Saving Journalism from Itself?  Hot News, Copyright Fair Use and News Aggregation
Channel: The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Date: 2010-04-20

One of the biggest challenges facing existing and new media companies is the question of how to respond to the rise of news aggregators, from hyper-local blogs to Google News. Featuring attorneys for both sides of the recent case involving GateHouse Media and the New York Times, as well as in-house counsel for the Associated Press and experts in the area of copyright law and fair use, this panel looks at the future of hot news and copyright fair use as they apply to different forms of news aggregation on the Internet.

Sam Bayard - Citizen Media Law Project, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Bruce D. Brown - Baker and Hostetler LLP
Michael Grygiel - Hiscock & Barclay, LLP (outside counsel for GateHouse Media)
R. David Hosp - Goodwin Procter LLP (outside counsel for New York Times)
Joseph Liu - Professor, Boston College Law School
Christopher Bavitz (moderator) - Assistant Director, Cyberlaw Clinic, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
This panel is part of the Online Media Legal Network's 2010 conference "Journalism's Digital Transition:
Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities" held at Harvard Law School on Friday, April 9, 2010.

Find more information here:
http://www.omln.org/conference