Hill Event on December 13: “CopyRIGHT: Can Free Marketeers Agree on Copyright Reform?”

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Adam Mossoff, Hill Event on December 13: “CopyRIGHT: Can Free Marketeers Agree on Copyright Reform?”, Truth on the Market (November 30, 2012), https://truthonthemarket.com/2012/11/30/hill-event-on-december-13-copyright-can-free-marketeers-agree-on-copyright-reform/

 What promises to be an interesting and lively panel discussion on copyright will occur on the Hill on December 13.  Even better, it includes not one but two Truth on the Market bloggers–Geoff and me!  Come one, come all! 

 

EVENT ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2012
CONTACT: Will Rinehart
(202) 599-0408

Register for “CopyRIGHT: Can Free Marketeers
Agree On Copyright Reform?” 12/13

WASHINGTON D.C. – Join TechFreedom, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the International Center for Law & Economics on December 13 at 3pm for “CopyRIGHT: Can Free Marketeers Agree On Copyright Reform?”

A panel of free marketeers with diverse views on copyright will explore the debate among conservatives and libertarians about the purpose of copyright, how it interacts with other rights, and a range of other questions. How is copyright like real property, and how do they differ? Will technological change force copyright to change, too? We will address these questions and discuss areas of consensus and disagreement regarding how and whether the Copyright Act should be amended to address challenges involving orphan works, fair use, piracy, intermediary liability, free speech and rogue foreign websites — among others.

TechFreedom President Berin Szoka will moderate a panel featuring:

You can follow the conversation on Twitter on the #RightCR hashtag. You can join the Facebook event to see who else will be coming—but please RSVP. A livestream of the event will be available here.

When:
Thursday, December 13, 2012
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (coffee and registration begins at 2:45 p.m.) 

Where:
Capitol Meeting Room HC-8 (directions
United States Capitol 
Washington D.C. 20004

Questions? Email contact@techfreedom.org.  

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About The International Center for Law & Economics:

The International Center for Law and Economics is a non-profit, non-partisan research center aimed at fostering rigorous policy analysis and evidence-based regulation.