New York Chapter

Rose Auslander and Jonathan Purow, Co-Chairs

February 12, 2010Dear Members of the New York Chapter of the Copyright Society:

We are excited to invite you to our

February 24th, 2010

luncheon program

at noon,at the Princeton Club, 15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY.

“Fan Wars: Copyright vs. Mash-ups and Fan Fiction”

Many mash-up artists seem unaware that their work implicates any rights at all, andcopyright owners may be reluctant to alienate fans with copyright restrictions. Artistssuch as Girl Talk remain outspoken against copyright restrictions on mash-up culture(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_(musician)). Individual copyright owners, such asthe owners of Star Wars, have adopted terms of use for mash-ups(see http://www.starwars.com/terms/index.html).Is fan and other mash-up activity important to enrich our culture? Are existingallowances for fair use adequate? Should mash-up artists and fan fiction publishershave any right (legal or moral) to complain when others copy and redistribute theirwork? What is a copyright owner or licensee to do when it has contractual obligationsto third parties in connection with their contributions? How should these issues beresolved?Please join us for a stimulating discussion with our highly distinguished panel: ProfessorSonia Katyal of Fordham Law School, Professor Shaka McGlotten of Purchase College,and Martin Schwimmer (Partner, Moses & Singer), moderated by Jay Kogan (DCComics™ and MAD Magazine™).To attend, please complete the attached form, and mail or fax it to The CopyrightSociety of the U.S.A., 352 7th Ave., Suite 739, NY, NY 10001, fax # (212) 354-2847, byFebruary 18, 2010. We look forward to seeing you!Date: February 24th, 2010Time: 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Cocktails (cash bar)12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m.: Lunch1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Program

(Please note: event will end promptly)

Place:

The Princeton Club, 15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY

Cost: $65.00 (members) $75.00 (non-members)CLE:

The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. is a NY CLE Approved Provider. This course is Transitional and Nontransitional, and provides 1.0 Credit (based on 50 minutes).

SPEAKERS:SONIA KATYAL

is a Professor of Intellectual Property, Property and Civil Rights Law atFordham Law School. Her work focuses on intellectual property, civil rights, and newmedia, with a special focus on art and freedom of expression. Katyal was awarded agrant from the Warhol Foundation for her book, Contrabrand, which studies therelationship between art, advertising and intellectual property. Her new book, PropertyOutlaws, (co-authored with Eduardo M. Penalver), which studies the role of civildisobedience in property and technology, was just published from Yale UniversityPress, and her work on fan fiction focuses on how copyright affects the representationof gender and sexuality. Her scholarly work has appeared in prominent legalpublications, including the Texas Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania LawReview, the UCLA Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. She received her A.B. fromBrown University and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

SHAKA MCGLOTTEN

is an Assistant Professor of Media, Society, and the Arts atPurchase College, where he teaches courses on media, ethnography, and digitalculture. His research focuses on the intersections of media technologies with categoriesof gender, sexuality, and race in particular. He also works in what might be broadlycalled “affect studies,” or the study of the ways feelings are central to our individuallylived and shared social experiences. He is currently at work on a manuscript thatexplores these themes. “Virtual Intimacies: Media Cultures and Queer Sociality”examines a range of media sites—DIY porn, online gaming, gay chatrooms—toexamine the mutual intensification between digital media culture and the creativity ofqueer sociality.

MARTIN SCHWIMMER

is a partner in the New York law firm of Moses & Singer,practicing trademark and copyright law. He publishes The Trademark Blog, the nation'soldest blog devoted to IP law. He is a fan of the Mets, the Jets, Arsenal, Lost, Fringeand Arrested Development. He has all of Girltalk's albums.

MODERATOR:JAY KOGAN

is Vice President Business & Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counselfor DC Comics™ and MAD Magazine™, where he serves as the companies’ chiefintellectual property counsel. Jay is also an adjunct professor at New York Law School,where he teaches Intellectual Property Licensing and Drafting. Jay received his J.D.and Masters Degree in Mass Media in a dual degree program at Boston UniversitySchool of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut.

Very truly yours,Rose AuslanderJonathan PurowChapter Co-Chairs

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