16.608 Copyright Town Meeting; ACH/ALLC deadline extended

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       [1] From: "David L. Green" <david@ninch.org> (135)
             Subject: COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS: CLEVELAND Registration Still
                     Open (Sat April 12); NYC Report Now Available on

       [2] From: Ray Siemens <siemensr@mala.bc.ca> (8)
             Subject: ACH/ALLC 2003 Early Registration Deadline Extended

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             Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 07:06:45 +0100
             From: "David L. Green" <david@ninch.org>
             Subject: COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS: CLEVELAND Registration Still
    Open (Sat April 12); NYC Report Now Available on

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
    News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
    from across the Community
    April 8, 2003

    PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY

    REGISTRATION STILL OPEN

    NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING: CLEVELAND
    Copyright for Artists and their Public:
    Artists' Rights and Art's Rights
    http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/cleveland.html

    Cleveland Museum of Art
    * Saturday April 12, 2003 *
    9:30am-4pm

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    REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

    NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING: NEW YORK
    February 22, 2003
    Digital Publishing: the Rights Issues
    http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/nyc.report.html

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    REGISTRATION STILL OPEN

    NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING: CLEVELAND
    Copyright for Artists and their Public:
    Artists' Rights and Art's Rights
    http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/cleveland.html

    Cleveland Museum of Art
    * Saturday April 12, 2003 *
    9:30am-4pm

    Co-sponsored by the
    Case Western Reserve University School of Law
    Center for Law, Technology and the Arts
    Cleveland Museum of Art
    Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association and
    Americans for the Arts

    Free of Charge: Registration Required
    http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/cleveland.register.html

       * * *

    Registration is still open for the April 12 Copyright Town Meeting,
    "Artists' Rights and Art's Rights," hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art
    and co-sponsored by the Center for Law, Technology and the Arts at Case
    Western Reserve University School of Law
    <http://lawwww.cwru.edu/academic/lta/>, the Cleveland Intellectual Property
    Law Association and Americans for the Arts.

    The meeting focuses on copyright issues that artists and their audiences
    confront in creating, distributing and/or re-using the arts online.

    What has been the impact of the Internet on the creative community and how
    has copyright law and practice and other legal structures affected what can
    be done online? Practitioners, lawyers, legal scholars, and a critical
    commentator on digital copyright law and practice come together to offer
    their wisdom and experiences to those creating and using the arts online.

    After an introductory keynote address by June Besek, in which she reviews
    copyright basics and current key developments in digital copyright
    legislation, the meeting will comprise three panels:

    * Art & Work: Copyright, Contracts and Work-for-Hire
    * Access & Use: Copyright, The Public Domain and the First Amendment
    * Artists and Copyright: Experiences Working Online

    The meeting will conclude with an open forum with questions, comments and
    discussion on the issues raised by the presentations.

    Confirmed speakers to date include:
    * Alberta Arthurs, Arthurs.US
    * Mark Avsec, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff
    * June Besek, Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the
    Arts, Columbia Law School
    * Deborah A. Coleman, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
    * Mark Gunderson, Musician and New Media Artist
    * Richard Kelly, Photographer
    * Richard Kessler, Executive Director, American Music Center
    * Maureen O'Rourke, Professor of Law, Boston University
    * Walt Seng, Photographer

    Participation is free but registration is required. Register now online at:
    http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/cleveland.register.html

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

    NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING: NEW YORK
    February 22, 2003
    Digital Publishing: the Rights Issues
                    http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/nyc.report.html

    Full and summary reports are now available on "Digital Publishing: the
    Rights Issues," a NINCH Copyright Town Meeting, hosted and co-organized
    with the College Art Association and its Committee on Intellectual Property
    at the CAA conference in New York Feb 22, 2003.

    The Metropolitan Museum's Susan Chun explored the expanded universe of
    digital publishing that ranges from digital versions of known forms to
    digital-value-added e-journals to totally new forms like image databases.
    Authors face a bewildering new rights landscape but museums were authors
    too (as well as rightsholders, publishers and scholars). In trying to
    understand and regularize digital publication, museums were establishing
    policies and best practices. But these were still early days, much was
    fluid and there was "a great deal of space at the table" for scholars and
    art historians to help formulate new approaches and standards. She urged
    scholars "to join with us in formulating a new strategy for making our
    content available to you."

    CAA's Legal Counsel Jeff Cunard spoke of how in creating a digital archive
    of CAA's Art Reviews as part of JSTOR, there was no need to seek
    permissions as the digital publication was a complete replica of the entire
    publication (so the Tasini case did not apply)> However new e-publications
    are demanding rights for potential e-publication. Those rights are hard to
    get and often apply for three years.

    Petra Chu and Peter Trippi, producers of the new e-journal "19th-Century
    Art Worldwide," cited rights violations the journal has suffered but
    focused on how they manage the rights issues for images. They include more
    images than most regular journals, but insisted on authors acquiring
    erights and paying the fees. They do assist authors, for example by
    providing a sample request form, but highlighted the burden that young
    scholars face (with bills of $1500 or more for image fees for a single
    article)< They called for centralized and standardized image distribution
    across institutions.

    What to do when permission cannot be gained or is refused? Christine Sundt
    encouraged more aggressive use of fair use and not asking permission when
    it was a clear fair use and gave a list of still unanswered questions about
    using material in the public domain or subject to the control of artists'
    heirs. Siva Vaidhyanathan asked for more breathing room for scholars and
    cited the experience of many scholars and publishers not publishing
    material in fear of prosecution.

    Kenny Crews aligned these issues and concerns about digital publishing with
    the underground issues behind the 2002 Teach Act that updates the Copyright
    Act with regard to what can be legally broadcast via distance education.
    The Teach Act is a very complicated one and educators are bound by a
    package of requirements and restrictions. The opportunity offered to
    exploit the medium and expand distance education was balanced in the Act by
    an interest in safeguarding future markets for commercial digital publishing.

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    --[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 07:01:53 +0100 From: Ray Siemens <siemensr@mala.bc.ca> Subject: ACH/ALLC 2003 Early Registration Deadline Extended

    ACH/ALLC 2003 Early Registration Deadline Extended

    The deadline for early registration for ACH/ALLC 2003 has been extended to April 15. All those who are thinking of coming to Athens for the meeting should consider signing up now, before the rates change. April 15 is also the target date for registration for training workshops at the conference. See the conference web site for full registration details (including the cancellation policy), the full conference and workshop program, and online registration and lodging reservations.



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