[A2k] AHRC Primary Sources on Copyright His tory Project: Conference – Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th March 2008 – Station ers' Hall, London

[Gaenor Moore]

Professor Lionel Bently asked me to send this to you, please circulate
to any colleagues you think may find it of interest.

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This two day conference is the culmination of a research project
involving the creation of a digital resource concerning the history of
copyright in five key jurisdictions; France, Germany, Italy, the UK and
the US, for the period before 1900. The project involves the selection
of certain key documents, their digitisation, transcription, and
translation. The project will create a free electronic archive of
primary sources from the invention of the printing press (ca1450) to the
Berne Convention (1886): in facsimile and transcription, translated and
key word searchable. The documents will include statutes, materials
relating to legislative history, case law, tracts, and commentaries.
Editorial headnotes will provide context. The project is entirely
publicly-funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and benefits
from an advisory board of internationally-recognised experts in relevant
fields. When complete, the digital resource will be hugely valuable to
scholars from all disciplines interested in the history of copyright.
More information about the project is available at Primary Sources on
Copyright History <http://www.copyrighthistory.org/>


Speakers include: Professor Mark Rose,University of California Santa Barbara
Robin Myers, Honorary Archivist Emeritus, Stationers’ Company
Professor Laurent Pfister, University  of Versailles Saint-Quentin
Professor Karl-Nikolaus Peifer, Köln University
Professor Lionel Bently, University of Cambridge
Professor Martin Kretschmer, University of Bournemouth
Professor John Feather, Loughborough University
Dr Alastair Mann, Stirling University
Professor Kathy Bowrey, University of New South Wales
Dr Maurizio Borghi, Brunel University
Stef van Gompel, University of Amsterdam


Conference fee (to include lunch and refreshments on both days and a drinks reception at the end of the
conference)£100*__*

For further information and booking forms please contact Gaenor Moore - gm367@cam.ac.uk



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Gaenor Moore (Mrs)
CIPIL Secretary
Faculty of Law
10 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DZ
Tel: 01223 330081
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--
Gaenor Moore (Mrs)
CIPIL Secretary
Faculty of Law
10 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DZ
Tel: 01223 330081
Fax: 01223 330055


--
Gaenor Moore (Mrs)
CIPIL Secretary
Faculty of Law
10 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DZ
Tel: 01223 330081
Fax: 01223 330055