Today's keynote speakers for the law and digital education portion of the 2011 International Distance Education Conference will present in debate/dialect form a look at the future of intellectual property and the digital pace of communication in the information age. R.Forest will present the traditional perspective and G. Forest will present the digital perspective. Personal Property leaves ownership in the hands of the inventor, writer, discoverer, or purchaser of some 'thing'. Burke, B. (1993). Personal Property. St.Paul, MN: West Group. Art, music, and writings are property of the maker, for an amount of time, unless the rights have not been established or have been sold. U.S. Constitution, Art. 1, Sec. 8 Foundation of Intellectual Property Law and the U.S. Constitution "To Promote the progress of science and useful art, by securing...exclusive rights." Pennsylvania Capitol Building Tour Flyer The new tools of sharing over open wifi and through public internet has impacted intellectual property. New tools of sharing include cloud computing, wikis, and blogs. R & G Forest and their youthful perspectives Traditional Intellectual Property Law relied heavily on copyright and patent regulations. Creative Common does not, at this time, provide a legal way for remedy. Copyright Act of 1976. Digital Milennium Copyright Act of 1998. Technology, Education and Copyright. P.L. 101-273. Copyright Laws of the United States Circular 92 (U.S. Copyright Office 2003). World Intellectual Property Organization. www.wipo.int University of Wisconsin (www.uwex.edu/disted/intoprop.html) The scales of justice weigh the public and private interest. The common good and the rights of the creator. How do you maintain the rights of a creator against the rights of the public? Distance Learning Video Assignment. ForestD Flip, Camtasia, Screencast.com.