and to james' left, we have peter jaszi who is also an author, and i will say although peter does not want me to, was recently given the great honor by his colleagues at the washington college of law to have a lecture named after him. congratulations, peter, and thank you for joining us. [applause] so our topic is copyright and the book, very small topic. [laughter] copyright and the book: authors, publishers and the public interest. and i wanted to reflect on the title for just a moment because copyright and the book is, at its core, a discussion about the public interest with authors and publishers as part of the public interest. and i would underscore that because i think sometimes in system of the more recent -- in some of the more recent conversations in political circles it's sometimes teed up as a conversation where authors and publishers are somehow antithetical to or at least in competition with the goals of the public. and that is not the foundational history of copyright law in the united states. so today we're going to have a discussion about how the book brings together o