Academic Legal Guidelines Conference

From: Janet Nepkie <nepkiej[_at_]snyoneva.cc.oneonta.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:58:01 -0400 (EDT)

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

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Staying for:          [ ]  Lunch
                      [ ]  Reception



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


 

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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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