Copyright and the Digital Age: Oct 15

Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
The New School
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street


Aperture and The New School are pleased to present an important and timely discussion on essential issues of photography and copyright in a digital age. A current and burning issue since the Senate just passed a few days ago, The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Bill of 2008, designed to free up creative works for which no copyright holder can be located. The discussion will focus on what every working photographer today needs to know, engaging prominent experts to share their knowledge and different points of view. Panelists to include Nancy E. Wolff, lawyer and partner at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, who specializes in intellectual property and digital media law; Eileen Flanagan, licensing director of Magnum Photos and former national president of the American Society of Picture Professionals, with longstanding experience in the photo licensing business including Corbis, Getty Images, and the Chicago Historical Society; as well as photographer-turned-industry-advocate Lou Lesko. Moderated by Michelle Bogre, Associate Professor of Photography at Parsons The New School for Design.

This event is part of the series Confounding Expectations: Photography In Context.

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