Agenda - Commemorating 50 Years of the 1976 Copyright Act

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Copyright Act of 1976, Stanford Law School and the Stanford Technology Law Review have brought together an outstanding group of scholars to discuss the past, present, and future of the Copyright Act.

April 3, 2026

Registration & Coffee

April 3, 2026

8:00 am – 8:45 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Mark Lemley

Lisa Larrimore Ouellette

April 3, 2026

8:45 am – 9:00 am

The Copyright Act at 50: Evolution and Impact

Shira Perlmutter

April 3, 2026

9:00 am – 9:25 am

Do We Need a New One?

William Fisher

April 3, 2026

9:25 am – 9:50 am

About Face: Deepfakes and the Misuse of Copyright

Madhavi Sunder

April 3, 2026

9:50 am – 10:15 am

Break

April 3, 2026

10:15 am – 10:30 am

Quasi-copyright and the Copyright Act

Rebecca Tushnet

April 3, 2026

10:30 am – 10:55 am

The 1976 Copyright Act: Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary

Tyler Ochoa

April 3, 2026

10:55 am – 11:20 am

Moral Rights, 50 Years Later

Xiyin Tang

April 3, 2026

11:20 am – 11:45 am

Lunch

April 3, 2026

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Keynote Address: Authorship in the Shadow of the 1976 Act

Paul Goldstein

April 3, 2026

12:45 pm – 1:30 pm

Panel 1: The Copyright Act and Technological Change

April 3, 2026

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Break

April 3, 2026

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm

STLR Panel 2: Litigating Fair Use in Copyright

April 3, 2026

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

STLR Panel 3: The Role of Fair Use in Copyright

April 3, 2026

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Closing Remarks

Mark Lemley

Lisa Larrimore Ouellette

April 3, 2026

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm