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Since the invention of the printing press, changes in technology have driven changes in copyright law. Legislators are challenged by the marketplace uncertainties fomented by technology changes. The Internet has posed important challenges to copyright law. In its early years, the Internet provided inexpensive and helpful communication means for academics, public researchers, and defense industry engineers before the computer network expanded by design in the 1990s to include millions of consumers and businesses.

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Creator Compensation in the Digital Age


Second Symposium

The second symposium for Creative Industries in Transition: New Directions for the Digital Era was held at The Library of Congress on Monday, October 27, 2008.

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Event participants (l-r): Ralph Oman, former Register of Copyrights and current Pravel Professorial Lecturer and GW CIEC Fellow; Susan Mann, Senior Director, Intellectual Property Policy, Microsoft Corp.; Maury Yeston, Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist, former Professor and Director of Undergraduate Music Studies, Yale University; Co-Director GW IP Law Program Robert Brauneis; Bhamati Viswanathan, GW CIEC Research Associate; Tanya Sandros, General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office; and Del Bryant, President & CEO, BMI.



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