Special Events

Special events hosted by Harvard will be webcast live at copyx.org/live/. Past special events are listed below. To access the download links below, right-click and then select “Save Link As.”

Special events hosted by Harvard

2020

• CopyrightX 2020 Summit (open to CopyrightX students, alumni, and teaching faculty): Due to COVID-19, the 2020 CopyrightX Summit has been cancelled. We hope to resume this tradition when circumstances allow.
  • Schedule and Information

2019

• CopyrightX 2019 Summit (open to CopyrightX students, alumni, and teaching faculty), Tuesday May 14, 2019.
  • Schedule and Information
• Creative experience in film (costume design), Wednesday April 17, 2019 10:20am EDT (14:20 UTC) [Download]
  • Guest: Ruth Carter

2018

• Fair Use, April 18, 2018 15:20 to 16:40 UTC (10:20 to 11:40 EDT)[YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  • Guest: Judge Leval
• Traditional Knowledge,  April 4, 2018, 15:20 to 16:40 UTC (10:20 to 11:40 EDT) [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  • Guest: Ruth Okediji

2017

• Business Strategy and Law Reform,  March 1, 2017, 15:20 to 16:40 UTC (10:20 to 11:40 EDT) [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  • Guest: Fred von Lohmann

2016

• International IP, April 13, 2016, 1420 to 1540 UTC (10:20 to 11:40 EDT) [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  • Guest: Shira Perlmutter
• Literature, March 23, 2016, 1420 to 1540 UTC (10:20 to 11:40 EDT) [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  • Guests: Akhil Sharma and Ron Suskind

2015

• Photography, April 8, 2015, 1420 to 1540 UTC (10:20 to 11:40 EDT) [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  • Guests: Abelardo Morell and Gerald Frug
• Litigating Fair Use, April 15, 2015, 1420 to 1540 UTC (10:20 to 11:40 EDT) [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  • Guest: Bruce Rich

2014

• Creativity in Music, February 5, 2014  [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data Download]  
  
  • Guest: Joshua Redman
    
• Copyright and Development, March 12, 2014 [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data Download]
  
  • Guest: Ruth Okediji
• Berkman Center Discussion, April 2, 2014 [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  
  • Guests: Chris Bavitz, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Jeffrey Schnapp, and Stuart Shieber
    
• Negotiating Copyright Treaties, April 23, 2014 [YouTube] [Download] [Low-data download]
  
  • Guest: Justin Hughes

2013

• The Interests of Authors, February 6, 2013 [YouTube]
  • Guests: Dale Cendali, Richard Kelly, William Landay & John Drake
• IP Protection for Fashion, February 13, 2013 [YouTube]
  • Guests: Jeannie Suk & Chris Sprigman
• Extralegal Norms, February 27, 2013 [YouTube]
  • Guests: Dotan Oliar & Jim Mendrinos
• Appropriation Art, April 3, 2013 [YouTube]
  • Guests: Shepard Fairey, Marita Sturken & Geoffrey Stewart
• Free Culture, April 17, 2013 [YouTube]
  • Guest: Larry Lessig
• Orphan Works and Digital Libraries, April 24, 2013 [YouTube]
  • Guests: Robert Darnton & John Palfrey

Special event hosted by Nairobi, Kenya affiliated course

• Copyright in the Creative Economy, March 1, 2014 [Dropbox]
  • Guest: Ms. Angela Ndambuki

Special event hosted by CopyrightX: AUC

• The Economics of Copyright and Creativity: Copyright and the Egyptian Film Industry [YouTube]
  • Guest: Maryanne Khoury