Entertainment insiders, USC Law professors, examine the collision of technology and artistic content
Whether it’s downloading a song through iTunes, watching a favorite show on Hulu, or using BitTorrent to download computer software, students on university campuses across the nation are undoubtedly familiar with some of the major players and problems in the ever-expanding field of copyright law.
USC Law students packed Room 7 to listen to several top industry minds tackle “Current and Future Challenges in Copyright Law” on Oct. 20.
The event was presented by the USC Federalist Society, the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Law Society, the USC International Law Society and the Gould/Marshall Alliance. It was supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
Alongside USC Law Professors Jonathan Barnett and Jack Lerner on the panel were John Malcolm (Motion Picture Association of America), Carlos Linares (Recording Industry Association of America), Jon Healey (Los Angeles Times) and Josh Wattles (deviantART.com).
The professors laid the foundation for the discussion by asking three important questions of the guests:
- Taking the law as it currently reads, are there workable business models to support revenue streams to fund content generation and delivery?
- How could the law be changed to allow for better business models not currently possible?
- What will actually happen considering the current political economy?