Greetings all...
This just came to my attention today:
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Subject: Access Copyright Digital Rights Conference
Date: 2 Feb 2004 18:05:28 -0000
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Digital Rights Conference
Thursday March 25, 2004
HOLIDAY INN, 370 KING STREET EAST
TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA
Spend a day with the experts -- Access Copyright, The Canadian
Copyright Licensing Agency
Access Copyright, The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, is holding a
Digital Rights Conference on March 25, 2004. Canadian and international
experts will discuss buying and selling e-content, negotiating licenses,
digital theft, digital identifiers and standards, impacts of changing
technology, and peer-to-peer file sharing.
LIBRARIANS, EDUCATORS, PUBLISHERS, AUTHORS, LEGAL PROFESSIONALS, AND
GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATIVES WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A DAY WITH
THE EXPERTS.
Access Copyright Digital Rights Conference
Holiday Inn, 360 King Street West at Peter Street
Thursday March 25, 2004
Arrival and coffee 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Conference program 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Registration
REGISTRATION IS $295.00 PLUS GST AND INCLUDES BUFFET LUNCH AND COFFEE
BREAKS. A DISCOUNTED RATE IS OFFERED TO Access Copyright CREATOR
AFFILIATES UPON REQUEST. REGISTER ONLINE AT www.accesscopyright.ca. FOR
MORE INFORMATION, CALL 1-800-893-5777 X 291 OR EMAIL
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TO DOWNLOAD OUR CONFERENCE BROCHURE AND REGISTRATION FORM CLICK BELOW:
http://www.accesscopyright.ca/pdfs/PressReleases/drc_brochure.pdf
Conference Overview
Copyright or Copyleft –challenge your views!
Ideas and creativity -- the "open source" fuel for discourse or just one
more
commodity upon which to build private wealth? Are rights related to
content or
packaging? Real questions and answers about the nature of
intellectual property in the digital era. Walter Stewart,
Director of Silicon Graphics, is
former Dean of Communications and Development at CentennialCollege.
Digital Rights Management – Controller or controllee?
>From password control to elaborate trusted systems -- all digital rights management technologies exercise control over the materials they protect. How will writers, publishers,, and libraries work with protected documents? Karen Coyle, a digital librarian at the University of California's Digital Library for over 20 years, is an expert on computer culture issues.
Canadian Copyright Law and the Digital World
An overview of Canadian copyright law, focusing on digital transmissions
and liabilities. Includes observations on the US Digital Millennium
Copyright
Act. Glen Bloom, a partner with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, is one of
Canada’s leading authorities on intellectual property law and
technology, and a founder of Canadian Internet Registration Authority
(CIRA).
Digital licensing Workshop – Tips, Hints and Know-How
A must for anyone using or licensing digital materials. You’ll learn
about the
uses of works through digital licensing agreements, sublicenses and
secondary rights, moral rights, compensation, who owns what, revocation
of rights, credits, warranties, indemnities and more. Lesley Ellen
Harris is a Canadian copyright and new media lawyer, consultant, and
author, based in WashingtonDC.
Identifiers - what are they and where are they going?
A panel of experts discusses the development, progress and future
direction of digital identifiers, from metatagging to indexing: DOI, ™,
CanCore, Scorm, IEEE, , ISTC, ISAN, ISBN, and others. Norman Paskin is
founder of the International DOI Foundation, and developed the DOI as a
standardized identifier. Brian Green is Manager of Book Industry
Communication, the UK e-commerce standards body. Jane Thacker is an
Information Standards Specialist for Library and Archives Canada. Dr.
Norm Friesen works in information management at the University of
Alberta and Athabasca University, and is Director of the CanCore
Initiative.
Lawyer, agent, publisher – together at last
A literary agent, an arts-expert lawyer, and a publisher manager
discuss the digital landscape, its impact on creators of trade and
educational books and other works, and how to negotiate contracts that
identify, ensure and protect rights. Helen Heller is one of Canada’s
leading literary agents. Aaron Milrad is a leading arts and cultural
lawyer with Fraser Milner Casgrain. David Jolliffe is Manager of New
Media and Editorial Services at Pearson Education Canada.
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Suzanne Dubeau
Acting University Archivist & Head, Special Collections
York University Archives & Special Collections
Scott Library, Room 305, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
(416) 736-5442 FAX (416) 650-8039
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