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.
Panel discussion entitled "The History and Theory of the Public Domain: From Cheap Books to the Comedy of the Commons" featuring: Mark Rose, David Lange, Jessica Litman, Carol Rose, Elinor Ostrom.
Recorded on November 09, 2001.
Panel titled: The History & Theory of the Public Domain.
Conference title: Conference on the Public Domain 2001.
Inaugural Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property featuring Prof. Lawrence Lessig.
Recorded on March 23, 2001.
Series: Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property 1st.
Appearing: Lawrence Lessig (Stanford Law School), speaker.
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
Music lawyer Whitney Broussard describes how law can change the kind of music that gets made, and how clearance processes can make the whole artistic community poorer. Mr. Broussard is a partner at Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz, a law firm specializing in entertainment law; representing a wide range of clients such as Ludacris, Twista, and India.Arie.
by Neil Williams. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (Finalist). The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.
Daniel Kevles - Patenting Life and Its Parts: Ethics and Rights in the Political Economy of Intellectual Property
Why is music taking center stage in contemporary debates about copyright policy, and should it? To put this question in historical perspective, this talk first looks back to examine how and why music first came within copyright's domain. Focusing on the story of music copyright illuminates a dialectic relationship between the practices of particular creative communities and the organizing principle of authorial rights.
by Alek and Kuba Tarkowski. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (Second Place). The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.
Filmmaker Chris Hegedus discusses how rights clearance practices have changed since the making of Don't Look Back. Ms. Hegedus is Lecturer, Film Studies Program, Yale University; her documentary film work includes Startup.com (Directors Guild Award for Best Documentary) and The War Room (Academy Award nomination, Best Documentary Film).
Garrett Epps delivers a talk on intellectual property and free expression. He discusses the history of literary appropriation and gives his opinion on current developments related to copyright law and the First Amendment. Keith Aoki responds. Part of a conference presented by Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain to honor the publication of the book "No Law: Intellectual Property in the Image of an Absolute First Amendment" by Duke Law professors David Lange and H. Jefferson Powell.
Session title: Bring me the head of Peter Pan : a commentary on No Law.
by Matt Frantz. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (Finalist).The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.
In this talk, Professor Litman challenges the conventional paradigm of copyright statutory interpretation, under which unlicensed uses of copyrighted works are deemed infringing unless excused.That rubric was never accurate, she argues, and relying on it has distorted our thinking.In particular, it has encouraged us to give short shrift to the core importance in the copyright scheme of reading, listening, viewing, watching, playing and using copyrighted works.
Filmmaker Orlando Bagwell talks about making Citizen King and why Eyes on the Prize is no longer in circulation. Mr. Bagwell is Program Officer, Media, Arts & Culture, The Ford Foundation; besides Citizen King, his documentary film work includes A Hymn to Alvin Ailey, Africans in America, and several installments of PBSs The American Experience.
by Christopher Sims. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (Third Place). The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.
by Daniel Love. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (First Place). The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.
Composer Anthony Kelley visits classical and jazz traditions and explains why you can find a doppelganger for almost any tune. He is an Assistant Professor of Music, Duke University; noted American composer of such works as Africamerica (piano concerto) and The Breaks: Orchestral Homage to the American Maestros Morton, Armstrong, Ellington, and Gillespie.
by Terry Tucker and Andrew Fazekas. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (Third Place). The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.
A preview of Public Domain Day 2025 from Duke Law School's Center for the Study of the Public Domain.
To read more about the public domain, visit https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/
Remarks on economic and political aspects of intellectual property in a networked economy.
Recorded on March 26, 2002.
Full title: Freedom in the Commons: Towards a Political Economy of Information.
Series: Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property 2nd.
Appearing: Katherine T. Bartlett and James Boyle, preliminary remarks; Yochai Benkler (New York University), speaker.
Legal experts James Boyle and John Sloss discuss the legal and practical realities facing documentary filmmakers, including copyright law and errors and omissions insurance. James Boyle is William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law; and John Sloss, Esq. is a prominent media attorney and founder, Cinetic Media.
by Aaron Rosenberg. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (Finalist). The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.
by Turner Clay. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Moving Image Contest (Finalist).The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film.