I attended last year and it was quite informative. This year, I'm speaking on a panel on fair use and culture, giving the Canadian perspective!
Lesley Lesley Ellen Harris [email protected] Quoting Richard Urban <[email protected]>: > Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property > > The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland > University College is interested in advertising this educational symposium > for interested educators and administrators. We would greatly appreciate > your posting the message below to your listserv or promoting this > opportunity within your networks. Thank you. > > _______________________________ > > [Please excuse the inevitable duplication of this notice.] > > ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION > > 5th Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property > > Pirates, Thieves and Innocents: Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the > Digital Age > > June 16-17, 2005 > > Hosted by the University of Maryland University College and being held at > the UMUC Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi, MD > > The 2005 CIP Symposium will explore a few of the various ways in which > individuals and organizations think and talk about copyright infringement in > our digital age and what actions they take based upon those perceptions. The > symposium will focus on issues relevant to the higher education community > and the delivery of quality copyrighted content. Facilitating our > exploration, discussion, and reflection will be representatives from the > academy, library, law, corporation, nonprofit organization, technology > sector, and Capitol Hill. > > Topics to be addressed by speakers and panelists will include: > -The Impact of Copyright Law and Policy on Academic Culture -Regulatory > Copyright: How Will Universities be Affected? > -P2P File Sharing: Pirates or Revolutionaries? > -Culture and Copyright: A Creative Clash? > -Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age: What Universities Need to Know > -The Copyright Legislative Landscape -Responses to Copyright Infringement at > University Campuses: Best Practices > > Participants will include: Clifford Lynch (Coalition for Networked > Information); Jonathan Band (Morrison & Foerster LLP); Robert Brauneis > (George Washington University Law School); Jon Baumgarten (Proskauer Rose > LLP); Mark Luker (Educause); Patrick Ross (Progress & Freedom Foundation); > Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge); Siva Vaidhyanathan (New York University); Alec > French (Office of Congressman Howard L. Berman). > > Register early since space is limited. Early registration (before May 16, > 2005) is $275. Regular registration is $350. Please visit the website for > details and other affiliation discounts. > > For more information and to register online, visit > http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium. > > Jack Boeve > University of Maryland University College Center for Intellectual Property > 240-582-2736 > [email protected] > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
