Remix/Mashup 2009: The Future of Creative Production and Ownership

Recent technological developments have created a wave of user-generated content in which preexisting sounds and images are appropriated, reshaped, and shared with unprecedented ease.

What are the implications of this mashup and remix culture for intellectual property law today? In the world of so-called Web 2.0, where the ability to remix is built into many web applications, what is fair use and what is copyright infringement? Join us for a series of panels and interviews with artists, filmmakers, technology experts, and legal scholars who are attempting to navigate and shape this thorny landscape. Speakers include mash-up artist Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky), social media expert JD Lasica, video remix artist Jonathan McIntosh, singer-songwriter Terra Naomi, documentary filmmaker Gordon Quinn, and Ben Relles, creator of "Obama Girl."

The keynote address by Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky) takes place in the Wexner Center's Mershon Auditorium at 7 PM on Thursday, March 12, and is free and open to the public without advance registration.



Keep reading for more about the speakers. Click here for complete schedule and details about admission and registration.

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law, I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, and the Wexner Center. Speakers

Julie Ahrens, associate director, Fair Use Project, Stanford Law School

Dan Cooper, managing editor, Fox News

Francesca Coppa, professor of English, Muhlenberg College

Mindy Faber, filmmaker and director, Open Youth Networks

Alison Hanold, associate director, Center for Social Media, American University

JD Lasica, journalist, activist, and cofounder of Ourmedia.org

Gillian Lusins, vice president for intellectual property, NBC Universal

Jonathan McIntosh, remix artist and media activist

Darrell Miller, copyright attorney

Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky), composer, multimedia artist, and writer

Terra Naomi, singer-songwriter

Gordon Quinn, documentary filmmaker and artistic director of Kartemquin Films

Ben Relles, creator of Obama Girl videos

Pam Samuelson, professor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

Rebecca Tushnet, professor, Georgetown University Law Center