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Musicians, fans and online copyright

Date & Time:
14:00:00 - 17:30:00,
Wednesday 19 March, 2008

About

Is home downloading killing music? Should Internet Service Providers monitor customers to try and spot copyright infringement, and disconnect downloaders? Do musicians need new laws to benefit from the opportunities of the Internet?

Join us to debate these questions and more with leading copyright thinkers from the music world, government, consumer groups and universities.

Agenda

Time

Sessions

14.00

Welcome by Dr Ian Brown (OII) and Simon Davies (LSE)

14.05

Copyright and consumer welfare, Adrian Brazier (Dept for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)

14.15

The role of online intermediaries, Prof Lilian Edwards (Institute for Law and the Web, Southampton University)

14.30

Technical limits on ISP action, Dr Richard Clayton (Cambridge University Computer Laboratory)

14.45

Audience debate

15.05

Break

15.15

What would a consumer-friendly copyright law look like? Michelle Childs (Knowledge Ecology International)

15.25

How can we maximise copyright’s return to society? Dr Rufus Pollock (Emannuel College, Cambridge)

15.35

What can we learn from existing Notice and Take-Down schemes? Rob Hamadi (Publishers Association)

15.45

What do tomorrow’s musicians need from copyright law? Wendy Grossman

15.55

Audience debate

16.15

How *should* copyright work online? John Kennedy (CEO, IFPI), Paul Sanders (CEO, PlayLouder), Becky Hogge (Open Rights Group)

16.45

Audience debate

17.00

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Speakers

  • Name: Michelle Childs|Professor Lilian Edwards|Wendy Grossman|Becky Hogge|John Kennedy|Rufus Pollock|Paul Sanders
  • Affiliation: Knowledge Ecology International|Uiversity of Southampton|Musician / freelance journalist|Open Rights Group|CEO of IFPI|University of Cambridge|Director of Strategy at Playlouder
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  • URL: |http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/law/staff/academic/ledwards|||||
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