From classical and folk, to jazz and blues, to rock and roll, hip hop and mash-ups, music has a long tradition of borrowing, recombining, and building upon existing musical elements. How has this history of borrowing been seen by the law? What lines do artists themselves see between borrowing and theft? This panel will examine the treatment of creative practices across musical genres, and consider the musical forms that would be enabled by different ways of doing business within the music industry.

Recorded on April 02, 2004.

Documentary films are records of our culture. But our culture is full of legally protected objects - songs, films, signs, even logos or buildings. Sometimes filmmakers need to use pre-existing copyrighted material to tell a story. Sometimes they accidentally capture copyrighted work in their documentary footage. However,in order to distribute their documentaries, filmmakers must often clear the rights to every protected fragment of film or song - whether it is a focal point of the scene or merely an incidental or fleeting detail.

Blair Jacobs and Rob Walters discuss patent laws and recommendations.

Recorded on March 26, 2004.

Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Law Symposium.

Appearing: Arti Rai, host/introductions ; Blair Jacobs (partner, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP) and Rob Walters (partner, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP), speakers.

Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Political Science, Sanford Institute, Duke University

Full title: All the News Thats Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News

Recorded on November 10, 2003.

Information Ecology Lecture Series.

Appearing: Introduction by Professor James Boyle ; Speaker: Marc Rotenberg.

The Information Ecology Lecture series presents Professor James Boyle.

Recorded on September 19, 2003.

Information Ecology Lecture Series.

Panel discussion on traditional, culture knowledge and intellectual property rights. Includes the following short lectures: Thomas Cottier, "Legal Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge" ; Graham Dutfield, "Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Protection for Traditional Knowledge" ; and Antony Taubman, "The New WIPO Proposals Concerning Indigenous Knowledge ."

Recorded on April 06, 2003.

Panel titled: Assessing the Suitability of IPRs for Traditional Knowledge & Cultural Industries.

Panel discussion on balancing private and public interests.

Recorded on April 06, 2003.

Panel titled: Overview Commentary on Balancing Public & Private Interests.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

Panel discussion on TRIPS, competition law, and public goods. Includes the following short lectures: Mark Janis, Professor, "Intellectual Property and Anti-Trust Policy " ; Eleanor Fox, "Competition Policy, TRIPS, and Doha " ; and Hanns Ullrich, "TRIPS and Competition Law."

Recorded on April 05, 2003.

Panel titled: The Critical Role of Competition Law in Preserving Public Goods.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

Panel discussion on access to research and data resources, the scientific commons, and related issues related to economic development. Includes the following short lectures: Robert Evenson, "The Future of Public Agricultural Research in the World Economy" ; Richard Nelson, "Patents and the Scientific Commons" ; Ruth Okediji, "The Impact of the TRIPS Agreement on Educational and Cultural Aspects of Economic Development" ; and Paul Uhlir, "Preserving Access to Public Data Resources for Science and Development."

Recorded on April 05, 2003.

Panel discussion on foreign trade and public goods. Includes the following short lectures: Eric Bond, "Economics of Dispute Resolution with IPRs" ; Joost Pauwelyn, "On the Role of the Appellate Body" ; and Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and Graeme Dinwoodie, "Using Dispute Resolution to Preserve International Public Goods."

Recorded on April 05, 2003.

Panel titled: Recognition of Public Goods in WTO Dispute Settlement.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

Panel discussion on access to essential medicines in the context of TRIPS. Includes the following short lectures: Frederick Abbott, "Resolving Roadblocks to Ensuring Access to Essential Medicines" ; Rebecca Eisenberg, "Legal Dimensions of the Essential Medicines Problem" ; and Henry Grabowski, "Economics of Drug Discovery and Distribution."

Recorded on April 04, 2003.

Panel titled: Ensuring Access to Essential Medicines.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

Panel discussion on foreign trade and public goods. Includes the following short lectures: Peter Drahos, "Economic and Legal Obstacles Raised by IPR to the Provision of Public Goods" and Paul David "Economics of Public Goods in International Perspective." Also includes welcoming address.

Recorded on April 04, 2003.

Panel titled: International Provision of Public Goods in the New Regime.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

Panel discussion on the global intellectual property rights system and the promotion of public goods. Includes the following short lectures: John Barton, "Reforming the International Patent System" ; Pamela Samuelson and Suzanne Scotchmer, "IPR for Information Technologies" ; and Timothy Swanson, "The Economics of Biotechnology and IPR."

Recorded on April 04, 2003.

Panel titled: Reforming the Global IPR System to Promote Public Goods.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

Panel discussion on 21st century technology transfer. Includes the follow short lectures: Arti Rai, "Technology Transfer from Public to Private Sectors" ; Carlos Correa, "Promoting Technology Transfer within TRIPS" ; and Keith Maskus and Kamal Saggi, "Re-thinking Technology Transfer in the Global Economy."

Recorded on April 04, 2003.

Panel titled: Technology Transfer in the 21st Century.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

This panel will explore the expressive and cultural significance of sampling. Panelists from diverse academic and practical backgrounds will bring to bear the perspectives of cultural theory, music history, music production, legal theory, and legal practice.

Recorded on March 30, 2002.

Panel titled: The Culture.

Conference title: Music and Theft: Technology, Sampling, and the Law 2002.

Appearing: James Boyle, introductions ; David Lange, moderator ; Paul Miller (DJ Spooky), Fred Koenigsberg, Dick Hebdige, David Sanjek, panelists.

Musicians on this panel will demonstrate the digital manipulation of preexisting recordings and MIDI files and discuss the impact of digital technology on music production and music theory. An experienced music attorney will discuss the legal consequences of the particular practices demonstrated by the musicians, as well as the law's overall responses to digital music.

Recorded on March 30, 2002.

Panel titled: The Technology.

Conference title: Music and Theft: Technology, Sampling, and the Law 2002.

Panel discussion entitled "Constitutionalizing the Public Domain" featuring: Yochai Benkler, William Van Alstyne, H. Jefferson Powell, Jed Rubenfeld, Larry Lessig.

Recorded on November 10, 2001.

Panel titled: Constitutionalizing the Public Domain.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Appearing: Yochai Benkler (New York University Law School), panelist ; William Van Alstyne (Duke Law School), panelist ; H. Jefferson Powell (Duke Law School), panelist ; Jed Rubenfeld (Yale Law School), panelist ; Larry Lessig (Stanford Law School), moderator.

Panel discussion entitled "From Anarchist Software to Peer2Peer Culture: The Public Domain in Bandwith, Software, and Content" featuring: Eben Moglen, Brian Cantwell Smith, Larry Lessig, Yochai Benkler.

Recorded on November 10, 2001.

Panel titled: From Anarchist Software to Peer2Peer Culture: The Public Domain in Bandwidth, Software, & Content.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Panel discussion entitled "Commodification of the Public Domain: The Challenge for Science and Innovation" featuring: Arti Rai, Paul Uhlir, Harlan J. Onsrud, Stephen Berry, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss.

Recorded on November 10, 2001.

Panel titled: Commodification of the Public Domain: The Challange for Science & Innovation.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Panel discussion entitled "Public Domain Activism" featuring: Caspar Bowden, Jonathan Tasini, Gigi Sohn, Robin Gross, Manon Ress, Jeff Chester, Jennifer Toomey, Marc Rotenberg, David Bollier.

Recorded on November 10, 2001.

Panel titled: Public Domain Activism.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Panel discussion entitled "Reimagining the Public Domain" featuring: Julie Cohen, James Boyle, John Perry Barlow, David Bollier.

Recorded on November 10, 2001.

Panel titled: Reimagining the Public Domain.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Appearing: Julie Cohen (Georgetown University Law School), panelist ; James Boyle (Duke Law School), panelist ; John Perry Barlow (Electronic Frontier Foundation), panelist ; David Bollier (Public Knowledge, New America Foundation), moderator.

Panel discussion entitled "Creativity, Appropriation, Culture, and the Public Domain" featuring: Mark Hosler, Rosemary Coombe, David Nimmer, Cary Sherman, David Lange.

Recorded on November 09, 2001.

Panel titled: Creativity, Appropriation, Culture, & the Public Domain.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Panel discussion entitled "The State of the Public Domain: A Report" featuring: Pamela Samuelson, Jerome Reichman.

Recorded on November 09, 2001.

Panel titled: The State of the Public Domain.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Appearing: Pamela Samuelson (University of California), panelist ; Jerome Reichman (Duke Law School), panelist.

Introductory lecture: "The Second Enclosure Movement?" presented by James Boyle.

Recorded on November 09, 2001.

Lecture titled: The Second Enclosure Movement?.

Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.

Appearing: Katharine Bartlett (Duke Law School), host/introductions ; James Boyle (Duke Law School), speaker.