To coincide with the US launch of critically acclaimed graphic novel Ricky Rouse Has a Gun, this panel asks whether copyright has lost one of its principal functions: to protect authors and original ideas. In the digital age, does copyright have a purpose beyond protecting corporations from illegal copying and file sharing?
COPYRIGHT vs. CREATIVITY
Is Intellectual Property Reserved for the 1%?
Jörg Tittel, Author, Ricky Rouse Has a Gun
Charles Brownstein, Executive Director, Comic Book Legal Defence Fund
Christopher Sprigman, Professor of Law, Author of The Knockoff Economy
Barton Beebe, John M. Desmarais Professor of Intellectual Property Law
Date: Tuesday, September 23
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Location: Lipton Hall (inside D’Agostino Hall), 108 West Third St.
Free sandwiches offered on a first-come-first-served basis.
Email Nicole Arzt at nicole.arzt@nyu.edu if you plan to attend.