THE FUTURE OF COPYRIGHT
Tuesday, 24 November 2015 – 18:00 to 19:30
Paccar Theatre, Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin.
Digitisation of creative works and exponential growth of web-based communications have made the enjoyment of music, films, books, TV and much more, almost ubiquitous. Alongside this, fast internet and the increasingly wide use of smartphones and portable devices has enabled users to exchange and easily share these files. Yet, the body of law that has traditionally aimed to ensure an economic incentive and reward to content creators and producers – broadly defined – has suffered for more than fifteen years from an identity crisis.
Join me in conversation with my Trinity colleague Giuseppe Mazziotti in a discussion around the commercial, technological, cultural and societal implications of the current review of the copyright framework undertaken in the context of the EU Digital Agenda, where European policy makers are seeking to ensure a more effective, uniform and acceptable definition of copyright’s scope and of its online enforcement techniques [see COM(2015) 192 final (pdf)].
The occasion for this talk is the publication by the European Parliament of a Review of the EU copyright framework [available here; pdf] which was co-authored by Giuseppe Mazziotti. The Parliament has already adopted a Report recommending copyright reform; and a legislative proposal is due very soon from the Commission. Moreover, in an Irish context, there will be an assessment of the current state of play relating to Modernising Copyright, the 2013 Report of the Copyright Review Committee (pdf here).
Admission to the event is free, but registration is advised.
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