On 6 and 7 July IViR will host the
23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI).
This conference provides a platform for academics from all over the world to present and discuss research relating economic theory to all aspects of copyright and intellectual property of a cultural nature.
Local organisers are Joost Poort (University of Amsterdam) and Nerko Hadziarapovic (HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht).
Please find all practical information, information about the programme and a registration link below.
Venue
The congress will be held at IViR, Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam.
Address:
REC A5.24 (5th floor)
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
The building is best reached by metro, at a five-minute walking distance from Weesperplein station. For directions, see also here.
Programme
| Monday July 6 | |
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| 8:30 | Walk-in & coffee |
| 8:50 | Welcome address: Ariel Katz (SERCI President), Joost Poort (University of Amsterdam). |
| 9:00 | Session 1: SERCI Annual Guest Keynote Lecture. Chairperson: Ariel Katz (University of Toronto). Speaker: Imke Reimers (Cornell University), “Copyright: Effects of Digitization and Implications for LLMs”. |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Session 2: Artificial Intelligence. Chairperson: Kristelia Garcia (Georgetown University). 1. Christian Handke (Erasmus University of Rotterdam), “Machines Will Not Replace Us: Generative AI, Artists Labour Markets and the Need for Certification”. 2. Timothy Hsieh (Oklahoma City University), ““I Don’t Want Your AI Slop, or Pink Slime Either”: Market Substitution, Brown Shoe Submarkets, and the Fourth Fair Use Factor in the Age of Generative AI”. 3. Sepehr Shahshahani (Washington University School of Law), “Market Design for AI. Beyond the copyright binary”. 4. Zachary Cooper (Weizenbaum Institute / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), “Cre-AI-tive Control: Interventions Against the Privatisation of Creativity and Copyright in the Age of AI Assisted Works”. |
| 12:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Session 3: The Creative Economy. Chairperson: Christian Handke (Erasmus University of Rotterdam). 1. Dimiter Gantchev (Visiting Professor, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London), “The Role of Data in the Creative Economy”. 2. Giovanni Ramello (University of Turin), “Labour Division and Imitation in Creative Markets”. 3. Ruth Towse (University of Bornemouth), “Cost-Benfit Analysis, Copyright Law and AI: The UK Experience of Policy Change”. 4. Felipe Buitrago (WIPO), “The Creative Eco-System Diagnostic Model”. |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | Session 4: Copyright Registrations. Chairperson: Richard Watt (University of Canterbury) 1. Xiaoren Wang (University of Dundee and CREATe), “Creatively Misinformed: Mining Social Media to Capture Internet Creators and Users’ Misunderstanding of Copyright Registration”. 2. Ryan Safner (US Copyright Office), “What Copyrights Are Registered?”. |
| 17:00 | SERCI AGM |
| 17:15 | Drinks |
| 18:30 | SERCI gala supper |
| Tuesday July 7 | |
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| 8:30 | Walk-in & coffee |
| 9:00 | Session 5: Copyright Industries. Chairperson: Ruth Towse (University of Bournemouth) 1. Antanina Garansvilli (London Metropolitan University), “Intellectual Property Right Bundling by Firms in Copyright-Intensive Industries”. 2. Michael Palmedo (US Copyright Office), “AI Skill Demand and Employment Stratification in Copyright-Intensive Information Industries: Evidence from Job Postings and Industry-Level Employment Data”. 3. Martin Kretschmer (University of Glasgow and CREATe), “Knowledge Markets of Dysfunction: Do Libraries Have a Future?”. 4. Gerry Wall (Wall Communications), “Profile of Canadian Copyright Collective Administrations”. |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Session 6: Piracy, Enforcement and Fair Use. Chairperson: Giovanni Ramello (University of Turin). 1. Brett Dannaher (Chapman University), “The Incremental Effect of High-Quality Piracy Sources on Theatrical Revenue”. 2. Hannibal Travis (Florida International University), “Reliable Sources? The Fake News Scare and the Decline of Fair Use in USA”. 3. Christian Peukert (University of Lausanne), “Platform Governance and Automated Enforcement: Evidence From YouTube Content ID”. 4. Juliana Paixão (FGV Rio), “Is Copyright a Barrier to Algorithmic Accountability?”. |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Session 7: Music. Chairperson: Brett Dannaher (Chapman University) 1. Qinquing Xu (Manchester University), “A Disconnected Reality: The Flourishing Chinese Music Industry and Struggling Songwriters”. 2. Will Page (Pivotal Economics), “A Case For Completion”. 3. Alexander Cuntz (WIPO), “Platform Discovery and Cumulative Creativity in the Music Industry”. 4. James Rhys Edwards (SINUS Markt- und Sozialforschung GmbH), “Local Repertoire, Sense of Place, and the Welfare Gap in Collective Licensing: Evidence From a Field Experiment in European In-Store Music Environments”. |
| 16:30 | Wrap up of congress |
Hotels
Amsterdam hotels have gotten fairly expensive over the last few years, but we’ve arranged discounts for a few recommended hotels in various price ranges, that are relatively close by. Once you’ve registered via the link below, we’ll send you some suggestions and the promo codes.
Registration
There is no registration fee for this conference but is it mandatory to register via the form below for logistics and catering purposes (preferably before 19 June).