[CONF] Rights, Limitations & Exceptions: Striking a Proper Balance

Wed Aug 20 18:52:13 EDT 1997

Rights, Limitations & Exceptions: Striking a Proper Balance

An international open forum for debating the issues in the digital environment

Amsterdam Marriott Hotel, The Netherlands

30-31 October 1997

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN - Dr Mihály Ficsor
	Assistant Director General, WIPO

KEYNOTE SPEECH - Dr Bernt Hugenholtz
	Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam

WORKING GROUP CHAIRMEN
Dr Thomas Dreier, Head of Department, Max Planck Institute
Mr Stephen Edwards, Partner, Richards Butler
Mrs Tarja Koskinen-Olsson, Manager, Kopiosto
Mr Ralph Oman, Counsel, Dechert Price & Rhoads, and former US Register of
Copyrights
Mr Bernard Sorkin, Senior Counsel, Time Warner
Mr Jean-Paul Triaille, member of the Legal Advisory Board, DGXIII

PANEL RESPONSE by representatives from WIPO, DGXV, US Copyright Office and
Eastern/Central Europe  

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RIGHTS, LIMITATIONS & EXCEPTIONS: STRIKING A PROPER BALANCE is jointly
arranged by IMPRIMATUR* (a European Commission Esprit project supported by
DGIII) and IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions.  It forms the third of five Consensus Fora to be arranged by
IMPRIMATUR and will examine some of the issues arising from the move
between analogue and digital environments. 

The copyright law of most countries attempts to achieve a balance between
the legitimate right of the creator to exploit his work, and the right of
the user to gain access to it.  Under various fair dealing, library
privilege and private use provisions exemptions may be granted to specific
users or for specified activities.  Finding  such a balance to take account
of conflicting interests can be difficult to agree, particularly in the
electronic environment where control over copying is still hard to achieve.
 While decisions have recently been made regarding some aspects of how
rights and exceptions can be transferred and redefined in the digital
environment,  rights holders are understandably anxious not to lose control
over their work and users are keen not to lose sight of rights they worked
hard to gain in the analogue environment. 

The Conference has been planned by a broadly based Steering Committee
consisting of representatives from the IPA, FEP and International STM
(publishing), ACT (television) and EBU (broadcasting), IFPI (music), EACEM
(consumer electronics), FIAPF (film), IFRRO (reproduction rights), Telia
Infomedia Centre (telcos), Bild Kunst (visual artists), GESAC (collecting
societies), EMF (multimedia), ECUP (users) and EWC (writers).

PLENARY SESSIONS AND PARALLEL WORKING GROUPS

Day One
Dr Bernt Hugenholtz  (Institute of Information Law, University of
Amsterdam) will set the scene with a keynote presentation which will
provide the background to the current legal position regarding rights and
exceptions worldwide.  Delegates will then split into Working Groups each
looking at the same range of topics.

Day Two
Conference delegates will reconvene on Day Two into a plenary session.
Chairmen of Working Groups will report on the debate and findings of their
group.  This will be followed by an open forum providing the opportunity
for questions and answers.  A panel response will follow with
representatives of WIPO, DGXV, the United States Copyright Office and a
spokesperson from Central/Eastern Europe, giving the view from their own
particular perspective.  There will be an opportunity for further questions
before the close of the Conference.

Working Groups

The range of topics to be discussed by working groups will cover: 
·	Scope of rights in copyright
Transient copying; incidental copying; caching; browsing
·	Non-commercial uses
Libraries and archives; education; disability; personal use; private copying
·	Commercial and technical solutions
Site licences; technical protection systems; rights management and
collection mechanisms 
·	Public interest
News; criticism; review; public domain/duration; moral rights;
non-voluntary licences

DRAFT AGENDA

DAY ONE
09.00			Registration
09.30-09.40		Chairman’s welcome
09.40-10.30		Keynote speech
10.30-11.00		Break
11.00-13.00		Working Groups
13.00-14.00		Lunch
14.00-16.30		Working Groups

DAY TWO
09.30-09.45		Chairman’s opening remarks
09.45-11.00		Working Group reports
11.00-11.30		Break
11.30-13.00		Working Group reports and Q & A
13.00-14.00		Lunch
14.00-15.15		Panel Response
15.15-15.30		Break
15.30-16.30		Q & A Session
16.30			Chairman’s concluding remarks
16.45			Close of Conference

Who should attend the conference?  

Anyone interested in the balance of rights would benefit from attending
this conference, particularly those involved in the ownership, negotiation
or use of rights, telecommunications, Internet service provision and
information mediation.

Registration

The cost of attending the Rights, Limitations and Exceptions Conference is
£250.00 for commercial and government organisations and £200.00 for
academic institutions and libraries. The registration fee includes
documentation and Conference Proceedings, plenary and working group
attendance, lunch and refreshments on both days.  The price does not
include accommodation; details of rooms at a range of prices can be
provided upon request.

Conference venue

The conference will be held at the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel,
Stadhouderskade 21, 1054 ES Amsterdam, tel +31 20 607 5555, fax +31 20 607
5511.  The hotel is situated in the south-west of the city, close to the
Leidseplein and served by the KLM airport bus.    

Cancellation

Up to 10 October 1997, full refund minus 10% administration fee.  After
this time no refunds will be given.  Substitutions may be made at any time
without charge; please notify the organisers in advance. 

While we will endeavour to deal with registrations on a first come first
served basis, the balance referred to in the Conference title needs to be
preserved.  There is also a limit to the number of delegate places
available so please return the attached registration form as soon as
possible and by 19 September 1997 at the latest to:

Sarah Keates
IFLA
c/o The British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, UK
tel +44 1937 546124
fax +44 1937 546478
email sarah.keates at bl.uk
More information about IFLA can be found at http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/ and
about IMPRIMATUR at http://www.imprimatur.alcs.co.uk

* Partners in the IMPRIMATUR ( Intellectual Multimedia Property Rights
Model and Terminology for Universal Reference) consortium are: Authors
Licensing and Collecting Society, Bertelsmann AG, The British Library,
Confédération des Sociétés d’Auteurs, Editeurs et Compositeurs, Tagish
Ltd., Croft Communication Consultants, DigiCash, EUSIDIC, Institute of
Information Law, University of Amsterdam, International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry, The Interactive Multimedia Association of the USA,
Teles AG, Telia Infomedia, University of Florence.  Associate partners are:
EDItEUR, United States Copyright Office, EBLIDA, International STM, IFRRO,
Association of European Performers’ Organisations.

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