LawTechTalk

Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
at UNSW Law Faculty
invites you to a free 'Law Tech Talk' seminar
in our 2003 Cyberspace Law and Policy Series:

  Topic:

The role of the public domain in copyright

 
  Speaker:

Prof Hugh Hansen, Fordham University Law School

 
  Date:

Wednesday, 20 August 2003

 
  Time:

1:00 to 2:00 pm, including 15 minutes for questions

 
  Venue:

UNSW Law Faculty, Library stage II Tower, Room 1042 (10th floor).
Map: http://www.unsw.edu.au/maps/kensington.pdf
Enter via Gate 11 Botany St Randwick.

 
 

Abstract:

One of the most contentious issues in current copyright scholarship is the role of the public domain. Should 'public domain' be redefined to take into account a broader range of elements? What is the role of a 'creative commons'? Are commons necessarily tragic?

This presentation will take a critical approach to the arguments made in favour of an expanded public domain at the expense of traditional copyright protection.

 
  About the speaker:

Hugh Hansen is one of the USA's leading intellectual property academics and director of the acclaimed Fordham University Law School Conference on International Intellectual Property Policy and Law.

 
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URL: http://www.cyberlawcentre.org/2003/talks/LTT_030820_hansen.htm