Mary LaFrance is the IGT Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law.Professor LaFrance was quoted in a May 7 Forbes article titled, "Inside The Battle Over Illegal Streaming Sites: How The Film Industry Fights Back."
In the article -- about Popcorn Time, "an app that enables free online streaming of movies and television shows," -- Professor LaFrance says, "To say Popcorn Time performs a public service, I think is a bit misguided. If we want people to invest in creating films and television… if the copyright owner cannot control streaming and derive revenue from it… I think you are going to severely affect content creators’ ability to get a return on investment. ... It’s important to extend copyright infringement to this sort of wide-scale streaming."
Professor LaFrance’s teaching and research interests include domestic and international intellectual property law, as well as the taxation of intellectual property.
