# The Battle for the Internet: What the Future Holds for Copyright Law

1 Stern Stories May 2, 2012 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036321.jpg?itok=tYxaGF7J) On May 2, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit and Billy Chasen of Turntable.fm discussed the future of intellectual property online. > We need to be thoughtful on how to protect content creators and considerate of consumers who consume that content.

Fred Wilson of [Union Square Ventures](http://www.usv.com/), Alexis Ohanian of [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/) and Billy Chasen of [Turntable.fm](http://turntable.fm/) participated in a panel discussion at NYU Stern to discuss some of the complex issues surrounding recent legislative proposals in the area of online intellectual property.

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Professor [Adam Brandenburger](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-brandenburger), vice dean for graduate education, kicked off the discussion.

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“We need to be thoughtful on how to protect content creators and considerate of consumers who consume that content,” stressed Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a venture capital firm with a track record of success, including investments in Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare and Zynga.

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Entrepreneur and angel investor Alexis Ohanian of reddit, a social news website where registered users submit content and other users rank the post, argued that fellow entrepreneurs need to spend their time starting companies, not lobbying Washington.

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Bill Chasen, founder of Turntable.fm, a social media website that allows users to interactively share music, voiced concerns about current legislation in the music industry and its impact on start-ups.

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Hosted by Stern’s Entertainment, Media and Technology Association; the [Entrepreneurs Exchange](http://nyustern.campusgroups.com/eex/home/); and the [Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/berkley-center), the event was moderated by MBA students James Belfer and Matthew Harrison.