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The Google Book Search Project and Canada: Cross-Border Legal Perspectives

Event date: Friday, May 28, 2010, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

The Google Book Search Project and Canada: Cross-Border Legal Perspectives

Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

May 28, 2010

Bennett Lecture Hall, Flavelle House

78 Queen`s Park, Toronto ON

The Google Book Project in general, and the proposed settlement reached by Google and the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against it in particular, have already generated a great deal of controversy. Most of the debate, however, has focused on US law and policy, whereas very little attention has been given to the implications of the settlement for Canadian readers and authors. This one-day conference will begin filling this gap and explore the implications of the Google Book Settlement for Canada.

This one-day conference will bring together various commentators, players and stakeholders to draw lessons from the American experience and consider possible Canadian solutions for the copyright challenges presented by the mass digitization and reuse of works.

If you missed the conference but wish to view it on video, please click the links below.


8:00 -8:45	Registration and breakfast

8:45 – 9:00	Welcome
	Ariel Katz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto; Director, Centre for Innovation Law and Policy Video Link: http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20100528-CILP-1/index.htm
Session One: The Google Books Settlement: American Perspectives
9:00 – 10:15	Jonathan Band, Counsel, Library Copyright Alliance Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law Video Link: http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20100528-CILP-1/index.htm
10:15 – 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 – 12:15	Is the GBS (anti)-competitive? James Grimmelmann, Associate Professor, New York Law School D. Jarrett Arp, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Scott Sher, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Video Link: http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20100528-CILP-2/index.htm
12:15 – 1:15	Lunch

Session Two: The Google Books Settlement: Canadian Perspectives
1:15 – 2:45	Howard Knopf, Moffat & Co. , Macera & Jarzyna LLP David Fewer, Director, The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Catherine Campbell, IP Committee Chair, Canadian Publishers’ Council Video Link: http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20100528-CILP-3/index.htm
2:45 – 3:15	Coffee break

Session Three: Looking Forward – Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
3:15 – 3:45	The Canadian Orphan Works Regime Mario Bouchard, General Counsel, Copyright Board of Canada
3:45 – 5:15	Panel Discussion: Evaluating Different Solutions to the Orphan Works Problem Moderator: Grace Westcott Mario Bouchard, General Counsel, Copyright Board of Canada Roanie Levy, General Counsel, Access Copyright Thomas Riis, Professor of Law, Copenhagen Business School Jacob Ziegel, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Ariel Katz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Video Link: http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20100528-CILP-4/index.htm

5:15 – 6:00	Reception

The conference is sponsored by the Microsoft Information Society Project