Symposium--Pirates, Thieves and Innocents: Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age

[Please excuse the inevitable duplication of this notice.]

ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION 5th Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property (http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium)

Pirates, Thieves and Innocents: Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age

June 16-17, 2005

Hosted by the University of Maryland University College and being held at the UMUC Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi, MD

The 2005 CIP Symposium will explore a few of the various ways in which individuals and organizations think and talk about copyright infringement in our digital age and what actions they take based upon those perceptions. The symposium will focus on issues relevant to the higher education community and the delivery of quality copyrighted content. Facilitating our exploration, discussion, and reflection will be representatives from the academy, library, law, corporation, nonprofit organization, technology sector, and Capitol Hill.

Topics to be addressed by speakers and panelists will include:
-The Impact of Copyright Law and Policy on Academic Culture
-Regulatory Copyright: How Will Universities be Affected?
-P2P File Sharing: Pirates or Revolutionaries?
-Culture and Copyright: A Creative Clash?
-Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age: What Universities Need to Know
-The Copyright Legislative Landscape
-Responses to Copyright Infringement at University Campuses: Best Practices
 

Participants will include: Clifford Lynch (Coalition for Networked Information); Jonathan Band (Morrison & Foerster LLP); Robert Brauneis (George Washington University Law School); Jon Baumgarten (Proskauer Rose LLP); Mark Luker (Educause); Patrick Ross (Progress & Freedom Foundation); Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge); Siva Vaidhyanathan (New York University); Alec French (Office of Congressman Howard L. Berman).

Register early since space is limited. Early registration (before May 16, 2005) is $275. Regular registration is $350. Please visit the website for details and other affiliation discounts.

For more information and to register online, visit http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium.  

Jack Boeve
Program Management Specialist
University of Maryland University College Center for Intellectual Property 240-582-2736
jboeve[_at_]umuc.edu Received on Wed Mar 23 2005 - 04:20:01 GMT