Paul Fakler will moderate the “Copyright Trolls or Creative Lawyering? Are Mass Copyright Infringement Suits Ethical? Can They Be Effective Deterrents, or a Successful Business Model?” panel. This panel will address the mass copyright infringement suits that recently have been initiated by companies such as U.S. Copyright Group and Righthaven LLC. This enforcement model has also been attempted in Germany and the UK. The panel will discuss the following questions: Why has this model not been generally effective? Do ASCAP, BMI and the Copyright Clearance Center provide alternative enforcement models, or are the incentives in those models inadequate to incentivize investors in lawsuits? Why are “patent trolls” more effective than so-called copyright trolls?