R184B. Demystifying Copyright: A Crash Course on the Law of Literature
Thursday, February 9, 2017
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Copyright controls authorship's inputs, in terms of how we can use the works of those who came before us, and its outputs, in terms of how others can use our work. But the law is too often arcane and its opacity can be disempowering. This panel of legal experts outlines important copyright basics and tackle some of the stubborn myths and misconceptions surrounding our copyright system.
Participants
Moderator:
Brianna Schofield
Rebecca Tushnet is a professor of law at Georgetown. Her work focuses on copyright, trademark, and advertising law. She helped found the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting and promoting fanworks. Her blog is at tushnet.blogspot.com.
Jessica Silbey is a professor of law at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. She teaches intellectual property and constitutional law. Her most recent book is The Eureka Myth: Creators, Innovators and Everyday Intellectual Property.
