Fwd: Media Advisory for November 1: IMLS to Launch Museum
Third party posting -Original Message- From: Eileen Maxwell [mailto:emaxw...@imls.gov] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:06 PM To: Eileen Maxwell Subject: Media Advisory for November 1: IMLS to Launch Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth Initiative The following is a media advisory from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). An HTML version of the advisory can be read on the IMLS Web site at: http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/102505.htm MEDIA ADVISORY IMLS Contact: Eileen Maxwell, 202-653-4236; emaxw...@imls.gov IMLS to Launch Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth Initiative WHO:Mary Chute, Acting Director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will present a new agency initiative: Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth. WHAT: 6th Meeting of the IMLS National Museum and Library Services Board WHERE: IMLS, 1800 M Street NW, 9th Floor, Board Room, Washington, DC, 20036 WHEN: Tuesday, November 1, 2005 10:45 a.m. National experts will brief the audience about the challenges facing America's youth: J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice Karen Pittman, Executive Director, Forum for Youth Development NOONPresentation of the IMLS Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth Initiative Mary Chute, Acting Director, IMLS 12: 30 p.m. Question and Answer Session (Committee Room) Mary Chute and other senior IMLS officials will take questions from the audience about the IMLS Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth Initiative. We know that youth face tremendous challenges to succeed in school and in life. As a nation we are increasingly aware of the value of effective community institutions in engaging youth, both in school and out of school. Serving youth is core to the mission of most museums and libraries, and IMLS has a long history of grant-making, research, and convening experts to support this mission. This initiative will examine what works, share best practices, encourage more and better practices, and build bridges among libraries, museums and public policy makers. About the Institute of Museum and Library Services: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities. The Institute fosters leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's 15,000 museums and 122,000 libraries. The Institute also encourages partnerships to expand the educational benefit of libraries and museums. To learn more about the Institute, please log onto: http://www.imls.gov. Eileen Maxwell Public Affairs Officer Institute of Museum and Library Services 1800 M Street, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20036-5802 202-653-4632 202-653-4600(fax) emaxw...@imls.gov Subscribe to Primary Source, the IMLS monthly e-mail newsletter, for important museum and library news: http://www.imls.gov/utility/subscribe.htm. The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
IP SIG: 2 minute movies about ways IP law affects art
Duke Law School Moving Image Contest Finalists announced We are happy to announce the finalists in our Arts Project Moving Image Contest. The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film. http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/contest/finalists/ The contest asked for 2 minute movies about the ways that intellectual property law affects art-- specifically documentary film or music. Finalists range from the account of a documentarian trying to cover army recruiters in the North Carolina Piedmont, to a Polish animator's science fiction vision of music's apocalyptic future, from a college student's efforts to make a Public Service Announcement about the Civil Rights movement, to a dissection of the law behind Super Size Me. http://grep.law.harvard.edu/articles/05/01/19/1837204.shtml --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
IP SIG: Call for Papers: KnowRight 2006 Feb16/17
Call for Papers and Contributions KnowRight 2006 (Knowledge Society, Knowledge Technology - Legal and Related Technological Aspects) http://KnowRight06.ocg.at Jointly organized with IRIS (Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposium) http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS2006/ University of Vienna (Juridicum - Law Faculty Building) 16 - 17 February 2006 Organized by: Austrian Computer Society (OCG) CONFERENCE OUTLINE This conference will resume the general interest of the KnowRight Conferences, held since 1995, on the interaction of Intellectual Property Rights, related Information Rights, Ethical Problems, and Information Dependent Technology. It will be supported by the Austrian Computer Society and will be held in tandem with the IRIS conference (Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion). It will provide strong emphasis on the social environment in which the intellectual and information property system, information services, mobile applications, e-commerce and the electronic civil society evolve. The concept of an Information Society or Knowledge Society is neither well defined nor are its foundations and implications well understood. Governments and authorities in many countries and regions (e.g. the European Union) are still discussing options to establish and regulate at least special aspects of an Information Society. Increasingly it becomes harder to master future technologies with traditional laws based on national or regional methods and concepts. We have to develop new forms of international legal regimes and practices. They should empower coordinated means to avoid abuse of such new technologies. New regulations must also duly take into account that the human heritage - e.g. those maintained and made available today in libraries - remains accessible to the public. Therefore equitable and fair use of networks and new resources shall be guaranteed. Fairness should be preserved in the emerging non-local availability of up to now local resources. Open Source and Open Content are investigated as examples of dynamic innovations of legal concepts. The conference will discuss which requirements - such as safety and security of related methods and media - must be fulfilled and how these requirements may be enforced. Which regulations and preventive measures should be promoted in the light of conflicting interests. Regulating the flow of information must guarantee that clashes between individual rights (e.g. of intellectual/ industrial property, privacy and data protection) and collective demands (e.g. for security, universal access as well as preserving and expanding the heritage of mankind) are treated and resolved in human ways. Information in the public domain on the wired or unwired communication channels should deserve special attention. Commercial interests should be balanced with moral and civic obligations. MAJOR CONFERENCE TOPICS Intellectual Property * Status of IP law for e-products and e-services * Bundle of WIPO Treaties: To be enlarged? * TRIPS: Efficient against large scale IP infringements? * Competition and regulation in the music and video industry * Media and entertainment law - responsibility and liability of IP-providers * Rules for mobile applications * Private use and fair use of intellectual property * Rights management systems * Open source and open content * Open access: Copyright restrictions for science and research * Copyright and copyleft * Global trademarks * Software patents Access to and Reuse of Public Sector and Private Information * Freedom of information and data protection * Access to public documents * Legal framework of public sector information reuse * Socioeconomic conditions of PSI reuse * Extent of and limitations on database protection in Europe * Long term archiving of public and private information Network Security * Technological proposals and implementations * Embedding regulation into hard- and software * Regulations and their development * Privacy and identification - electronic identities * Authentification, authorisation and remuneration * Electronic signatures * Fraud on the internet: Tech-tools and legal framework * Online policing Data protection * Pervasive computing * Automatic forgetting of database * Retention of data * Legal means against violation of data protection Information Ethics * Information in the public domain - balancing commercial interests with moral and civic obligations * Fair use concept at the global level: equitable use of global and local knowledge * Access to personal data: protecting citizens' and users' security and privacy versus public interest *
IP SIG: DMCA and the University Campus--10/28 early registrationdeadline for online workshop
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:25:55 -0400 From: Jack Boeve jbo...@umuc.edu * Are students on your campus copying and transmitting music and copyrighted data on institutional networks? * Has your institution been served with cease desist letters? Have you had to remove content from websites as a result of such a demand? * Do you have concerns about institutional responsibilities when contacted by a content provider? * Do you know what your rights and responsibilities are under the Digital Millennium Coppyright Act (DMCA)? * Are you aware of the exemptions within the DMCA for nonprofit libraries, archives, and educational institutions available under certain circumstances? * Do you have questions about how to promote distance education through digital technologies while maintaining an appropriate balance between the rights of copyright owners and the needs of users? * Can you make copies of a DVD owned by your library to have a back-up copy? * Do you have questions or feel befuddled by what the DMCA is and what it means for you and your institution? As part of its 2005-2006 Intellectual Property in Academia Online Workshop Series, the Center for Intellectual Property at University of Maryland University College is pleased to offer some answers: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the University Campus: A Safe Harbor? http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/workshops.html#dmca November 7-November 18, 2005 Moderated by Arnold Lutzker, Esq. Senior Partner, Lutzker, Lutzker Settlemyer, LLP This asynchronous online workshop is designed for faculty, university counsel, librarians, administrators, and instructional design and information professionals. COURSE GOALS--Workshop participants will: *Discuss the DMCA's original intentions to provide OSPs with liability protection; *Review DMCA history and analyze recent DMCA judicial opinions; *Discuss concepts of OSP and Safe Harbor; *Consider the universities' responsibilities as OSPs, particularly with P2P file sharing; *Discuss legislative developments and case studies demonstrating practical applications. WORKSHOP FORMAT: This two-week online workshop will provide an in-depth understanding of core intellectual property issues facing higher education. It will include course readings, chats and online discussions, and daily response and feedback from the workshop moderator. Please visit the web site for all course objectives: http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/workshops.html#dmca REGISTRATION: Early registration--$125--closes OCTOBER 28. Register online at https://nighthawk.umuc.edu/CIPReg.nsf/Application?OpenForm Reserve your space now for upcoming workshops and save--two workshops for $225. Significant discounts for a limited number of full time graduate students; see the website for details. For additional information call 240-582-2965 or visit http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa --Jack Boeve Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College http://www.umuc.edu/cip --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
IP SIG: The Google Print Controversy: A Bibliography
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:25:55 -0400 From: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. cbai...@uh.edu http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2005/10/25/the-google-print-controversy-a-bibliography/ This bibliography presents selected electronic works about Google Print that are freely available on the Internet. It has a special focus on the legal issues associated with this project. Page numbers for print/electronic publications are not included unless they are mentioned in the electronic version. -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston Libraries Home: http://www.escholarlypub.com/ DigitalKoans: http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/ Open Access Bibliography: http://www.escholarlypub.com/oab/oab.htm Open Access Webliography: http://www.escholarlypub.com/cwb/oaw.htm Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
