Date: Thursday 5th February 2004
Venue: Council Room, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London WC1

PROGRAMME

9.00-10.30:
Dr Kathy Bowrey, School of Law, University of New South Wales
Can we afford to think about copyright in a global marketplace?
Professor Joost Smiers, Utrecht School of the Arts
Like an Octopus: The Untenability of Copyright

10.30-11.00: Tea and coffee

11.00-12.00:
Ms Anne Barron, Law Department, London School of Economics and Political Science
Understanding Copyright Law: Methods of Analysis and Explanatory Frameworks

12.00-2.00: Lunch

2.00-3.30:
Dr Michael Spence, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, and Dr Timothy Endicott, Balliol College, Oxford
Vagueness and the Scope of Copyright
Ms Stina Teilmann, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
His Own Unaided Work

3.30-4.00: Tea and coffee

4.30-5.00:
Mr John Cahir, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute
The libertarian case against a public-interest serving copyright law in the digitally networked environment
Professor Lionel Bently, School of Law,Kings College London
Title to be confirmed

There is no charge for attendance at the workshops, but numbers are limited and people wishing to attend should reserve a place by contacting Valerie Hoare on v.hoare@bbk.ac.uk (020 7323 4408).