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Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the 1909 Copyright Act
Santa Clara University School of Law
April 30, 2009
Join two dozen distinguished scholars and practitioners to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the 1909 Act and its profound effect on U.S. and international copyright law.
The 1909 Copyright Act marked a revolution in U.S. copyright law. The 1909 Act was the first to protect works upon publication with notice, without prior registration; the first to expressly recognize a right to prepare derivative works; and the first to expressly recognize the public domain. The 1909 Act remained in effect for seven decades, during which time copyright law was repeatedly called upon to deal with the disruptive effect of new technologies, such as motion pictures, sound recordings, radio and television, photocopy machines, and computers. As a result, the 1909 Act had a significant influence on the copyright law we have today.
Keynote Speakers:
David Nimmer, Of Counsel, Irell & Manella
William Patry, Senior Counsel, Google
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office
Attendance is free and open to the public. Seven hours of CLE will be available to attorneys at HTLI benefactor firms and in-house counsel for free, to Santa Clara Law alumni for $25, and to everyone else for $50. If paying for CLE is a hardship, please contact Cindy Tippett at ctippett@scu.edu. Santa Clara Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.
For more information or to register, please visit:
http://law.scu.edu/hightech/copyright-conference.cfm
Sponsored by:
High Tech Law Institute
Santa Clara University School of Law
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
University of California at Berkeley School of Law
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