Original photograph by Joel Friesen, modified and used here under a CC BY 2.0 license.

Join Authors Alliance and the University of Toronto Libraries for a lively discussion of the opportunities and challenges the internet presents to both academic and independent authors. Topics will include the role of copyright law and fair dealing, new publishing opportunities (including open access publishing), and how digital dissemination can provide new life for older and out-of-print titles.

Following an introduction by Ariel Katz, University of Ottawa’s Michael Geist will moderate the panel, which features:

• Ren Bucholz, Lawyer, Lenczner Slaght, LLP
• Natalie Zemon Davis, Professor of History, University of Toronto
• Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
• Ryan Merkley, CEO, Creative Commons
• Margaret Jane Radin, Distinguished Research Scholar at the University of Toronto; Professor of Law, University of Michigan; Professor of Law, emerita, Stanford
• Pamela Samuelson, Professor of Law and Information, University of California, Berkeley; Co-founder of Authors Alliance
• Peter Unwin, Fiction Author and Poet

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged.