2009 IP/Gender Agenda

Thursday, April 23. 7:15pm

WeTube: Women Transforming Mass Media

• Jonathan McIntosh, Transforming Mass Media Myths: Gender and Sexuality in Political Remix Video
• Francesca Coppa, "Swap Audio?" Theorizing Music in Fan Vidding

Friday, April 24. 9:00-4:15

9:15 Opening Remarks

• Rebecca Tushnet

9:45-11:30 Panel One: Is There a Text in This Work? Transformation Beyond the Written Word

• Francesca Coppa, Moderator
• Ann Bartow, Commentator
• Melissa Tatum, Robert Spoo, Does Gender Influence Attitude Toward Copyright in the Filk Community?
• Tisha Turk, Transformative Narrations: Fan-made Videos and Fair Use
• Casey Fiesler, Paper Dolls: Role-Playing, Gender, and Pretending Without A License
  

11:45-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30 Panel Two: New Forms of Organizing: Women Reinterpret the Legal, the Educational and the Political

• Ann Shalleck, Moderator
• Laura Murray, Boys and Their Toys? On the Gender Dynamics of Copyright Activism in Canada
• Jordan Gilbertson, We Will Not Be Ignored - Integrating Fan Created Works Into the Traditional Copyright Classroom
• Karen Hellekson, Intellectual Property, Transformation, and Academic Journals

2:45-4:15 Panel Three: Cui Bono? Economic Contexts

• Peter Jaszi, Moderator
• Kristina Busse, Original Genius and Transformative Reptition
• Zahr Said Stauffer, Taking the ‘Grrr’ out of ‘Grrrl’: Strategically Gendered Marketing in Cathy’s Book
• Abigail De Kosnik, Women’s Work and 'Free' Fan Labor

Closing Remarks