The Law and Economics of Copyright Users Rights

Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law is organizing a conference on law and economics of copyright users at Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC, on September 26, 2013. Sunil Abraham will present an update on the Pervasive Technologies project as keynote at this meeting.

Click to read the original announcement published by the Washington College of Law here.

2:00	Welcome by PIJIP Director Michael Carroll
2:15	Copyright Flexibilities and Social and Economic Development: Current State of Knowledge Moderator: Walter Park, American University Department of Economics (Bio) Christian Handke, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Bio) Joost Poort, University of Amersterdam (Bio) Piotr Stryszowski, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bio) Rokia Alavi, International Islamic University of Malaysia (C.V.)
4:00	Break
4:15	Roundtable: Copyright Users Rights in Law Reform Moderator: Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law Jeremy Debeer, University of Ottawa, Canada (Bio) Rebecca Giblin, Monash University, Australia (Bio) Caroline Ncube, University of Cape Town, South Africa (Bio) Alberto Cerda, Georgetown University and Universidad de Chile (Bio) Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam (Bio)
6:00	Break
6:15	Keynote: Sunil Abraham, Center for the Internet and Society – India (Bio) Users Rights and Innovation in the ICT Industries in India
7:00	Reception (Room 600)

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