The Copyright and Intellectual Property area seeks to foster an interdisciplinary discussion about the tumultuous cultural battle raging over how we understand the production and distribution of knowledge.

Possible topics could include: - The Oatmeal and Internet Copyfighting - Recent copyright and IP legislation - Ideologies and philosophies of intellectual property - The decline of the public domain - Creative Commons and Fair Use in the public sphere - Digital Rights Management and the battle over control - Libraries and archives in the digital age - Apple’s “walled garden” philosophy vs. Android’s marketplace - Creativity and copyright in the digital age - Copyright in Popular Culture - WIPO and other international issues regarding intellectual property - Patent law, miracle drugs, and the morality of third-world patent enforcement