10:00 - 10:15 AM Introduction: The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy

10:15 - 11:00 AM Economics of Ebook Publisher/Platform Workflows

  • Michael Weinberg (moderator), New York University School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
  • Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Library Pass
  • Michael Tamblyn, Rakuten Kobo

11:15 - 12:00 PM Publisher-Platform Data Relationships

  • Talya Cooper (moderator), New York University Libraries
  • Sam Biddle, The Intercept
  • Annalee Hickman Pierson, Brigham Young University Law School
  • Melanie Walsh, Information School at the University of Washington

12:45 - 1:30 PM Publishers Who Sell Ebooks

  • Claire Woodcock (moderator), Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
  • Emily Hamilton, University of Minnesota Press
  • Dennis Johnson, Melville House
  • Claire Kelley, Seven Stories Press

1:45 - 2:30 PM How Libraries Handle Ebooks

  • Jennie Rose Halperin (moderator), Library Futures
  • Micah May, Digital Public Library of America
  • Carmi Parker, Whatcom County Library System
  • Kathleen Riegelhaupt, New York Public Library

2:45 - 3:30 PM Copyright Law and Digital Ownership

  • Michael Weinberg (moderator), New York University School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
  • Mehtab Khan, Yale Law School
  • Michelle Wu, Formerly Georgetown University Law Center

This event is governed by the Engelberg Center’s Code of Conduct and NYU’s COVID policies.