Don't forget to join us for day two of In re Books. Livestream is available at www.nyls.edu/inrebooks/saturday
*Here are descriptions of the panels that are going on today:* * * *Panel Five: In re Backlist (9:00 - 10:30)* Printed books have existed for more than five centuries. Bringing this immense backlist into digital form presents both challenges and opportunities. This panel will discuss the twinned problems of orphan works and mass digitization. Topics: - The causes of and extent of the orphan works problem - The Google Books project and litigation - The future of physical and electronic archiving - Are the "digital humanities" an oxymoron? - Orphan works reforms, legitimate and otherwise Panelists: - Jake Linford, Florida State University (moderator) - Matthew Sag, Loyola University Chicago - Pamela Samuelson, University of California at Berkeley - Jule Sigall, Microsoft - Break (10:30 - 11:00) *Panel Six: In re Everything (11:00 - 1:00)* This panel steps back from the details to take a longer view of the history and future of books and law. Participants will talk about long-term trends in publishing, culture, law, and technology, with an eye towards ensuring a harmonious future for them all. Topics: - The storied past and uncertain future of print - Piracy over the centuries: has anything really changed? - The broken political economy of copyright - The publishing industry as it has been and still might become - Why books? Panelists: - Jaes Gleick, Author - Stanley N. Katz, Princeton University - Jessica Litman, University of Michigan - Stuart M. Shieber, Harvard University - John Thompson, University of Cambridge Thanks for joining the conversation! Jake -- Jake Brown-Steiner J.D. Candidate, Class of 2013 New York Law School Institute for Information Law and Policy, Student Research Fellow
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