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2004 Program 

    

Saturday, October 2, 2004

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM Sessions

  

 

Evolution of Policy
    

Moderator:  

 
    

Papers:

Reinventing Media Activism:
Public Interest Advocacy in the Making of U.S. Communication-Information Policy, 1960-2002
Milton Mueller, Syracuse University
Brenden Kuerbis, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Christiane Page, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
    
Telecommunications Economy and Regulation as Coevolving Complex Adaptive Systems: Implications for Federalism
Barbara A. Cherry, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, Federal Communications Commission
     
Telecommunications Trade Liberalization and the WTO
    Michael Kende
    Howard Williams
  
  Product placement as an international practice:
Moral, legal, regulatory and trade implications
    Amit M. Schejter, Penn State University
    

Intellectual Property at a Crossroads

    

Moderator:  

Gig Sohn
    
Papers: A Better Copyright System? Comparing Welfare of Indefinitely Renewable Copyright and the Current Copyright System
Michael Y. Yuan, Gabelli School of Business, Roger Williams University
    
The Political Economy of Audio-visual Copyright Enforcement
David Waterman, Dept. of Telecommunications, Indiana University
    
Darknets, DRM, and Trusted Computing:
Economic Incentives for Platform Providers
Alessandro Acquisti, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University
  
Congestion Externalities as a Basis for Extended Intellectual Property Protection
Dennis S. Karjala, College of Law, Arizona State University
    

Internet Governance

    

Moderator:  

Chris Marsden
    
Papers: Trademarks and Consumer Search Costs on the Internet
Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School
Stacey L. Dogan, Northeastern University School of Law
    
Turmoil in dns Governance and its Merger into Trademark Law
John W. Bagby, Institute for Information Policy, Pennsylvania State University
John C. Ruhnka, University of Colorado at Denver
    
Multilateral Control of Internet Infrastructure and its Impact on U.S. Sovereignty
Kenneth Cukier
     
  The Internet Domain Name System: Private Property or Public Resource?
    Krishna P. Jayakar, College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
   

Spectrum Pricing

    

Moderator:  

Evan Kwerel
    
Papers: Reallocation of Radiowave Spectrum with a Price Mechanism: Proposal of a System of Insurance and Compensation
    Hajime ONIKI, Osaka-Gakuin University (Japan)
    
The Economics of Pricing Radio Spectrum
Chris Doyle
     Martin Cave
     
Secondary Markets in Non-Federal Public Safety Spectrum
    Joshua R. Marsh, University of Colorado
     
  Spectrum Auctions: Distortionary Input Tax or Efficient Revenue Instrument?
    Adele C. Morris, U.S. Department of Treasury
  

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