Cato will hold a half-day conference on Copyright Controversies: Freedom, Property, Content Creation, and the DMCA, on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:45.

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Schedule:

8:30–9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION

9:00–9:30 a.m. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary Rep.

Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Member, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary

9:30–10:30 a.m. PANEL I - Foundations of Copyright

Moderator: Drew Clark, Senior Writer, National Journal

Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, The Cato Institute

Jim DeLong, Senior Fellow, Director of the Center for the Study of Digital Property, The Progress & Freedom Foundation

David K. Levine, Coauthor, Against Intellectual Monopoly

10:30–10:45 a.m. BREAK

10:45–11:45 a.m. PANEL II - Copyright and Technology

Moderator: Kevin Maney, Technology Columnist, USA Today

Gregory Lastowka, Coauthor, "Amateur to Amateur: The Rise of a New Creative Culture"

Michael Masnick, President and CEO, TechDirt Corporate Intelligence

Patrick Ross, Senior Fellow, Vice President for Communications and External Affairs, The Progress & Freedom Foundation

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m PANEL III— The Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Moderator: Declan McCullagh, Staff Writer, C|Net News.com*

Tim Lee, Author, "Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act"

Solveig Singleton, Senior Adjunct Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation

Emery Simon, General Counsel, Business Software Alliance*

Gary Shapiro, President, Consumer Electronics Association

12:45-1:45 p.m LUNCHEON

* Invited

F. A. Hayek Auditorium
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C.