[Ecommerce] Announcement re June 16-17 CIP Symposium

[Manon Ress]

ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION

Pirates, Thieves and Innocents:
Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium

June 16-17, 2005

HOSTED by the Center for Intellectual Property and being held at the
UMUC Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi, MD

THEME: The 2005 CIP Symposium will explore 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 third-party 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 valued at $50.

MORE INFORMATION/REGISTRATION available at
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium.

Jack Boeve
University of Maryland University College
Center for Intellectual Property
240-582-2736
jboeve@umuc.edu
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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress@cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

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