>The following is an announcement of a program on Orphan Works being
>offered by the Washington College of Law, American University,
>Washington, DC. Please circulate to other lists that would be
>interested. Thanks!
Orphan Works:
New Prospects for a Solution
Friday, February 24, 2006
2:00 pm 4:00pm
Reception to Follow
Registration: <http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm>(Click
Here) or call 202-274-4148
(Note: Registration is appreciated, but not required. Walk-In guests are
welcome.)
Location
Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. ~ Room 602
Washington, DC 20016
On Friday afternoon, February 24, From 2:00 to 4:00 PM, the Program on
Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at the Washington College
of Law will present a timely program on "Orphan Works: New Prospects for
a Solution."
The last few years have seen an increasingly recognition that the problem
of "orphan works" is a real impediment to the realization of the
constitutional goal of copyright law: the "Progress of Science and
useful Arts." When artists, historians, museums, libraries and others
forgo culturally significant uses of copyright works because their
ownership cannot be traced, the public loses. On January 23, after a
thorough and searching review, the United States Copyright Office
delivered an important report on this topic (with legislative
recommendations) to the chairs of the relevant congressional committees.
The panel discussion on February 24 will consider the report, its
recommendations and the potential for early legislation. Joining in the
discussion will be representatives of many groups that have been active
in the "orphan works" debate, including:
<http://www.arl.org/arl/staffbios/padler.html>Prue Adler (Association of
Research Libraries),
<http://www.policybandwidth.com/summary.html>Jonathan Band (counsel to
the Library Copyright Alliance),
<http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/hist/faculty.html#Franz>Kathleen
Franz (American University History Dept.),
<http://www.kasunic.com/cv.htm>Robert Kasunic (Copyright Office),
<http://www.law.gwu.edu/Faculty/profile.aspx?id=3266>Jay Rosenthal
(counsel to the Recording Artists Coalition),
<http://www.eff.org/about/staff/>Jason Schultz (Electronic Frontier
Foundation), <http://www.smimetlaw.com/Eric_Schwartz.htm>Eric Schwartz
(Smith & Metalitz),
<http://www.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=Faculty&Detail=2057>Rebecca
Tushnet (Georgetown Law Center),
<http://lawweb.usc.edu/faculty/jurban.html>Jennifer Urban (USC Law
School, who filed comments for documentary filmmakers), and a
representative of the Recording Industry Association of America --
among others.
This will be an important opportunity to explore this critical dimension
of copyright's future.
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Miriam M. Nisbet
Legislative Counsel
American Library Association
1615 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20009-2520
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Phone: 202-628-8410, x. 8202 or
1-800-941-8478, x. 8202
Fax: 202-628-8419
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M. Claire Stewart
Head, Digital Media Services, Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center
Coordinator of Digitization Projects, Northwestern University Library
(847) 467-1437
[email protected]
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/cstewart/
http://copyrightreadings.blogspot.com
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