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
Professor Allen S. Hammond, IV , Santa Clara University School of Law -
Panel 3: Fair Use and the Challenge of New Technologies
David Anderman, Director of Corporate Business Affairs, Lucasfilm Ltd.
Andrew Bridges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP (representing ClearPlay)
Michael Ramsay,Chairman & CEO, TiVo
Professor Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara University School of Law -
Panel 4: Anti-Circumvention Under the DMCA: A Threat to Innovation?
Michael Ayers, President, Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
Gerow Brill, General Counsel (retired), Macrovision
Professor Jennifer Urban, U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Melinda J. Demsky, Vice President, Content Protection Litigation, Fox Entertainment Group
Professor Theo Bodewig, Santa Clara University School of Law
Speak face to face with scholars and practitioners whose work you read and use.
Discuss an issue that really matters with those whose work informs that issue.
Learn with colleagues discussing the latest developments in copyright law.
For more information and to register to attend the Symposium, please visit the Symposium website at http://www.scu.edu/techlaw/symposium.html. All SCU Law students and members of the SCU Law Faculty can attend this event free of charge, and should submit a request to attend this event or a portion thereof only via email to chtlj-symposium@scu.edu. Please do not use the online registration function. Due to the nature of this event, student registrations are accepted only on a limited basis, so register soon.
