Copyright symposium: Early Registration Extended!

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@umuc.edu>]

Greetings, 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.

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[Please excuse the inevitable duplication of this notice.]

Copyright Utopia:
Alternative Visions, Methods & Policies
May 21-23, 2007
UMUC Inn & Conference Center, Adelphi, Maryland
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/

Ordinary people around the world are revolutionizing the way 
media is produced and distributed. Sites like YouTube, MySpace, 
Facebook, Flickr, BitTorrent, Wikipedia and Google are completely 
altering how the masses interact with video, pictures, art, 
music, and literature. Colleges and universities desire to 
harness the power of these incredible tools for distributing 
scholarship and creative works. But does U.S. copyright law 
accommodate many of these uses?

Please join the Center for Intellectual Property as we discuss 
these issues with scholars and practitioners about how students, 
faculty and the general public can continue to innovate within 
the U.S. Copyright regime. Each panel and speaker will address 
some aspect of how or whether copyright law can be adapted or 
developed to accommodate the massive changes that technological 
innovation brings.

YOU need to be at the table.

Confirmed speakers include:
-- William Fisher, Berkman Center to Internet & Society, Harvard Law
    School
-- Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation
-- William Brit Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland;
    Co-Chair, Joint Committee of the Higher Education and
    Entertainment Communities Technology Task Force
-- Donna Ferullo, Purdue University
-- Kenneth Crews, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Confirmed panelists include:
-- Alec French, NBC Universal
-- Robert Samors, National Association of State Universities and
    Land-Grant Colleges
-- Patricia Aufderheide, Center for Social Media
-- Heather Joseph, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
-- Tracy Mitrano, Cornell University
-- Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina Law School
-- Paul Jaeger, University of Maryland, College Park
-- Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge
-- Matt Skelton, Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S
    Copyright Office
-- Miriam Nisbet, American Library Association
-- Denise Troll Covey, Carnegie Mellon University
-- Reed Stager, Digimarc Corporation
-- Mike Carroll, Villanova University School of Law
-- Brian Crawford, American Chemical Society Publications
-- Elizabeth Winston, Catholic University of America Columbus School of
    Law
-- Karen Coyle, Digital Libraries Consultant
-- Steven M. Marks, Recording Industry Association of America
       And many more...

Registration includes a detailed notebook, meals and opportunity 
for in depth interaction with colleagues and speakers. Early 
registration deadline has been extended to April 20th! Please 
check the website for all other discounts.

Co-sponsored by the Copyright Clearance Center
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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/