Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the 1909 Copyright Act

at Santa Clara Law, April 30, 2009

Daly Science Building, Room 207
8:30 am - 6:30 pm

Sponsored by:

High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California Berkeley School of Law

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Attendance is free and open to the public.

 

CLE: Seven hours of CLE will be available.  Santa Clara Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.

 

Join two dozen distinguished scholars and practitioners to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the 1909 Act and its profound effect on U.S. and international copyright law.

 

The 1909 Copyright Act marked a revolution in U.S. copyright law. The 1909 Act was the first to protect works upon publication with notice, without prior registration; the first to expressly recognize a right to prepare derivative works; and the first to expressly recognize the public domain. The 1909 Act remained in effect for seven decades, during which time copyright law was repeatedly called upon to deal with the disruptive effect of new technologies, such as motion pictures, sound recordings, radio and television, photocopy machines, and computers. As a result, the 1909 Act had a significant influence on the copyright law we have today.