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EDUCAUSE Live! February 1, 2008 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour Copyright Fair Use and the EconomySpecial Guest
Matthew Schruers is senior counsel for litigation and legislative affairs to the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), where he works to advance members' interests on policy issues such as technology, competition, and intellectual property. As a representative of technology industries, he has testified before the U.S. Copyright Office on exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and has served as an NGO observer in committees of the World Intellectual Property Organization. He also represents the association on intellectual property matters in appellate litigation before federal courts of appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. Before joining CCIA, he was associated with Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he focused his appellate and litigation practice on intellectual property, antitrust, and administrative law. Schruers previously advised clients on matters related to copyright, trade secrets, trademarks, service provider and content liability, antitrust liability, and administrative procedure. He is also an adjunct to the Georgetown University Law Center, where he coteaches classes on intellectual property. Schruers received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review and received the John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics for his research on Internet service provider liability. He received a BA in public policy studies cum laude from Duke University. SummaryYour host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Matthew Schruers, and the topic will be "Copyright Fair Use and the Economy." The copyright legislative process in Washington traditionally focuses on increasing the protection provided to copyrights, based on the assumption that this will strengthen the economy. Recent research, however, indicates that exceptions to copyright protection also promote innovation and are a major catalyst of U.S. economic growth. Specific exceptions to copyright protection under U.S. and international law, generally classified under the broad heading of fair use, are vital to many industries and stimulate growth across the economy. In fact, business enterprises that benefit from fair use generate substantial revenue, employ millions of workers, and, in 2006, represented one-sixth of total U.S. gross domestic product. This economic research suggests that future copyright legislation needs to account for these important limitations if the policy-making process is to stimulate growth. Related EDUCAUSE Resources
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