May 7, 2001
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard Law School
Hauser Hall 103

8:30 a.m.   Light Breakfast

9:00 a.m.   Introductions

                Eric Saltzman, Hal Abelson, Lawrence Lessig

 9:15 a.m.  What Is Our Conception of a Successful Commons?

10:00 a.m. Looking at Our Competition

10:20 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m  Demand for a Commons: Identifying our Target Community
                (including report on artist reactions)

11:15 a.m  Open Discussion

Noon         Lunch

12:45 p.m  Liability under the DMCA
              (including report by Michael W. Carroll
              of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering)

1:15 p.m.  Structure of Creative Commons: Centralized or Distributed?

2:15 p.m.  Break

2:30 p.m.  Scientific Data: The Need for a Commons Jerry Reichman

3:15 p.m.  Licenses and Restrictions on Use

3:45 p.m.  The Sustainability of Creative Commons: Funding

4:10 p.m.  Next Steps: Where Do We Go from Here?