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8th Annual Copyright Symposium at UMUC

Olga Francois

Assistant Director, Center for Intellectual Property

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Published: May-June 2008

Category: » Events » Current-events

The UMUC community is invited once again to join the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) at its annual symposium exploring the relationship between the U.S. copyright monopoly, technological innovation, and higher education institutions. Although the default rules in U.S. copyright law encourage exclusive ownership and create a limited monopoly, today’s technological and cultural landscape encourages sharing and collaboration. The result is a high-stakes conflict between copyright law and culture. Where do higher education interests reside?

With this question in mind, the 2008 symposium begins with a choice between two optional pre-symposium seminars taught by Arnold Lutzker, Attorney, Lutzker & Lutzker LLP, and Dru Zuretti, Client Relationship and Education Manager, Copyright Clearance Center, or Laura Gasaway, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. All registered participants are then invited to attend the evening opening reception and keynote address by noted author James Boyle, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law, and co-founder, Center for the Study of the Public Domain. For the next two days, participants will join a community of educators and immerse themselves in the exploration of copyright issues through panel presentations and discussions. On the final day, the symposium concludes with an overview of current legislative issues and provides an opportunity to brainstorm in roundtable discussions to identify best practices for handling campus copyright concerns.

This year, in addition to the full symposium agenda, CIP has partnered with the National Leadership Institute (NLI) to bring a new and unique program that promises to meet the needs of many institutions struggling to better manage the changes in copyright law, the Institute for Copyright Leadership & Management (ICLM). The goal of ICLM is to increase participants’ capacity for change management and to lead copyright initiatives on their campuses.

This symposium is appropriate for anyone who handles copyrighted information on a daily basis, including administrators, faculty members, librarians, university counsel, IT professionals, and graduate students. Register now to participate in this exciting program in Adelphi on May 28-30, 2008. If you cannot join the symposium in person, contact CIP for its online offerings. For registration and details, please see http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/ or call 240-582-2803.