Conference Announcement -- Copyright and Academia

From: Janet Nepkie <nepkiej[_at_]snyoneva.cc.oneonta.edu>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:30:26 -0500

Second Annual Conference

Teaching and Technology
Higher Education in an Electronic Age:
Some Legal Guidelines

March 24, 2000

The State University of New York
College at Oneonta

You are invited to attend the Second Annual Conference of Teaching and Technology -- Higher Education in an Electronic Age: Some Legal Guidelines

The conference will be held on March 24, 2000, at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. This will be an opportunity to meet other educators, administrators and technical staff who are interested in legal guidelines for use of instructional technology, developing electronic courses and learning about legal guidelines for copyright and campus responsibilities for web pages, e-mail and other electronic transmission. The principal speaker for this event will be attorney Thomas Kjellberg, who specializes in copyright and other intellectual property law. Mr. Kjellberg earned his BFA in Theatre from Wayne State University and a JD from the Fordham University School of Law.

9:45 Dr. Alan Donovan, President
  Welcome

10:00 Dr. Janet Nepkie, Conference Coordinator   Intellectual Property in Academia - Some Issues to Consider

10:30 - 12:00 Thomas Kjellberg, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman

  A Legal Primer: Copyright Issues in an Academic Setting   Who Owns the Course Content?

  Copyright
  What rights are really covered? What's really in the public domain?

  Fair Use
  How the law is different for face-to-face and distance learning

  Work for Hire
  The professor and academic staff -- employees for hire?

  Trade Secrets
  What are they? Who owns them and how are they protected?

  Sovereign Immunity
  What is it? Who is immune and how does is academia affected?

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00-4:00 Thomas Kjellberg

  Hot Topics:
  On-line courses
  What educational material can be transmitted without a license?   Who owns the course?

  The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Its Effect on Academia

  The RIAA and MP3s - What's your responsibility? What's your liability?

  Library Issues
  Copyright and ownership in digitization of library and archival   collections

  Moving data and images from print format to digital format   Issues of licensure of users and digital information

  Webpages - Ownership, liability
  Protecting your web page
  Using text, photos, sound on a web page   Linking, framing

  1st Amendment
  Do you have 1st amendment freedom of speech on your webpage if that   webpage resides on your college or university server?   Does the first amendment provide protection for you if you visit   controversial sites?

  Privacy issues
  What privacy rights do I have for e-mail or internet use?

4:00 Post-conference reception

CLE credit pending

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Registration:
There is a $50 registration fee for this conference. The fee includes lunch and a post-conference reception. Please make checks payable to: SUNY-Oneonta Music Department

To register, please go to
http://www.oneonta.edu/tltc/conference/copyright/ OR
To register by mail, please complete the following form and return by March 10 to:

Ms. Eileen Hitchcock
Music Department
State University College
Oneonta, NY 13820

Name

Address

City/State/Zip

Phone

Fax

E-mail

Staying for:      [ ] Lunch
                  [ ] Reception

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For further information about the conference, please contact:

Dr. Janet Nepkie
Music Department
State University College
Oneonta, NY 13820

phone: 607 436 3425
fax: 607 436 2718
e-mail: nepkiej[_at_]oneonta.edu Received on Thu Jan 06 2000 - 21:32:11 GMT