Intellectual Property event

From the Cato Institute on August 1:

"Copy Fights: Are Intellectual Property Rights Best Protected by Government Mandates or Market Solutions?" co-sponsored by the Cato Institute and The Economist on Thursday, August 1, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Cabaña hotel in Palo Alto. You can view the program and register on-line here:

This promises to be a lively and thought-provoking event with opening remarks by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) followed by a debate on intellectual property rights featuring James V. DeLong, senior fellow, Project on Technology and Innovation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute; Mitch Glazier, senior vice president of government relations and legislative counsel at the Recording Industry Association of America; Joe Kraus, co-founder of DigitalConsumer.org; Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of Consumer Electronics Association, and Ronald Wheeler, senior vice president-content protection at Fox Entertainment Group.

For additional information, please feel free to contact Samantha Dooley at 202-789-5268 or sdooley@cato.org