Announcement: Copyright Conference, UC Berkeley

[Michael Levy]

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT


A LICENSE TO KILL? COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP AND FAIR USE IN AN AGE OF
LICENSING


Saturday, May 10, 1997
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Krutch Theater, The Clark Kerr Campus, University of California,
Berkeley

To register please call:
UC Berkeley Extension
(510) 642-4111
EDP 176131

$65 in advance; $75 at the door; $25 for UC faculty,
students, and staff (with ID), including lunch

WEBSITE:
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/copyright.html


CONTACT INFORMATION:

Michael Levy
Boalt Hall Law Library
510 643 4025
levym at boalt.berkeley.edu

Increasingly information is being produced in an electronic format
opening up new possibilities for access. However, in this changing
information universe, publishers are using licensing agreements as
a means to regulate access and use of their materials. This raises
problems for those institutions mandated with preserving and
making information available for the public good.

Join publishers, scholars, librarians, legal experts, artists and
museum experts in a wide-ranging discussion of:

* The public interest and reasonable access to information in a
licensing environment.

* Online access to scholarly material.

* Electronic rights management technology and its implications.

* The balance between fair use and contractual limits on electronic use within
licensing agreements.

* Copyright protection and the use of licensing arrangements by
artists and museums who  make their works and collections
available in digital form.

* The transformation of art and scholarship in the digital age and
the effects of this change on copyright law.

* Challenges facing universities dealing with copyright ownership
and patents as faculty produce multimedia  products that have commercial
potential.


Scheduled Speakers

Robert Berring
Professor and Law Librarian
School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley

Howard Besser
Visiting Associate Professor
School of Information Management & Systems, University of California at
Berkeley

Mary Levering
Associate Register for National Copyright Programs
U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress

Heather Meeker
Associate
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Ken Metzner
Director of Electronic Publishing
Academic Press Inc

Ann Okerson
Associate University Librarian
Yale University

Pamela Samuelson
Professor
School of Information Management & Systems and School of Law (Boalt Hall),
University of California at Berkeley

Mark Stefik
Principal Scientist
Information Sciences and Technology Laboratory, Xerox PARC

Martha Winnacker
Coordinator
Academic Information Technology Initiatives and Special Programs
University of California Office of the President




Sponsors

Librarians Association of the University of California at Berkeley

The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities

School of Information, Management & Systems,University of California at
Berkeley

School of Information, Management & Systems Alumni Association

University of California at Berkeley Extension

School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State
University

School of Law (Boalt Hall),University of California at Berkeley


PANELS

Panel I

LICENSING AND LIBRARIES: NEW MODELS FOR DISTRIBUTION

Panelists:

Robert Berring
Professor and Law Librarian
School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley

Mary Levering
Associate Register for National Copyright Programs
U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress

Ken Metzner
Director of Electronic Publishing
Academic Press Inc

Ann Okerson
Associate University Librarian
Yale University


Publishers and other information providers increasingly resort to
the use of licensing agreements as a means of regulating access to
their materials.  This development has resulted in a redefinition
of the relationship between publishers and libraries as licensing
agreements replace ownership. While such agreements may be
restrictive, information providers may be able to ameliorate these
effects by creative negotiation strategies.


Panel II

DIGITAL PROTECTION AND ACCESS: AN UNEASY BALANCE?

Panelists:

Howard Besser
Visiting Associate Professor
School of Information Management & Systems, University of California at
Berkeley

Heather Meeker
Associate
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati


Mark Stefik
Principal Scientist
Information Sciences and Technology Laboratory, Xerox PARC


New forms of  protection for digital content, such as electronic
rights management systems, are being proposed as a solution to the
problems of unlimited electronic distribution. Proponents seek
increased legal protection for these mechanisms.
At the same time, many express concern that such devices,
especially when accompanied by legal sanctions, may destroy the
balance between balance between equitable access and proprietary
rights.  How will the legal rules which attempt to maintain this
balance (i.e, fair use, first sale) fare in a new regime
characterized by rights management and licensing?




Panel III


MAKING SENSE OF COMPLEXITY: THE CHALLENGE OF MULTIPLE POLICY
ARENAS

Panelists:


Mary Levering
Associate Register for National Copyright Programs
U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress

Pamela Samuelson
Professor
School of Information Management & Systems and School of Law (Boalt Hall),
University of California at Berkeley

Martha Winnacker
Coordinator
Academic Information Technology Initiatives and Special Programs, University of
California Office of the President


Policy making in the area of copyright and licensing issues is
becoming increasingly diffuse and complex.  The policy debate is
taking place at many levels, from individual institutions to
international organizations.  Locally, universities tackle issues
of copyright from the perspective of a content producer and user.
At the national level, the nature of the National Information
Infrastructure continues to promote vigorous debate. On the
international level, these issues are increasingly the subject of
treaty negotiations and affect trade practices. A variety of other
organizations, commissions and conferences are making
recommendations, adopting standards and otherwise participating in
policy making debates.