Event: COPYRIGHT UTOPIA: Alternative Visions, Methods & Policies

Join the Center for Intellectual Property, your peers and colleagues as they convene for the Seventh Annual Symposium on copyright and information use.

COPYRIGHT UTOPIA: Alternative Visions, Methods & Policies
May 21-23, 2007
Marriott Inn & Conference Center
www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium
Adelphi, Maryland

What would copyright utopia look like? Do you envision an island paradise surrounded by oceans of free content lapping at your feet? Is every piece of data or content freely and fully available--no restrictions, no fees, and no questions asked? Or is everything under lock and key with access granted only to a privileged membership? Or do you wish to live somewhere in between? As colleges and universities continue to make decisions managing third party copyrighted works, let's pause and ask difficult questions of our legal structure and human needs. What methods and policies would best serve students, faculty, publishers, and the academic enterprise?

Some confirmed speakers and panelists include:

* William Fisher, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law;
* Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation;
* Donna Ferullo, Purdue University;
* Kenneth Crews, Indian University Purdue University Indianapolis;
* Patricia Aufderheide, Center for Social Media;
* Heather Joseph, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition;
* Tracy Mitrano, Cornell University;
* Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina;
* Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge;
* Matt Skelton, Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S Copyright Office;
* Elizabeth Winston, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law;
* 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;
* Karen Coyle, Digital Libraries Consultant;
** And many more...

Visit www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium for registration details and specials from our travel partners.

The CIP is one of the leading centers providing training and solutions on the copyright issues that affect scholars and industry.

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