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conferences
W(H)ITHER
THE MIDDLEMAN: THE ROLE AND FUTURE OF INTERMEDIARIES IN THE INFORMATION
AGE
Michigan
State University College of Law
April
8-9, 2005
DESCRIPTION
In
the information age, intermediaries have become increasingly redundant.
With online distribution and peer-to-peer technologies, consumers are
now able to transmit freely information without the intervention of a
third party. As time remains scarce and some services are costly to
provide, a number of intermediaries manages to survive. New value-added
services also have emerged to assist customers in navigating,
contextualizing, filtering, decoding, customizing, and authenticating
information. To examine the role and future of intermediaries in the
information age, this conference brings together intellectual property
scholars, communications policy experts, economists, political and
information scientists, and policymakers.
SCHEDULE
April
8, 2005: THE PLAYERS
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8:30 |
Breakfast
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9:00 |
Welcoming
Remarks
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Dean
Terence L. Blackburn, Michigan State University College of Law
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Prof.
Peter K. Yu, Michigan State University College of Law
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9:15 |
Broadcasting
Organizations, Collective Societies, and Online Service Providers
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Michael A. Geist, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
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Prof.
Eric Goldman, Marquette University Law School
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Prof.
Laura A. Heymann, The George Washington University Law School
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Prof.
Lydia Pallas Loren, Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of
Law
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Prof.
Michael J. Madison, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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Prof.
Mary Wong, Department of Law, Singapore Management University
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1:00 |
Luncheon
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2:00 |
Universities
& R&D Communities
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Margo A. Bagley, Emory University School of Law
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Prof.
Brett Frischmann, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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Prof.
Jay P. Kesan, University of Illinois College of Law
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Prof.
Katherine J. Strandburg, DePaul University College of Law
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3:45 |
Coffee
Break
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4:00 |
Artists,
Libraries, and Archives
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Michael W. Carroll, Villanova University School of Law
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Prof.
Peter A. Jaszi, Washington College of Law, American University
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Prof.
R. Anthony Reese, University of Texas School of Law
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Prof.
Margaret Ann Wilkinson, University of Western Ontario Faculty
of Law
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Prof.
Diane L. Zimmerman, New York University School of Law
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6:00
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The
Second Annual Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property &
Communications Law
"Creative
Economies"
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8:00 |
Dean's
Dinner Reception |
April
9, 2005: THE FRAMEWORK
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8:30 |
Breakfast
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9:00 |
The
Economics of the Middlemen
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Thomas F. Cotter, Frederic G. Levin College of Law, University
of Florida
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Prof.
Stacey Dogan, Northeastern University School of Law
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Prof.
Stan J. Liebowitz, Department of Finance & Managerial
Economics, University of Texas at Dallas
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Prof.
Michael J. Meurer, Boston University School of Law
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10:45 |
Coffee
Break
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11:00 |
Regulation,
Ethics, and Free Speech
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Jennifer Chandler, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
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Prof.
Christine Haight Farley, Washington College of Law, American
University
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Prof.
Debora Halbert, Department of History and Political Science,
Otterbein College
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Prof.
Matt Jackson, Department of Communications, Pennsylvania State
University
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Prof.
Sonia Katyal, Fordham University School of Law
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1:00 |
Luncheon
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2:30 |
The
Architecture of the Intermediaries
Moderator:
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Prof.
Steven S. Wildman, Department of Telecommunication,
Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University
Speakers:
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Rajiv
Shah, National Center for Digital Government, John F. Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University
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Prof.
Jonathan K. Shapiro, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Michigan State University
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Prof.
Charles Steinfield, Department of Telecommunication,
Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University
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4:00 |
Coffee
Break
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4:15 |
The
Future of the Intermediaries
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina School of Law
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Robert
A. Heverly, Lecturer in Law, The Norwich Law School,
University of East Anglia
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Prof.
Dan Hunter, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Prof.
Ian R. Kerr, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
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Prof.
David Post, James E. Beasley School of Law, Temple University
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6:00 |
Conference
Adjourned
Prof.
Peter K. Yu, Michigan State University College of Law
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7:30 |
Dinner
Reception
Restaurant
Villegas
1735
Grand River Avenue, Okemos, MI |
CONFERENCE
FELLOWS
Prof.
Johannes M. Bauer
Department
of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media
Michigan
State University
Prof.
M. Scott Boone
Appalachian
School of Law
Prof.
Bruce M. Kennedy
University
of Toledo College of Law
Prof.
Mark McKenna
St.
Louis University School of Law
Prof.
Liam O’Melinn
Pettit
College of Law, Ohio Northern University
Prof.
Peng Tao
Politics
and Law School
China
University of Geosciences
Prof.
Vanessa B. Pierce
Ave
Maria School of Law
Prof.
Mark F. Schultz
Southern
Illinois University School of Law
Prof.
Michael Zhaoxu Yan
Department
of Communication Studies
University
of Michigan
SYMPOSIUM
ISSUE AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2006
Mich. St. L. Rev. 1–234
Peter
K. Yu, Of Monks, Medieval Scribes, and Middlemen, 2006 Mich.
St. L. Rev. 1
Lawrence Lessig, Creative Economies, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 33
Ann
Bartow, Women in the Web of Secondary Copyright Liability and
Internet Filtering, 32 N. Ky. L. Rev. 449 (2005)
Michael
W. Carroll, Creative Commons and the New Intermediaries, 2006
Mich. St. L. Rev. 45
Thomas F. Cotter, Some Observations on the Law and Economics of
Intermediaries, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 67
Debora Halbert, Two Faces of Disintermediation: Corporate Control or
Accidental Anarchy, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 83
Robert A. Heverly, Law as Intermediary, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev.
107
Matt Jackson, The Technological Revolution Will Not Be Televised:
Canadian Copyright and Internet Transmissions, 2006 Mich. St. L.
Rev. 133
Michael J. Madison, Social Software, Groups, and Governance, 2006
Mich. St. L. Rev. 153
Margaret Ann Wilkinson, The Public Interest in Moral Rights
Protection, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 193
Diane
Leenheer Zimmerman, Can Our Culture Be Saved? The Future of
Digital Archiving, 91 Minn. L. Rev. 989 (2007)
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