Session 4, Stream A -- Confidence and Competition in the Internet Economy: Opportunities and Challenges of the Participative Web
STREAM A -- Creation, access and competition
15.05-16.25
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PA: 9.05pm
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William New (Chair), Editor-in-Chief, Intellectual Property Watch
Kiyoshi Mori, Vice Minister Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
Urs Gasser, Research Center for Information Law, University of St. Gallen and Fellow, Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Anne Bucher, Head of Unit, Information Society and Media Directorate-General, European Commission
Martin Senftleben, Professor of Intellectual Property, Free University of Amsterdam |
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The potential of the participative web is based on its fostering of creativity, open exchange and wide-spread use. New access, creation and distribution technologies are rising with new regulatory challenges as Internet distribution replaces and expands on physical distribution and broadcasting. New questions arise around lock-in and high switching costs for consumers, intellectual property rights, new forms of protecting and licensing content, and their effect on content creation.
Questions to be addressed include:
- Should content creation, diffusion and access be fostered, and participation and skills be cultivated? If yes, how and what is the role of government?
- How can competition and innovation be ensured given large network effects?
- What intellectual property right opportunities and challenges are emerging?
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