[Reader-list] Pirates, Thieves and Innocents: Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age

[geert lovink]

> From: Jack Boeve <jboeve at umuc.edu>
> Date: 23 March 2005 3:34:57 AM
> Subject: Symposium--Pirates, Thieves and Innocents: Perceptions of 
> Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age
>
> The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland
> University College is interested in advertising this educational 
> symposium
> for interested educators and administrators.
>
> _______________________________
>
> [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