Creative Industries in Transition fosters thought, scholarship and debate on the future of creativity... more

We must meet the challenge of the growing threat to intellectual property. The attack we are facing is taking place in both the court of public opinion and the federal courts themselves, and should not be taken lightly. The challenge to copyright affects individuals and businesses across the entire spectrum of creativity and intellectual property. Intellectual property is at the very heart of economic development.

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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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