Copyright Program Announcement

From: <Mgloninger[_at_]aol.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:40:52 -0400 (EDT)

The National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services

          NFAIS The Metadata Experts
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          Special Fall Session & Member Update
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        Copyright, Licensing, & Database Protection:
                      It's Not Over Yet!
          

American Chemical Society Headquarters
Othmer Building, 1550 M St., NW, Washington, D.C. Thursday, October 30, 1997, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Price: NFAIS Members $175 each
Non-Members $295 each

An Update on Recent Legal Developments and International Initiatives affecting Database Distribution For Database Producers, Libraries, Distributors and Anyone Else who Produces, Licenses or Uses Electronic Databases

          
                        Opening Remarks

Bonnie Lawlor, Sr. Vice President, Academic, Public, and Government Division, UMI

The Feist Case and Its Historical Importance

                    Joe Ebersole, Esq.

Case Law Since Feist--Implications for Data Providers       
                    Wayne Barsky, Esq., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Contract Licensing Guidelines for Databases in Today's Legal Environment

                    Joe Bremner, Esq., Database Development, Inc.

Database Protection Activities--An Update
                    Dan Duncan, Information Industry Association
                            

PLUS:
U.S. Government Information: Is it ALL in the Public Domain? . . . And Other Issues Related to Government Data

                    Eamon Fennessy, The Copyright Group
                                

Organized by the NFAIS Information Policy, Copyright & Standards Committee, Bonnie Lawlor (UMI) & Jim Walsh (BIOSIS), co-chairs  

Registration Information available at NFAIS Web Site Announcement for Fall Session on Copyright & Licensing

     http://www.pa.utulsa.edu/nfais.html  

NFAIS The National Federation of Abstracting & Information Services 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 307, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: 215/893-1561 Fax: 215/893-1564 E-mail: NFAIS[_at_]nfais.org Received on Fri Oct 10 1997 - 13:40:55 GMT