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From: "Nancy Marrelli" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:56 AM
Subject: Important Copyright Conference in Ottawa


For your information.

Nancy Marrelli
Chairperson
BCA Copyright Committee



The International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI Canada) and
the University of Ottawa are pleased to announce an important
international conference on copyright to be held in Ottawa on May 20
& 21, 2004.  The general theme of this Conference, "Rethinking
Copyright", is testimony to the fact that incremental changes to the
Copyright Act may no longer be sufficient and that it may be time to
consider some fundamental reforms.  The seven questions that
mini-panels will address are as follows:

-          The Foundations of Copyright: Is Copyright for the Author?

-          Originality in Copyright

-          Should Economic Rights Be Reformed?

-          How Should Exceptions to Copyright Be Drafted?

-          Technical and Contractual Framework of Copyright

-          Should Moral Rights Be Reshaped?

-          Exclusive Rights Transformed into Rights to Remuneration:
The Example of Private Copying

This international conference will bring together a wide range of
well-known foreign and Canadian speakers and shed new light on the
foundations of copyright. After several decades full of new
challenges, many of them created by technological developments and
the scattershot legislative reactions, should we rethink the basic
principles of copyright to better respond to the needs of our
constantly changing society? ALAI Canada offers a unique opportunity
to engage in major debates and learn more about the inner workings of
copyright. Among the questions addressed will be the foundations of
copyright, the notion of originality, the structure of patrimonial
rights, exceptions to copyright, technical and contractual measures
accompanying copyright, the loss of exclusivity of patrimonial rights
through the example of private copying, and moral rights. Attend two
complete days dealing with essential subjects that affect all aspects
of copyright law & practice. This Conference is addressed to lawyers
in private practice, artists, academics, students, government
interveners, companies whose activities involve copyright law,
litigation, licensing and management, and associations of creators,
artists and producers.

The Conference is sponsored by Heritage Canada, Industry Canada and
major national law firms.  The Honourable Mr. Justice Binnie of the
Supreme Court of Canada will deliver a keynote address at the May
20th gala dinner. Justice Binnie signed a number of important
opinions in intellectual property matters, including the majority
opinion in the case of Théberge v. Galeries d'art du Petit Champlain
Inc., in 2002.

The Conference programme, including registration and other practical
information, is attached, in French and English.

ALAI and the University of Ottawa would be grateful if you could
forward this message and attachments to interested persons and
organizations.  Should you wish to link to the Conference website
from your website, it is available (or will be very shortly) at
<http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/tech/index.html>http://www.commonlaw.uottaw
a.ca/tech/index.html
or <http://www.alai.ca/>www.alai.ca.


Prof. Daniel J. Gervais
Faculty of Law (Common Law Section)
University of Ottawa
e:<http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/faculty/prof/dgervais/desce.htm>www.commo
nlaw.uottawa.ca/faculty/prof/dgervais/desce.htm
tel. +1 (613) 562-5800 x. 3381
fax +1 (613) 562-5124