> The Center for Intellectual Property at UMUC 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.] > > > What are Steve Jobs, Al Gore, Mark Cuban, Attorney General Alberto R. > Gonzales, all discussing in the news? Copyright! Come and join the > Center for Intellectual Property as we discuss the future of copyright. > > Copyright Utopia: > Alternative Visions, Methods & Policies > May 21-23, 2007 > UMUC Inn & Conference Center, Adelphi, Maryland > http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/ > > Will the efforts of organizations like Creative Commons create a more > effective and efficient method for managing copyrighted works? Is > licensing the only alternative to copyright? Should alternative methods > work within the current legal structure? What would your copyright > utopia look like?... Will your copyright future be Orwellian, live > within the copyright Matrix, or be a Brave New World? > > This year's symposium promises to be very thought provoking. Join noted > scholars and practitioners as they discuss the current state of > copyright nationally and internationally. The Pre-Conferences will > include: > > Copyright 101 > Kenneth Crews, Professor, Associate Dean and Director, Copyright > Management Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis > (IUPUI). A refresher class for those who want a solid overview of the > issues or a basic introduction to the topic for those who may be new to > the field. Topics covered: basic definitions and concepts; legislative > framework; guidelines; ownership, access, and use. > > E-Reserves Policy and Implementation > Donna Ferullo, Director, University Copyright Office, Purdue University. > An opportunity for everyone to probe more deeply into the complex > questions of ownership, access, and use that surround the growing > movement to digitize and make available ever increasing amounts of > content. > > Full Agenda: > http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/agenda.shtml > > Additional panelist & presenters: > http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/speakers.shtml > > Registration Form: > https://nighthawk.umuc.edu/CIPReg.nsf/Application?OpenForm > > Register today to take advantage of the early bird rates before it is > too late! See the site for logistics & specials from our travel > partners. > > Interested in winning a free registration & lodging for the 2007 > symposium? Consider entering our first contest, (c)Utopia Imagine That! > For contest details please see > http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/contest. > > -- > Olga Francois, Assistant Director > Center for Intellectual Property > University of Maryland University College > 3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780 > Adelphi, MD 20783 > Phone: 240-582-2803 > Fax: 240-582-2961 > http://www.umuc.edu/cip/
