Re: MCN 2000, Las Vegas - IP Open Forum

I am looking for any materials available from this particular event. Unfortunately I was unable to attend. Can anyone direct me to a resource or would anyone be willing to share?

At 02:56 PM 8/30/2000 +0200, you wrote:
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> The Museum Computer Network does IP in Las Vegas
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> Intellectual Property policy in the cultural community
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> The Name of the Game is Change
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> The Museum Computer Network's annual conference is always a signature
>event in the hi-tech cultural community. MCN 2000 will be held at the Four
>Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, Sept. 6-9. Featured speaker at the Intellectual
>Property Open Forum, Sept. 7: David Nimmer.
><www.mcn.edu>
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> Museums are on the verge of delivering on the promise that new media and
>technology will bring their resources out of the storerooms and galleries
>to an ever-expanding global audience.
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>"" is shedding its straitjacket and morphing into an organization that
>reaches out to new audiences and communities using the latest tools.
>Technological advances point toward a new way of conducting business -
>changing roles, new organizational structure, diverse audiences, increased
>access, innovative collaborations, new approaches. Change is the status
>quo. How do we mainstream this concept into the very core of a museum's
>mission and operations? How can we possibly keep pace with the blindingly
>quick rate of technological change? MCN-2000 offers an opportunity to stop
>spinning and think, discuss, learn, and reflect on change.
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> MCN2000 offers a broad overview of opportunities, workshops for in-depth
>learning, and the chance to meet the people who are creating and managing
>the most innovative projects and discussing the most interesting new ideas.
>MCN is dedicated to providing the tools to do the job, not just today, but
>into the 21st century.
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> Please note the featured event of the conference, the MCN 2000
>Intellectual Property Open Forum:
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> Intellectual Property Open Forum
> Thursday, September 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
> Four Season Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
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> In conjunction with its annual conference, the Museum Computer Network's
>(MCN) Intellectual Property special interest group will sponsor an Open
>Forum on the international IP issues that affect museums today.
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> Panel participants:
> & Manella, Los Angeles.
> Richard Weisgrau, Executive Director, ASMP (American Society of Media
>Photographers.
> Tyler Ochoa, Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, California,
> & Foerster Attorneys at Law, Washington, D.C.
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> Speakers will address and challenge the audience regarding the IP issues
>surrounding emerging models of e-commerce. Examples might be the MP3 and
>Napster models, the ICRAVETV issue, deep-linking cases, etc. While these
>aren't at the heart of what museums are doing now, these models may
>influence our behavior in the future. In order to develop an e-commerce
>model that suits museums - far beyond selling stuff out of our gift shops -
>and being able to provide public free access to museum content on-line, we
>should have a good grasp of what the business world is currently developing
>and modify it for the cultural heritage/not-for-profit environment. The
>traditional licensing relationship may not survive in the Web environment -
>especially if we want to provide deep public access -- so we need to
>propose alternative relationships while still meeting the needs of and
>compensating rights holders (including museums).
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> Amalyah Keshet
> Head of Visual Resources, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
> Board of Directors, the Museum Computer Network
> Chair, MCN Intellectual Property Special Interest Group
> akeshet[_at_]imj.org.ilakeshet[_at_]netvision.net.il
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Darryl C. Wilson, Professor of Law
Stetson University College of Law
1401 61st Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33707
ph(727)562-7882/fx(727)347-3738
email: wilson[_at_]hermes.law.stetson.edu Received on Thu Oct 05 2000 - 23:10:34 GMT