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.

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.