IViR bericht: The Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam invites you to a high-level symposium on alternative modes of regulating large-scale non-commercial online uses of copyrighted works
A multidisciplinary research group at IViR has spent the last two years conducting a large-scale empirical study of Alternative Compensation Systems (ACS), which, for a small monthly fee would authorize non-commercial online uses by individuals, including the downloading and sharing of protected works (such as music, films, and books), while compensating rights holders.
Our results suggest that consumers are dissatisfied with the currently available legal access channels, and consequently, different forms of ACS are supported by the majority of the Dutch population. Our results show that an ACS, if implemented, would provide extra revenues to music and audio-visual rights holders as compared to the status quo. Our project also proved that it is possible to include lay people in highly complex copyright policy decisions.
On Saturday, 11th of July, 2015, we will present our results, and discuss the implications of our findings in three high-profile panels. If you wish to attend, please register soon, as space is limited and running out fast!
Schedule
09.30 - 09.50 Doors open at the Agnietenkapel (symposium location), registration
09.50 - 10.00 Welcome by Prof. Bernt Hugenholtz (IViR)
10.00 - 12.00 Economic panel: alternatives to the current modes of financing creativity
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 15.00 Social and political panel: user involvement in copyright policy
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee/tea break
15.30 - 17.30 Legal panel: copyright reform ahead - limits of imagination
17.30 - 17.45 Discussion and closing"
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