In January 2019, for the first time since the passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998, works will enter the public domain in the United States due to the expiration of the copyright term. This event celebrates the legal and public policy rationale behind copyright limits and the public domain, as well as the creativity of those individuals whose works will soon enter the public domain. 
 
We’ll be talking about Virginia Woolf, Charlie Chaplin, Man Ray, Hemingway, the future of copyright law and much more. 


Our series of speakers includes
Michael Cunningham , Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours . Nicole Kidman won an academy award for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in the movie based on The Hours.
Professor Lawrence Lessig , Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Public Domain Advocate and Founder of the Creative Commons.
Whitney Scharer , author of The Age of Light, a debut novel about the relationship between Lee Miller and Surrealist Photographer Man Ray.
Dan Kamin , trainer, Chaplin expert and performer who worked with Robert Downey, Jr. and Johnny Depp in preparation for Chaplin, Benny & Joon and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Paul J. Edwards, Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy, American Studies, Harvard University
Hilary K. Justice, Ph.D.
Hemingway Specialist | The Ernest Hemingway Collection,
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Program Schedule
You are welcome to come for the morning or afternoon session, or stay all day. Either way, join us for an entertaining lunch with Dan Kamin.
Morning

9:30 WELCOMING REMARKS
Andrew Perlman
Dean, Suffolk University Law School

9:40 I INTRODUCTION
Rebecca Curtin
Associate Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School

10:00 Michael Cunningham
Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours 
Past Tense, Present Tense: The Ongoing Life of Virginia Woolf

11:00 NETWORKING BREAK

11:15 PANEL DISCUSSION
Copyright and the Public Domain

Moderator
Rebecca Curtin
Associate Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School

Paul Heald
Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor of Law, University of Illinois, College of Law

Bob Brauneis
Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Program and Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

Joseph Liu
Professor of Law, Boston College Law School 


Lunch

Dan Kamin, Comedy in Motion
Charlie Chaplin Demonstration: Funny Bones
Performer and Chaplin expert Dan Kamin is sought by Hollywood when it comes to training actors and comedians about the “slick moves” of Charlie Chaplin. Kamin worked with Johnny Depp for his role in Benny and Joon and with Robert Downey, Jr., for his role as Chaplin.
Afternoon

1:45 NETWORKING BREAK

2:00 Lawrence Lessig
Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School
How Losing Wins: The Fight for a Public Domain

3:00 PANEL DISCUSSION
The Jazz Age from Harlem to Paris and Beyond

D. Quentin Miller
Professor of English, Suffolk University 

Hilary K. Justice , Ph.D.
Hemingway Specialist | The Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

Paul J. Edwards, Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy, American Studies, Harvard University

4:00 Wyatt Bonikowski , Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English Department, Suffolk University  
War and Woolf: Reflections on Mrs. Dalloway and Reactions to World War I Trauma

4:30 INTERVIEW
Elif Armbruster, Ph.D.
Professor of English, Suffolk University 

Whitney Scharer
Author Age of Light, a debut novel about the relationship between Lee Miller and Surrealist Man Ray

5:30 – 6:30 POST NOTE and RECEPTION:  Alex Garens, Esq., BPLA and Amanda Schreyer, Copyright Society.

Special Thanks to
free to the public