Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:02:13 +0300 To: mc...@world.std.com From: akes...@imj.org.il (akeshet) Subject: Intellectual Property SIG meeting Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MCN 98, Santa Monica Intellectual Property SIG meeting I would like to take this opportunity to invite all conference attendees to the meeting of the Intellectual Property SIG on Friday morning, September 25, 1998 from 8 to 9 AM. Items on the agenda: 1. The Board of the Museum Computer Network is considering whether MCN should join the Digital Future Coalition. DFC is an umbrella organization advocating on copyright and fair use issues in the digital arena. More about them at their website <www.dfc.org>. The Intellectual Property SIG has been asked for its opinion and recommendations. Discussion of this idea will be on the agenda for the SIG meeting in Santa Monica, and in the meantime any comments should be sent to the SIG Chair at <akes...@netvision.net.il> or fax +972-2-670-8064. The following points should be taken into consideration: * Is the mission of DFC balanced enough and important enough that we would be doing the MCN membership a service by representing their concerns in this arena * Does It fit with MCN's goal of active leadership and advocacy -- we would be the first museum group to join. * DFC allows it's members to sign on or off of each initiative separately and does not use our name on every statement they issue. This allows us flexibility and discretion. * Their emphasis is on US and International Law (they particpate in WIPO) which also reflects MCN's areas of representation. If we join, it is recommend that we have an assigned liaison to act as the contact when things come up to sign MCN's name to, to coordinate more efforts if feasible, post appropriate info to MCN-L or the MCN website or Spectra, etc. This liason will most likely be the Chair of the Copyright SIG. Your input is important! ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. How the I.P. SIG will make use of the mcn-l list for discussions (suggestion: postings, which may be of interest to all, will be subject-headed "I.P. SIG:(subject)" so that those who wish to may delete & skip them.) It has been suggested that discussions include: - Questions and advice about every-day copyright problems members may run into. - Alerts to discussions on other lists regarding copyright/I.P. issues. - URLs of good I.P. websites: general information, digital image protection software, fair use, etc. - Other recommended resourses: books, articles, etc. - Notices regarding copyright legislation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 3. Creating a presence on the MCN web site. All suggestions and new members are welcome! Looking forward to seeing you, Amalyah Keshet Chair, IP SIG
