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COPYRIGHT LECTURE SERIES
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FIRST, on November 17th, 3 p.m.: Charles Cronin, a copyright lawyer, music librarian, and currently a fellow in the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, has specialized (among other things) in copyright issues related to perfume. Charles has just returned from a research trip in the perfumeries of France and will talk to us on the topic: "Genius in a Bottle: Perfume as a Copyrightable Creative Work?"
DESCRIPTION: Copyright protects expressive works of intellectual endeavor - literature, music, films, perfume.. Perfume??? ""Yes," said the Netherlands Supreme Court in a recent decision; "Yes" and "No" have said various French courts grappling with the same question over the past twenty five years or so. This presentation considers whether copyright should be extended to such products of human ingenuity, and the role of human perception in determinations of copyright eligibility. We will experiment with a number of fragrances, and all who attend should leave in an "odour of sanctity" (or at least that of Chanel).
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NEXT, on December 2nd, 3 p.m.: James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, has been involved over the past twenty years in variety of initiatives at the national and global levels in the areas of copyright and scholarly communication. He participated in the recently concluded Section 108 (of the US Copyright Act) expert study. Section 108 addresses exceptions to copyright law, in particular how libraries and archives deal with copyrighted materials in fulfilling their missions. The title of his talk will be, "Copyright Still Matters: Preparing the Academy for the Attack on Balance and Fair Use."
DESCRIPTION: This presentation will highlight key legislative and legal developments related to copyright of concern to the research university community, and will call for understanding, commitment and action for the advancement of academic interests. Jim will also speak about the Section 108 study, which focused on updating proposals for the new digital environment. The talk will be a fascinating insight into the workings of such a group and the various positions and tensions experienced therein. In turn, these lead to inconclusive and sometimes vexed outcomes.
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In the Winter Semester, we will host three more speakers:
Sheree Carter-Galvan, Copyright Counsel at Yale University, will join us on February 2nd, 2009, at 3 p.m. to talk about what it's like to be a copyright attorney at a major university -- Yale. Sheree's talk will offer insights into life on the 6th floor of Whitney Grove, where she deals with numerous campus rights issues, not just the Library's. For those who haven't had the privilege of spending time in her offices, this will be an eye-opener.
Kenny Crews, Director of the Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University, will speak to us on March 5th, at 3 p.m., about his recently completed landmark study for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in which he compares fair use and other copyright exceptions across some 150 countries. Professor Crews gave a fascinating sneak preview of the findings of this study at the IFLA Congess this past August in Quebec. This is a truly major achievement.
In April, we are attempting to schdule Bill Carney, OCLC Content Manager, to make a presentation about OCLC's copyright registry evidence project, particularly aimed at addressing the so-called "Orphan Works" problem. An Orphan Work is defined as "a copyrighted work where it is difficult or impossible to contact the copyright holder." Orphan works are the bane of many of our current digitziing projects and the OCLC initiative should, over time, provide a way forward.
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FIRST, on November 17th, 3 p.m.: Charles Cronin, a copyright lawyer, music librarian, and currently a fellow in the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, has specialized (among other things) in copyright issues related to perfume. Charles has just returned from a research trip in the perfumeries of France and will talk to us on the topic: "Genius in a Bottle: Perfume as a Copyrightable Creative Work?"
DESCRIPTION: Copyright protects expressive works of intellectual endeavor - literature, music, films, perfume.. Perfume??? ""Yes," said the Netherlands Supreme Court in a recent decision; "Yes" and "No" have said various French courts grappling with the same question over the past twenty five years or so. This presentation considers whether copyright should be extended to such products of human ingenuity, and the role of human perception in determinations of copyright eligibility. We will experiment with a number of fragrances, and all who attend should leave in an "odour of sanctity" (or at least that of Chanel).
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NEXT, on December 2nd, 3 p.m.: James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, has been involved over the past twenty years in variety of initiatives at the national and global levels in the areas of copyright and scholarly communication. He participated in the recently concluded Section 108 (of the US Copyright Act) expert study. Section 108 addresses exceptions to copyright law, in particular how libraries and archives deal with copyrighted materials in fulfilling their missions. The title of his talk will be, "Copyright Still Matters: Preparing the Academy for the Attack on Balance and Fair Use."
DESCRIPTION: This presentation will highlight key legislative and legal developments related to copyright of concern to the research university community, and will call for understanding, commitment and action for the advancement of academic interests. Jim will also speak about the Section 108 study, which focused on updating proposals for the new digital environment. The talk will be a fascinating insight into the workings of such a group and the various positions and tensions experienced therein. In turn, these lead to inconclusive and sometimes vexed outcomes.
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In the Winter Semester, we will host three more speakers:
Sheree Carter-Galvan, Copyright Counsel at Yale University, will join us on February 2nd, 2009, at 3 p.m. to talk about what it's like to be a copyright attorney at a major university -- Yale. Sheree's talk will offer insights into life on the 6th floor of Whitney Grove, where she deals with numerous campus rights issues, not just the Library's. For those who haven't had the privilege of spending time in her offices, this will be an eye-opener.
Kenny Crews, Director of the Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University, will speak to us on March 5th, at 3 p.m., about his recently completed landmark study for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in which he compares fair use and other copyright exceptions across some 150 countries. Professor Crews gave a fascinating sneak preview of the findings of this study at the IFLA Congess this past August in Quebec. This is a truly major achievement.
In April, we are attempting to schdule Bill Carney, OCLC Content Manager, to make a presentation about OCLC's copyright registry evidence project, particularly aimed at addressing the so-called "Orphan Works" problem. An Orphan Work is defined as "a copyrighted work where it is difficult or impossible to contact the copyright holder." Orphan works are the bane of many of our current digitziing projects and the OCLC initiative should, over time, provide a way forward.
