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3:35 pm on October 1, 2026 · 2026 (277), columbia (19), copyright (81)

HYBRID 23-24 OCT 13:00 UTC: Kernochan Center – Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act

October 1, 2026 by ISOC Live

Dark teal event graphic with Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts and UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology branding at upper left. A circular 1976 copyright-themed graphic incorporating technology icons appears at upper right. The title “Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act” is prominently displayed in orange and turquoise across the center, with the dates 23–24 October 2026 at lower left.

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On Friday – Saturday, 23–24 October 2026, at 09:00–16:35 EDT (13:00–20:35 UTC) on Friday and 09:30–13:15 EDT (13:30–17:15 UTC) on Saturday, the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) will host a hybrid symposium ‘Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act‘ at Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104, New York, and online.

It is the second half of a bi-coastal symposium marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Copyright Act of 1976. The first event, held at Berkeley in April 2026, covered the Act’s origins, its central reforms, and the strain technological change has placed on it. This second event looks at how public and private institutions work under the 1976 Act – the roles of Congress, the U.S. Copyright Office, the judiciary, and private ordering – and considers how copyright law might be reformed for new technologies, most pressingly artificial intelligence. Essays from the event will be published in the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts.

Registration is required and fees apply, with a discounted rate for online attendance: private practitioners $499 ($375 online); in-house counsel $150 ($125 online); academics, non-profit and government employees $25; all students and Columbia faculty/staff free. A financial-hardship policy is available, and New York CLE credit is offered for in-person attendance.

DAY 1 – FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2026

09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC) — WELCOME & SYMPOSIUM INTRODUCTION

09:10 EDT (13:10 UTC) — PAPER PANEL I – MAKING THE 1976 ACT: THE ROLE OF CONGRESS
Jessica Litman – University of Michigan Law School
Peter Menell – UC Berkeley School of Law
Tom Merrill – Columbia Law School
Molly Van Houweling – UC Berkeley School of Law

10:55 EDT (14:55 UTC) — DISCUSSION PANEL I – COPYRIGHT REFORM IN CONGRESS: INSIDERS’ PERSPECTIVES
Joe Keeley – Keeley Law & Policy, former Chief IP Counsel, U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Eric Schwartz – Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, former Assistant Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives

11:55 EDT (15:55 UTC) — DISCUSSION PANEL II – COPYRIGHT ADJUDICATION UNDER THE 1976 ACT: VIEWS FROM THE BENCH
The Hon. Judge Pierre Leval – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The Hon. Judge Jon Newman – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

13:40 EDT (17:40 UTC) — PAPER PANEL II – APPLYING AND DEVELOPING THE 1976 ACT: THE ROLE OF COURTS
Shyam Balganesh – Columbia Law School
Bruce Boyden – Marquette University Law School
Pam Samuelson – UC Berkeley School of Law
Erik Stallman – UC Berkeley School of Law

15:25 EDT (19:25 UTC) — PAPER PANEL III – PRIVATE ORDERING AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE 1976 ACT
Niva Elkin-Koren – Tel Aviv University
Kristelia García – Georgetown Law
Xiyin Tang – UCLA School of Law

DAY 2 – SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2026

09:30 EDT (13:30 UTC) — DISCUSSION PANEL III – IMPLEMENTING THE COPYRIGHT ACT: A CONVERSATION WITH REGISTERS OF COPYRIGHT
Ralph Oman – George Washington University Law School, former Register of Copyrights
Maria Pallante – Association of American Publishers, former Register of Copyrights
Shira Perlmutter – Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office
Karyn Temple – Motion Picture Association, former Register of Copyrights

10:45 EDT (14:45 UTC) — PAPER PANEL IV – THE ROLE OF THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Dave Fagundes – Emory University School of Law
Saurabh Vishnubhakat – Cardozo School of Law
Philippa Loengard – Columbia Law School
Caitlin McGrail – Columbia Law School

11:55 EDT (15:55 UTC) — PAPER PANEL V – REFORMING THE 1976 ACT — DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY
Jane Ginsburg – Columbia Law School
Paul Goldstein – Stanford Law School
Jennifer Rothman – University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

13:05 EDT (17:05 UTC) — SYMPOSIUM CONCLUSIONS

#Copyright #CopyrightLaw #IPLaw #AI

7:59 pm on September 30, 2026 · 2026 (277), copyright (81), gw law (1), gwu (3)

HYBRID 2-3 OCT 13:00 UTC: GW Law – The Future of the Copyright Act Symposium

September 30, 2026 by ISOC Live

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On Friday – Saturday, 2–3 October 2026, at 09:00–17:20 EDT (13:00–21:20 UTC) on Friday and 09:00–12:10 EDT (13:00–16:10 UTC) on Saturday, The George Washington University Law School (GW Law) hosts ‘The Future of the Copyright Act Symposium‘ online and at the Faculty Conference Center in Washington, DC.

As the Copyright Act of 1976 approaches its 50th anniversary, leading scholars will examine what the next era of copyright law should look like. Are incremental updates enough, or is it time for Congress to rethink the Act in light of a new technological and cultural landscape?

All papers and commentary will be published in the Journal of the Copyright Society, a co-sponsor of the event.

DAY 1 – FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER 2026

09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC) — WELCOMING REMARKS
Shira Perlmutter – U.S. Register of Copyrights

09:15 EDT (13:15 UTC) — FIRST PANEL
‘A Dynamic Theory of the Progress Clause: Copyright, Congress, and American Democracy’ – Shyamkrishna Balganesh & Peter Menell; Commentator: Jessica Silbey
‘Constitutional Copyright and the Meaning of Postponed Matters’ – Justin Hughes; Commentator: Zvi Rosen

10:40 EDT (14:40 UTC) — SECOND PANEL
‘Copyright Reform for a Textualist Court’ – Joseph Liu; Commentator: Benjamin Sobel
‘Section 115’s Many Lives: Lessons for Copyright Regulation’ – Jacob Noti-Victor; Commentator: Lauren Wilson

12:55 EDT (16:55 UTC) — KEYNOTE DISCUSSION
Jane Ginsburg – Columbia Law School
Paul Goldstein – Stanford Law School
Jessica Litman – University of Michigan Law School
Pamela Samuelson – Berkeley Law
Moderator: Robert Brauneis – GW Law

14:30 EDT (18:30 UTC) — THIRD PANEL
‘The Next Copyright Act: Towards Mutual Human Self-Actualization and Copyright Social Justice’ – Lateef Mtima; Commentator: Trevor Reed
‘Duration Doesn’t Matter’ – Elizabeth Townsend Gard; Commentator: Paul Heald

15:55 EDT (19:55 UTC) — FOURTH PANEL
‘The 1976 Copyright Act, As (Much and Frequently) Amended: General Revision in Piecemeal Form?’ – Anthony Reese; Commentators: Jane Ginsburg & Jessica Litman
‘The Future of International Influences on Copyright’ – Graeme Dinwoodie; Commentator: Marketa Trimble

DAY 2 – SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2026

09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC) — FIRST PANEL
‘Our Byzantine System of Secondary Copyright Infringement’ – James Grimmelmann; Commentator: Felix Wu
‘Copyright Exceptionalism in the Supreme Court’s Secondary Liability Cases’ – Pamela Samuelson; Commentator: Alfred Yen
‘Ex Ante Copyright’ – Xiyin Tang; Commentator: Rachel Landy

11:00 EDT (15:00 UTC) — SECOND PANEL
‘Substantial Similarity of Protectable Expression: Each Word Matters’ – Rebecca Tushnet; Commentator: Paul Goldstein
‘Fair Use @ 50’ – Matthew Sag; Commentator: Michael Carroll

#Copyright #CopyrightAct #IPLaw

1:41 pm on March 27, 2020 · copyright (81), music (14)

WEBCAST TODAY: “Untangling The Mess” for Songwriters, Music Publishers, & Self Published Songwriters w/ @TuneCoreJeff of @AudiamMusic #untanglingthemess #copyright

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 by ISOC Live

Today, Friday March 27 2020, at 3pm ET (19:00 UTC) Jeff Price, founder of Audiam, will present a webinar “Untangling The Mess” for Songwriters, Music Publishers & Self Published Songwriters, going over differences between ASCAP/BMI, SoundExchange, Audiam and how it all ties into administrating music publishing. The webinar will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society New York Chapter.

LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/untanglingthemess

PARTICIPATE: https://lnkd.in/d_7yQ62

TWITTER: #untanglingthemess @TuneCoreJeff

10:26 am on July 30, 2019 · congress (9), copyright (81), music (14), netcaucus (20)

WEBCAST TODAY: In The Era Of Streaming, Who’s A Bigger Music Mogul, Jay-Z or Congress? @NetCaucusAC @NMPAorg @DMAguirre11 @future_of_music @SoundExchange @nabtweets @ccianet @alisternburg #musicmoguls #copyright

July 30, 2019 by ISOC Live

Today, Tuesday July 30 2019, at 11:00 EDT (15:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast an edited version of yesterday’s In The Era Of Streaming, Who’s A Bigger Music Mogul, Jay-Z or Congress? panel that was organized by Congressional Internet Caucus Academy (CICA) in Washington DC. The purpose of the event was to – post Music Modernization Act – give Congressional staffers and others an overview of the role of our regulators in the distribution of music revenue streams, vs that of the creators themselves. Panel: Danielle Aguirre, EVP & General Counsel, National Music Publishers Association ; Kevin Erickson, Director, Future of Music Coalition; Curtis LeGeyt, Executive Vice President, Government Relations, National Association of Broadcasters; Julia Massimino, VP of Global Public Policy, SoundExchange; Ali Sternburg, Senior Policy Counsel, Computer & Communications Industry Association. Moderator: Tim Lordan, Executive Director / General Counsel, Internet Education Foundation.

VIEW ON LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/musicmoguls

TWITTER: @NetCaucusAC #MusicMoguls http://bit.ly/2Yf2t0m

3:32 pm on March 11, 2018 · copyright (81), InternetNZ (3)

WEBCAST: @NetHuiNZ #copyright conference in Wellington NZ w/ @doctorow.

March 11, 2018 by isoc-ny

On Monday March 11 2018, InternetNZ presents the 2018 NetHui Copyright conference in Wellington NZ. This NetHui is especially important as the NZ government is doing a review of the Copyright Act next year. Keynote speaker is Cory Doctorow. A multitrack livestream is available. Since NZ is UTC+13, this starts at 4pm today Sunday NYC time.

Program: https://2018.nethui.nz/programme/
Livestream: https://2018.nethui.nz/nethui-livestream

10:56 pm on December 8, 2016 · copyright (81), ntia (34), USPTO (5)

WEBCAST FRI: Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works @uspto #copyright #blockchain

December 8, 2016 by isoc-ny

On Friday December 9 2016 the US Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force will hold a meeting – Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works – at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting is convened to facilitate constructive, cross-industry dialogue among stakeholders about ways to promote a more robust and collaborative digital marketplace for copyrighted works. The meeting will focus on initiatives in this space that relate to standards development, interoperability across digital registries, and cross-industry collaboration, to understand the current state of affairs, identify challenges, and discuss paths forward. It will also be an opportunity to explore potential approaches to the future adoption and integration into the online marketplace of relevant emerging technologies, such as blockchain technology and open-source platforms. The goal is to provide a platform for discussion, and to determine in what ways government can be of assistance. One outcome could be to establish working groups to tackle specific issues through a multi-stakeholder process. Plenary sessions will be webcast via the USPTO Livestream Channel with live text transcription.

What: Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works
Where: USPTO HQ, Alexandria VA
When: Friday December 9 2016 8:30am-3:45pm EST | 13:30-20:45 UTC
Agenda: http://bit.ly/2h9Avdt
Webcast: https://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16
Transcript: http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722
Twitter: uspto + copyright http://bit.ly/2h9zMZP

10:26 pm on April 27, 2015 · ascap (1), bmi (1), copyright (81), csusa (20), pandora (1)

VIDEO/AUDIO: Old Agreements + New Media = Big Issues? Performing Rights Organizations, Rate Courts and the Department of Justice @theCSUSA #copyright

April 27, 2015 by isoc-ny

On April 22 2015 the Copyright Society of the USA’s New York Chapter presented a luncheon panel – Old Agreements + New Media = Big Issues? Performing Rights Organizations, Rate Courts and the Department of Justice – at the Princeton Club in NYC. For decades, ASCAP and BMI have been subject to antitrust consent decrees with the Department of Justice, which include restrictions on the ways in which these Performing Rights Organizations can and can’t issue licenses and a framework on how disputes over royalty rates are to be resolved. Recent rulings in the “rate courts” have addressed the ability of publishers to withdraw their performing rights for certain digital uses, with different results coming out of the separate ASCAP and BMI proceedings. With these developments leading to headaches for licensors and licensees alike, everyone is starting to ask whether the consent decrees and rate court procedures themselves should be overhauled. Last year, the DOJ opened both consent decrees for review, asking important questions about their relevance and effectiveness. A panel of experts discussed the key considerations. Speakers: Richard Reimer, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, ASCAP; Stuart Rosen, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, BMI; Kenneth Steinthal, Partner, King & Spalding LLP. Moderator: Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights, the U.S. Copyright Office. Video/audio is below.

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3:12 am on March 27, 2015 · copyright (81), ntia (34), USPTO (5)

WEBEX 4/1: Facilitating the Development of the Online Licensing Environment for Copyrighted Works @uspto #copyright

March 27, 2015 by isoc-ny

On April 1 2015 9am-4pm EDT, the Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force, led by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will hold a public meeting – Facilitating the Development of the Online Licensing Environment for Copyrighted Works – In Alexandria VA. In July 2013 the Task Force issued a green paper – Copyright Policy, Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Economy that identified five separate copyright policy issues critical to economic growth, job creation, and cultural development on which the Task Force planned to conduct further work, including the issue of how the government can facilitate the further development of a robust online licensing environment. This public meeting will focus specifically on the development and use of standard identifiers for all types of works of authorship, interoperability among databases and systems used to identify owners of rights and terms of use, and a possible portal for linking to such databases and to licensing platforms. Remote participation will be available via webex. Transcripts and videos of the online environment licensing events will be available after the event at the copyright page of the USPTO website.

What: Facilitating the Development of the Online Licensing Environment for Copyrighted Works
Where: Global Intellectual Property Academy, 600 Dulany St., Alexandria, VA 22314
When: April 1 2015 9am-4pm EST
Federal Register Notice: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-03-13/pdf/2015-05765.pdf
Webex: https://uspto-events.webex.com/uspto-events/onstage/g.php?d=994105735&t=a [passcode 123456]
Agenda: http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/DRAFT-Agenda_for_Efficient_Online_Marketplace_Public_Meeting_for_distribution-2.docx
Twitter: @uspto + #copyright

4:31 pm on January 26, 2015 · aram sinnreich (4), bitcoin (8), copyright (81), d.a.wallach (1), music (14)

VIDEO: #BitcoinforRockstars – a fireside chat – @Aram Sinnreich with @DAWallach

January 26, 2015 by isoc-ny

On Sunday 25 January 2015, at 4pm the Internet Society’s New York Chapter(ISOC-NY) presented “Bitcoin for Rockstars – a fireside chat with D.A. Wallach” at TurnToTech NYC. The traditional existing methods of registering works and distributing music royalties are archaic, arcane, inefficient, and unsuited to the global networked marketplace. D.A. Wallach recently proposed that a decentralized, open, global ledger, based on bitcoin style blockchain technology, as an optimal solution for credits and rights information about music. Then a system of “smart contracts” could facilitate the distribution of funds. Thus:

In the proposed music rights network, each song, recording, rights-holder, creator, and payor would have its own unique address on the ledger. And complimenting this ledger would be “smart contracts,” programmatic rules defining how the addresses relate to each other and automating their interactions. For example, Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” would have its own address, as would Katy Perry herself, each of her collaborators, and each of the companies entitled to royalties from the song. One set of “smart contracts” could connect all of these addresses to one another.

Spotify, YouTube and other services could then issue all-in royalty micro-payments (aggregating all negotiated fees) directly to the “Dark Horse” address every time the song is played. The smart contracts connected to the “Dark Horse” address would recognize the source of the payment—say, Spotify—and then instantly split and redirect royalties to all the addresses entitled to payments from the service for the song. Katy Perry, her label, her publisher, and her collaborators would all have total visibility into payments received by the “Dark Horse” address, and each would receive its shares instantly in its own wallet. This software-based relay station for royalty and licensing payments would put creators at the center of the action, allowing them to understand how much money their works were generating, and from which services or licensees. It would also give artists and songwriters instant access to the funds generated by their work, obviating the long waiting periods they currently endure.

We invite you,to join D.A. Wallach and ISOC-NY to explore this fascinating concept! Our interlocutor was Aram Sinnreich of Rutgers University. author of the Piracy Crusade.

View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/wpgkGXCN3IY
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/lAMLLJ7TLHJf/
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/219873421/
Twitter: #bitcoinforrockstars

9:20 pm on December 31, 2014 · copyright (81), csusa (20), streaming (3)

VIDEO/AUDIO: Fair Compensation or a Pandora’s Box? Pre-1972 Sound Recordings & Streaming Radio @theCSUSA #copyright

December 31, 2014 by isoc-ny

On December 11 2014 the Copyright Society of the USA’s New York Chapter presented a luncheon panel – Fair Compensation or a Pandora’s Box? Pre-1972 Sound Recordings & Streaming Radio – at the Princeton Club in NYC. A panel looked at the legal framework and issues involved in the recent lawsuits involving royalties for webcasting of pre-1972 sound recordings. After providing a background of the key issues, the panel discussed the potential practical impacts of affirmance or reversal of the recent Flo & Eddie decision, as well as whether the state-based issue of common law copyright for pre-1972 recordings is a matter that should be resolved at the federal level. Panel: Tucker McCrady – Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Gianni Servodidio – Jenner & Block; Moderator: June M. Besek – Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School. Video/audio is below.

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