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UPCOMING
EVENTS
The Kernochan Center would like to congratulate the Class of 2008.
Have a great summer, and please check back with us soon for future
Kernochan Center
events.
RECENT EVENTS
The Annual Horace
S. Manges Lecture on Copyright and the Challenges for Libraries and
Educational Institutions, given by James Neal, Vice President for
Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University
for more information, please click
here.
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“Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Issues of Museum Deaccessioning"
Panel Discussion
March 11, 2008
“Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Issues of Museum Deaccessioning,” featuring Professor Patty
Gerstenblith, Director, DePaul College of Law’s Program in Cultural Heritage Law; C. Michael Norton, Bone McAllester Norton PLLC;
Ronald D. Spencer, Carter, Ledyard and Milburn; and Lee Rosenbaum, Creator of CutureGrrl, the well-known art blog, and frequent contributor
to the Wall Street Journal.
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Fair Use Symposium
February 8, 2008
The Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts along
with the Journal for Law and the Arts will be hosting a day-long
Symposium on Fair Use. The Keynote Speaker will be Professor Paul
Goldstein, the Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford
Law School. The panels will consist of 3 topics titled "What is
Transformative?", "Reconsidering the Four Factors" and "Beyond Fair
Use."
Recent Developments in Fair Use
Speakers: Robert Clarida ‘93, Cowan, Leibowitz & Latman and Kenneth Crews, Director, Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University.
March 4:
Music Licensing Reform
Speakers: Bruce Joseph, Wiley Rein & Fielding and Fred Koenigsberg ‘72, White & Case.
February 12:
Secondary Liability Under Copyright
Speakers: Andrew Bridges, Winston & Strawn and Stan Pierre-Louis, Viacom.
January 29:
The
Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), Site-Specific Art and other Recent
Controversies
Speakers: Richard
Altman, Esq. and Scott Lewis, Anderson & Kreiger.
January 22:
User-Generated Content Principles, Filtering & Fair Use
Speakers: Jeffrey Cunard, Debevoise & Plimpton and John Palfrey, Harvard Law School.
Arts Law Summer Internships Brown Bag for the
Summer of 2008
Thursday, October 25, 2008
A unique summer
funding opportunity for 1L's and 2L's to learn about the Joseph Solomon
Internships, John F. Wharton Internship, and additional arts and media
related internships in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington
D.C. Former Interns will describe their experiences.
15th Anniversary of the Morton L. Janklow Chair in Literary and
Artistic Property Law Reception
and the launch of www.keepyourcopyrights.org
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
On September 19th, the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts will
Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Morton L. Janklow chair in
Intellectual Property Law. In honor of Janklow's work on behalf of
author's rights, the Center will mark the occasion with the launch of a
new website designed to educate artistic creators about their
copyrights. The site is being developed in conjunction with the Program
for Law & Technology.
Treasures and Taxes Panel
Monday,
October 1, 2007
Taxes may be something most people try to avoid but issues involving the
Internal Revenue Service often figure prominently in the lives of
artists and those who collect art. On October 1, the Kernochan Center
will present “Treasures & Taxes: the Intersection of Art and the
Internal Revenue Code” which will look at some old laws and new changes
which impact the arts community. Panelists include renowned Art Law
attorney Ralph Lerner of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Anita Defanis
Co-Director of Government Affairs at the Association of Art Museum
Directors, Sarah Geelan ’97, Associate Counsel of the Guggenheim
Foundation, and Daniel Hoffman, Consultant in Poetry of the Library of
Congress (1973-1974).
The 20th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Lionel Bently, the Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property at
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge delivered the 20th Annual
Horace S. Manges Lecture on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Columbia Law
School.
Spring 2007 IP Speaker Series:
January 16: Technological Protection of Copyrighted Works and the § 1201
Rulemaking
Speakers: Steve Metalitz, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP & Jonathan
Band, Jonathan Band PLLC
January 23: Appropriation Art
Speakers: Robert Clarida, Cowan, Leibowitz & Latman & Carol Witschel,
White & Case LLP
February. 13: Creative Commons Licenses
Speakers: Wendy Seltzer, Creative Commons & Joan McGivern, ASCAP
March 20: "Orphan Works" and Photographers
Speakers: Jeffrey Cunard, Debevoise & Plimpton & Nancy Wolff, Cowan,
DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP
March 27: New Business Models
Speakers: John Delaney, Morrison & Foerster & Gillian Lusins, NBC
Universal.
Ancient Objects in Modern Times: Perspectives on Preserving and
Collecting Antiquities Today
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Panelists archaeologist John Russell; Rebecca Murray, Associate Counsel
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Jane Levine, Senior Vice President at
Sotheby’s and Worldwide Compliance Director and John Sare, partner at
Patterson, Bellknap Webb & Tyler LLP will discuss and debate the issues
facing collections today. A reception will follow.
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