Copyright Symposium

["Jack Boeve" <jboeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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 ways in which we think and
talk about copyright infringement in our digital age and will focus on
issues relevant to the higher education community and the delivery of
third-party copyrighted content.
Speakers will include 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 
--P2P File Sharing: Pirates or Revolutionaries?
--Culture and Copyright: A Creative Clash?
--Regulatory Copyright: How Will Universities be Affected?
--Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age: What Universities Need to Know 
--Responses to Copyright Infringement at University Campuses: Best Practices

--The Copyright Legislative Landscape 

REGISTER now since space is limited. Early registration (before May 16,
2005) is $275. Regular registration is $350. Please visit the website for
details and to learn about affiliation discounts valued at $50. 

ENTERTAINMENT: DC After Dark Tour -- Have dinner in DC and then receive a
guided coach tour of some of the city's monuments and memorials. Cost of
coach tour is just $20 (cost of dinner is not included). Register now.

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@xxxxxxxx