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
Co-sponsored by the The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
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 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 First 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
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 form below and return by
March 10 to:
Ms. Eileen Hitchcock
Music Department
State University College
Oneonta, NY 13820
Name
Address
City/State/Zip
Phone
Fax
Staying for: [ ] Lunch
[ ] Reception
Dr. Janet Nepkie
Music Department
State University College
Oneonta, NY 13820
phone: 607 436 3425 fax: 607 436 2718 e-mail: nepkiej[_at_]oneonta.eduReceived on Tue Jan 25 2000 - 23:00:28 GMT
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Dr. Janet Nepkie Professor of Music and Music Industry Music Department State University College Oneonta, NY 13820 phone (607) 436 3425 fax 607 436 2718 e-mail nepkiej[_at_]oneonta.edu
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