Nominations--L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award

[Janice Pilch <pilch@xxxxxxxx>]

This message is being forwarded on behalf of the American 
Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy 
Copyright Advisory Committee. Please excuse cross-postings. 
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The American Library Association Seeks Nominations for the L. 
Ray Patterson Copyright Award: In Support of Usersb Rights 

Ray Patterson was a foremost legal thinker, writer and 
practitioner who championed usersb rights.  He was a pioneer 
who drew attention to the restrictive nature of aggressive 
enforcement, new interpretations and unnecessary expansions 
of copyright law.  By recognizing those who follow 
in his footsteps, we celebrate his life accomplishments and 
contributions. 
http://www.law.uga.edu/intranet/archives/academics/profiles/pa
 
tterson.html 

ALA seeks nominations for the Patterson Copyright Award of 
those who have made significant and consistent contributions 
to the pursuit of balanced copyright principles while working 
in the area of information policy, law, libraries or library 
education.   

The Patterson Copyright Award honors deserving individuals 
who embody the spirit of the U.S. Copyright law as voiced by 
the framers of our Constitution: bto advance the knowledge of 
science and useful artsb (U.S. Constitution, art 1, sec 8).   
Nominees for the Patterson Award are persons who follow and 
draw attention to the fundamental tenets established by 
Congress when crafting the U.S. Copyright law:    

*        The creation of new knowledge and the arts are 
encouraged; 

*        The creation and dissemination of knowledge is the 
purpose of copyright; 

*        Congress is granted the power to encourage creation 
of new works, but only via a very specific method, by 
granting authors and inventors exclusive rights; 

*        The exclusive rights granted should be for a limited 
time;   

*        Authors and inventors can benefit financially from 
copyright but this is a side effect of encouraging the 
dissemination of knowledge, and not the direct intent of 
copyright; and   

*        The rights of authors and inventors are granted by 
Congress and are not intrinsic or natural. 

Last yearbs winner was Kenneth D. Crews, Samuel R. Rosen II 
Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Purdue 
University in Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Professor at Indiana 
Universitybs School of Library and Information Science 
(http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/director.htm) 

Please send letters of nomination outlining a candidatebs 
qualifications for this award to crussell@xxxxxxxxxxx or to 
Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist, ALA, Office for 
Information Technology Policy, 1615 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 
First Floor, Washington, DC 20009.  Letters of nomination 
will be accepted through January 20, 2006.   

The L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award is awarded annually. 
Nominations will be reviewed by an award jury consisting of 
ALA members. Recipients will be awarded during the 2006 ALA 
Annual Conference.  Nominees for this award need not be 
limited to librarians.   

For questions or concerns, please contact Carrie Russell, 
Copyright Specialist, Office for Information Technology 
Policy: crussell@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Please pardon cross-postings and redistribute this notice as 
widely as deemed appropriate. 
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
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