Conference Audio
Conference Video
Conference Slides
Transcriptions

We are please to provide the online community free access to many valuable resources regarding Digital Rights Management. Our Resources webpage has a plethora of critical articles concerning Digital Rights Management, and also provides access to the academic papers that were presented at the Conference. Transcriptions of all the Conference sessions are available on the Transcriptions webpage. Slides used by speakers during presentations are available on the Slides webpage. Lastly, we also are also making available digital audio recordings and video footage of most* of the conference.

Feb. 28
Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business

8:45-10:30
DRM as an enabler of business models
Transcription of Panel (HTML)

Carl Shapiro, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley (moderator)
David Reed, Cable Labs
Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers
Bob Blakley, IBM Corp.
Donald M. Whiteside, Intel Corp.
Cary Sherman, Recording Industry Association of America
Lon Sobel, Entertainment Law Reporter (paper on ISPs as digital retailers)
Sarah Deutsch, Verizon Communications

11-12:30
Impacts of DRMs on innovation, competition, & security
Transcription of Panel (HTML)

Hal Varian, SIMS, UC Berkeley (moderator)
David Farber, Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania
John Manferdelli, Microsoft Corp.
Lucky Green, cypherpunks.to
Alex Alben, RealNetworks, Inc.

 

1:30-3:00
Impacts of DRMs on flows of information
Transcription of Panel (HTML)

David Wagner, Computer Science, UC Berkeley (moderator)
Hal Abelson, MIT
Edward Felten, Computer Science, Princeton University
Joe Liu, Boston College Law School (paper on DMCA and research)
Larry Lessig, Stanford Law School (paper on Creative Commons)
John Erickson, Hewlett Packard

3:30-5:00
Impacts of DRMs on consumers
Transcription of Panel (HTML)

Chris Murray, Consumers Union (moderator)
Julie Cohen, Georgetown Univ. Law School (paper on DRM & privacy)
Joan Feigenbaum, Computer Science, Yale University
Raymond Ku, Seton Hall Law School (paper on private copying)
Anita Ramasastry, Univ. of Washington Law School (paper on consumer
protection issues)
Tomas Sander, Hewlett Packard

March 1
Bancroft Hotel

8:30-8:55
David Nelson Memorial Keynote Address: A Voice from Congress on DRM
Transcription of Panel (HTML)

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, (D-California)

9:00-10:45
DRM-related legal and policy initiatives in the U.S.
Transcription of Panel (HTML)

Pamela Samuelson, Boalt Hall (moderator)
Fritz Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America
Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and Technology
Ed Black, Computer & Communications Industry Association
Richard Epstein, U. of Chicago Law School
Jon Healey, LA Times
Emery Simon, Business Software Alliance
Mozelle Thompson, Federal Trade Commission

 

11:15-12:00
Anti-circumvention regulations in the US and elsewhere
Transcription of Panel (HTML)

Mark Lemley, Boalt Hall (moderator)
Graeme Dinwoodie, Chicago Kent LS (paper on European
implementation of anti-circumvention rules)
Bernt Hugenholtz, Univ. of Amsterdam, Information Law Institute
Tony Reese, Univ. of Texas Law School (paper on influence of anti-
circumvention rules on DRM choices)