04/08/97 - Announcement: Copyright/Licensing Conference, UC Berkeley

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT A LICENSE TO KILL? COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP AND FAIR USE IN AN AGE OF LICENSING Saturday, May 10, 1997 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Krutch Theater, The Clark Kerr Campus, University of California, Berkeley To register please call: UC Berkeley Extension (510) 642-4111 EDP 176131 $65 in advance; $75 at the door; $25 for UC faculty, students, and staff (with ID), including lunch WEBSITE: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/copyright.html CONTACT INFORMATION: Michael Levy Boalt Hall Law Library 510 643 4025 levym@boalt.berkeley.edu Increasingly information is being produced in an electronic format opening up new possibilities for access. However, in this changing information universe, publishers are using licensing agreements as a means to regulate access and use of their materials. This raises problems for those institutions mandated with preserving and making information available for the public good. Join publishers, scholars, librarians, legal experts, artists and museum experts in a wide-ranging discussion of: * The public interest and reasonable access to information in a licensing environment. * Online access to scholarly material. * Electronic rights management technology and its implications. * The balance between fair use and contractual limits on electronic use within licensing agreements. * Copyright protection and the use of licensing arrangements by artists and museums who make their works and collections available in digital form. * The transformation of art and scholarship in the digital age and the effects of this change on copyright law. * Challenges facing universities dealing with copyright ownership and patents as faculty produce multimedia products that have commercial potential. Scheduled Speakers Robert Berring Professor and Law Librarian School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley Howard Besser Visiting Associate Professor School of Information Management & Systems, University of California at Berkeley Mary Levering Associate Register for National Copyright Programs U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress Heather Meeker Associate Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Ken Metzner Director of Electronic Publishing Academic Press Inc Ann Okerson Associate University Librarian Yale University Pamela Samuelson Professor School of Information Management & Systems and School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley Mark Stefik Principal Scientist Information Sciences and Technology Laboratory, Xerox PARC Martha Winnacker Coordinator Academic Information Technology Initiatives and Special Programs University of California Office of the President Sponsors Librarians Association of the University of California at Berkeley The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities School of Information, Management & Systems,University of California at Berkeley School of Information, Management & Systems Alumni Association University of California at Berkeley Extension School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University School of Law (Boalt Hall),University of California at Berkeley PANELS Panel I LICENSING AND LIBRARIES: NEW MODELS FOR DISTRIBUTION Panelists: Robert Berring Professor and Law Librarian School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley Mary Levering Associate Register for National Copyright Programs U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress Ken Metzner Director of Electronic Publishing Academic Press Inc Ann Okerson Associate University Librarian Yale University Publishers and other information providers increasingly resort to the use of licensing agreements as a means of regulating access to their materials. This development has resulted in a redefinition of the relationship between publishers and libraries as licensing agreements replace ownership. While such agreements may be restrictive, information providers may be able to ameliorate these effects by creative negotiation strategies. Panel II DIGITAL PROTECTION AND ACCESS: AN UNEASY BALANCE? Panelists: Howard Besser Visiting Associate Professor School of Information Management & Systems, University of California at Berkeley Heather Meeker Associate Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Mark Stefik Principal Scientist Information Sciences and Technology Laboratory, Xerox PARC New forms of protection for digital content, such as electronic rights management systems, are being proposed as a solution to the problems of unlimited electronic distribution. Proponents seek increased legal protection for these mechanisms. At the same time, many express concern that such devices, especially when accompanied by legal sanctions, may destroy the balance between balance between equitable access and proprietary rights. How will the legal rules which attempt to maintain this balance (i.e, fair use, first sale) fare in a new regime characterized by rights management and licensing? Panel III MAKING SENSE OF COMPLEXITY: THE CHALLENGE OF MULTIPLE POLICY ARENAS Panelists: Mary Levering Associate Register for National Copyright Programs U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress Pamela Samuelson Professor School of Information Management & Systems and School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley Martha Winnacker Coordinator Academic Information Technology Initiatives and Special Programs, University of California Office of the President Policy making in the area of copyright and licensing issues is becoming increasingly diffuse and complex. The policy debate is taking place at many levels, from individual institutions to international organizations. Locally, universities tackle issues of copyright from the perspective of a content producer and user. At the national level, the nature of the National Information Infrastructure continues to promote vigorous debate. On the international level, these issues are increasingly the subject of treaty negotiations and affect trade practices. A variety of other organizations, commissions and conferences are making recommendations, adopting standards and otherwise participating in policy making debates.

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