"Join the Center for Intellectual Property for its annual symposium exploring the relationship between the U.S. copyright monopoly, technological innovation and higher education institutions.

Although the default rules in U.S. copyright law encourage exclusive ownership and create a limited monopoly, today's technological and cultural landscape encourages sharing and collaboration. The result is a high-stakes conflict between copyright law and culture. Where do higher education interests reside? We will discuss these issues in the context of:

The Development of User Generated Content
Mass Digitization Projects
The Transformation of "Authorship"
Use of Wikis, Blogs and other Technologies in the Development of Scholarship"