News from the Center for Intellectual Property

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News & Notes  Newsletter of the CIP

Autumn 2007
in this issue

:: Case Analysis: Perfect 10 v. Amazon & Google
:: P2P, Fair Use...and Farewell
:: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing on Campus Under Fire Again
:: Executive Director's Corner
:: Intellectual Property in Academia 2007-2008
:: Dispatches from the )ollectanea Blog
:: Contest Winners!
:: Report from Copyright Utopia




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Case Analysis: Perfect 10 v. Amazon & Google

by Georgia K. Harper
<blockquote>In this article -- Perfect 10 v.
Amazon & Google Revives Sony's Social Benefit
Approach to Fair Use -- Georgia Harper, the
CIP's Intellectual
Property Scholar, provides brief analysis and
commentary on the decision in the above mentioned
case.  Ms. Harper's thoughts are occasioned by
a posting from Laura
Gasaway
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.w6lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F05%2Fperfect_10_v_
google.html) on the CIP's blog,

Collectanea
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.x6lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F). Since its inception
this past
January/February, Collectanea  has been
hosted by Georgia, and in keeping with the blog' s
stated intention to feature "collected perspectives on
copyright" she and her four guest bloggers have
posted more than one hundred entries on more than
a dozen copyright-related topics.  Their postings have
been augmented by dozens of comments from a
range of readers.  Please be
sure to check out--and participate in--the discussion;
we would all welcome your perspective on copyright.
</blockquote>

The Ninth Circuit handed down its decision in the
appeal of Perfect 10's suit
against Google and Amazon
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.y6lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.ca9.uscourts.gov%2Fca9%2Fnewopinions.nsf%2FDE8297F56287C0BC88257
2DC007DACC6%2F%24file%2F0655405.pdf%3Fopenelement) on May 16, 2007.
Lolly Gasaway, our guest
blogger in May, brought this case to our attention with
her Collectanea
post
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.w6lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F05%2Fperfect_10_v_
google.html) later that month. I wanted to
comment in a little more detail about the importance
of the case, elaborating on a few things she said.
Most impressively, as Lolly suggests, the court not
only cites, but really follows, Sony's
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.z6lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.eff.org%2Flegal%2Fcases%2Fbetamax%2Fbetamax_supreme_ct.pdf) fair
use
analysis.
Universal v. Sony is better-known for its secondary
liability principles. It's the case that stands for the idea
that device manufacturers (Betamax video recorders
in that case) can't be made liable if users of their
device infringe others' copyrights, just because they
made the device that's used to infringe, so long as the
device is capable of significant non-infringing uses.
Here, however, an appellate court revives a different
Sony principle, one broadly supportive of the public
interest side of copyright's delicately balanced
bargain, a principle that, in its broadest application, I
had thought was pretty much a dead letter because
courts have pretty much ignored the fundamentals of
Sony's fair use analysis for 23 years. Well, it wasn't
dead -- it was only resting. The search engine cases
are beginning to call upon this legacy, quite
effectively.The principle I'm referring to is that one really must
look at the social benefit of infringing activity, and that
benefit really does weigh into the mix. It's not just lip-
service. This court, like the Sony court, took it as a first
principle that the defendant's (Google's) infringement
(reproducing and hosting thumbnails of plaintiff
Perfect 10's content) contributed significant public
benefit. The court required the plaintiff to show that the
public would ultimately benefit more if the court acted
to stop the infringement, to prevent the harm the
plaintiff had suffered or might suffer, than if the court
let the admittedly infringing activity continue for the
public's benefit. I would expect that Justice Stevens
might be gratified to see this. I'm certain folks like
Glynn Lunney (Fair Use and
Market Failure:
Sony Revisited
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.96lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fpapers.ssrn.com%2Fsol3%2Fpapers.cfm%3Fabstract_id%3D301389)) and
Julie Cohen (The Place of the
User in
Copyright Law
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.86lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fpapers.ssrn.com%2Fsol3%2Fpapers.cfm%3Fabstract_id%3D814664)), who
have urged over the years
that
courts should rely more often on Sony's fair use
analysis for guidance, are pleased.So am I.



Read
the Rest of Georgia's Analysis...
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.76lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fnewsletter%2F2007_09%2FPerfect10_Google_Amazon_
GH_Aut07.pdf)Georgia K.
Harper
 (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.66lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=htt
p%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fdistance%2Fodell%2Fcip%2Fip_scholar_harper.shtml)is
the Scholarly
Communications
Advisor for the University of Texas at Austin Libraries,
where she focuses on issues of digital access. She
was Senior Attorney and manager of the Intellectual
Property Section of the Office of General Counsel for
the University of Texas System until August 2006,
where she specialized in copyright law. Ms. Harper is
also the 2006-2008 IP Scholar at the Center for
Intellectual Property.



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P2P, Fair Use...and Farewell

by Kimberly B. Kelley

It is with great pride (and some sadness) that I say
farewell to the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) as
I leave the University of Maryland University College
(UMUC) and transition to a new position as Dean and
Professor, School of Library and Information Science
(SLIS) at the Catholic University of America.  I have
watched the CIP evolve from its humble beginnings,
with just one staff member, me, to a thriving, robust,
nationally recognized Center providing a wealth of
information, educational materials, and thoughtful
commentary on the digital world, intellectual property
and the academy.



At the time of its creation, all the "signs" indicated that
intellectual property would have a fundamental impact
on the future of higher education.  As a distance
educator, I was impacted by the rules of copyright on a
daily basis.  As a librarian, I was constantly
bombarded with concerns from faculty, students and
librarians.  I noted how the rules were changing and
the players were becoming more diverse and
polarized.  Further, our understanding of the analog
world no longer applied.  As information rapidly
became digital, and new forms of communication
became increasingly popular, the need for a Center to
explore the digital future and the impact on higher
education was right.  And so, the Center was born.What concerned me most?
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
and Fair Use.



I have noted with interest that few issues are of
greater interest or concern within the academic
community we serve than the future of fair use and the
issues associated with peer-to-peer file sharing.

Read the Rest of Kim's Reflection... -
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.u5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http%
3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fnewsletter%2F2007_09%2FP2P_FairUse_KK_Aut07.pdf

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Peer-to-Peer File Sharing on Campus Under Fire Again

Up on the Hill with Ken Salomon

Colleges and universities are facing increasing
pressure in Washington over student use of their
information technology systems for peer-to-peer file
sharing.  The Recording Industry Association of
America and the Motion Picture Association of
America are vigorously pressing Congress to address
what they view as wide spread and wholesale piracy
of their content by students over campus networks.
What's different this time from past RIAA and MPAA
efforts is the existence of broader legislative vehicles
to carry the requirements that they want to see
imposed on higher education institutions.  This
Congress seems more determined than the last to
finally pass reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
that provides authorization for the federal
government's various student financial aid programs.
Only a last minute scramble led by Educause, the
Association of American Universities and other
organizations in July staved off Senate adoption of an
amendment to Senate's Higher Education Act
reauthorization bill that would have imposed
significant new costs and responsibilities on colleges
and universities participating in the various federal
student aid programs, including the installation of
expensive, but likely ineffective, anti-piracy hardware.Read
More of Ken's Report...
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.56lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fnewsletter%2F2007_09%2FP2P_Campus_KS_Aut07.pdf)
Attorney
Kenneth
Salomon
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.h4myr5bab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.dlalaw.com%2Fksalomon%2F) is a
Member with Dow Lohnes, PLLC, and is head of the
firm's Government Relations Practice Group. He
works with clients in the areas of government
relations and public policy, as well as on issues
involving commercial and public broadcasting and
distributed learning. Mr. Salomon's decades of
practice have focused on such areas as
communications, government relations and
legislation, intellectual property, mass media, and
post-secondary education.



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Executive Director's Corner

by Kimberly M. Bonner

A New Season



In August 2007 Dr. Kimberly B. Kelley,
founder of
the Center for Intellectual Property, said
farewell to
UMUC and assumed a new position at The Catholic
University of America as the Dean of the
School of
Library and Information Science, where she will
continue to exercise her rare talents and
incredible
capacity for visionary leadership.  We, her
colleagues
at the CIP, will miss her.



This article has been taken, in part, from
remarks
given to the UMUC community at Dr. Kelley's
farewell
reception on July 20, 2007.I first met Dr. Kim Kelley on July 11, 2000,
when I
interviewed for the Director position of the
Center for
Intellectual Property.  What Kim does not
know is that I
almost did not show up for the interview.  At
the time, I
was working at a large IP/antitrust law firm
in DC.  I
was disillusioned and burnt out. I wanted to try
something new...but the Center was an "out of
the
box" venture.  I did not think I was ready,
but Kim saw
something in me that I did not see in myself.
Kim saw
a leader.



If the test of real leaders is the ability to
identify, mold
and develop other leaders who willingly
follow them,
then Kim Kelley is a great leader.  As I have
said on
many occasions, Kim is a leader's leader--she
has
incredible vision, anticipates change, welcomes
innovation, and she openly invites critical
thinking and
diverse opinions.  Kim is confident enough in
her own
abilities not to be intimidated by other
talented people.
I have clerked for federal judges and worked
with
some of the best and brightest legal minds.
Very few have Kim's abilities. She has the
analytical ability to creatively solve
problems, the ability to motivate, inspire,
and mentor.



The Center for Intellectual Property
illustrates Kim's
incredible capacity for visionary leadership.

Read Kim's Remarks... -
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.v5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http%
3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fnewsletter%2F2007_09%2FNew_Season_KB_Aut07.pdf

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Intellectual Property in Academia 2007-2008

Online Workshops for the Information Professional in Higher Ed

Since 1999, the CIP has offered an annual
asynchronous online workshop series designed to
meet the needs of information professionals,
librarians, faculty, university counsel, and
instructional
designers.



We are pleased to announce that the 2007-2008
series has arrived!



As in previous years, each workshop in this
year's
series of online workshops provides
participants with
an understanding of select intellectual
property issues
facing higher education in today's rapidly
changing
digital environment.



The lineup this year includes four workshops
led by
scholars and practitioners who have studied the
issues and trends and who are able to ask
thoughtful
questions and to offer candid perspectives
and helpful
insights.



Be sure to visit the workshop website for
details on
each workshop's content and objectives as
well as for
more information on the qualifications and
expertise
of  our moderators.Copyright and Academic
Culture: New
Issues and Developments
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.46lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fworkshops.shtml%23copyright)

Moderated by Siva
Vaidhyanathan
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.a5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fmoderators.shtml%23vaidhyanathan)

October 1-12, 2007



Would you like to step behind the legal
battles and
economic interests in order to think more
about the
cultural values that influence how we think
and talk
about copyright? In a clear, straightforward,
engaging
style, cultural historian and media scholar Siva
Vaidhyanathan will offer insight to help
untangle some
of the intricate web of culture, law, and
technology.
This workshop is an opportunity for both the
theorist
and the practitioner of copyright law and
policy to
explore some of the complex issues behind the
management of copyrights on campus.



DMCA, P2P Filesharing, and
Campus
Responses
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.b5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fworkshops.shtml%23DMCA)

Moderated by Arnold Lutzker
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.c5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fmoderators.shtml%23lutzker)

November 5-16, 2007



This workshop will consider new legal and policy
developments related to peer-to-peer file
sharing,
user-generated content, and Congressional
evaluations of the response of the higher
education
community to copyright infringing activities.



Integrating
Access
to Digital
Course Materials: Blackboard/WebCT, Coursepacks,
e-Reserves, Licensed Materials, e-Books, Open
Access...What Will They Think of Next?
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.d5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fworkshops.shtml%23integratingaccess)

Moderated by Georgia Harper
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.e5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fmoderators.shtml%23harper)

January 21-
February 1, 2008



This workshop will explore how integrating
the various
methods our campuses use to provide access to
digital educational course materials can
achieve long-
term efficiencies and facilitate
institutional compliance
with copyright law. Course interaction will
cover the
role of fair use in enabling access, various
other
forms of legal authority employed to use
materials,
and the features of many delivery mechanisms
in use
today.  Most importantly, these explorations
will
underscore the fact that creating and operating
access systems for digital materials, and the
copyright issues involved, are institutional
concerns
and not just a matter of library services.



Building a Community that
Values
Academic
Integrity
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.f5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fworkshops.shtml%23AI)

Moderated by Gary Pavela
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.g5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fmoderators.shtml%23pavela)
and Kimberly Bonner
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.h5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa%2Fmoderators.shtml%23bonner)

February 4-15,
2008


 Studies
show that establishing a community of shared
academic values fosters academic integrity in
the
classroom. However, establishing that community
may be more difficult when students adopt the
values
of a digital "remix" culture that challenges the
traditional understanding of authorship.   How do
institutions foster academic integrity values
in light of
changing cultural norms? Are there special
techniques and tools required? Are the best
tools to
use in preventing academic dishonesty
"technical" like
Turnitin.com? And are there additional legal and
ethical issues involved when using technical
measures to prevent academic dishonesty?

More Info and Registration... -
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.i5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http%
3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Fipa

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Dispatches from the )ollectanea Blog

Collected Perspectives on Copyright

The CIP has been in the blogosphere since
early this
year, and during the past several months we
have
enjoyed posts by our resident blogger, Georgia
Harper, and a handful of guests whom she has
invited
to join her in observing and questioning,
reading and
thinking about current events, ideas, and
trends in the
arena of copyright.Recent postings have included:



* Berkman
Center white paper -- Digital Learning
Challenge
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.j5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F08%2Fberkman_cente
r_white_paper_1.html)

* Google Book Search tips--
UMich
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.k5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F08%2Fgoogle_book_s
earch_tips_umich_1.html)

* Amazon
to partner with NARA to distribute film and
videotape
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.l5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F08%2Famazon_to_par
tner_with_nara_to.html)

* Siva
Vaidhyanathan's fellowship at the Institute
for the
Future of the Book
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.m5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F07%2Fsiva_vaidhyan
athans_fellowship.html)

* Moving
images: digitization for access
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.n5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F07%2Fmoving_images
_digitization_for_1.html)

* Content
owners finding their new niches in a networked
world
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.o5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F07%2Fpublishers_fi
nding_their_new_n.html)

* James
Boyle opines that signing on to CCC's new
academic
license irresponsibly compromises fair use
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.p5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F07%2Fjames_boyle_o
pines_that_licens.html)


* What
publishing can learn from the iPhone
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.q5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F06%2Fwhat_publishi
ng_can_learn_from_1.html)

* Lessig
turns his attention to government
corruption
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.r5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F06%2Flessig_turns_
his_attention_to.html)

* Losing sleep
over copyright
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.s5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fchaucer.umuc.edu%2Fblogcip%2Fcollectanea%2F2007%2F06%2Flosing_sleep_
over_copyright.html)






Read. Subscribe to the feed. Join the
dialogue...
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Contest Winners!

"Voice of Creativity"

The CIP is pleased to announce the winners of
its first
contest.



In conjunction with our 2007 symposium, we
wanted
to know what individual producers of creative
content
envisioned a perfect copyright future might
look...or
sound...like. We asked artists and musicians
from
around the country to re-imagine and share their
future for copyrighted media. "How would they
want
their creative works to be used? What future
do they
envision in the use of creative works by
scholars and
community artists? ..." We were interested in
how
music, poetry, videos/films, essays, paintings,
sculptures, photographic images--or any other
media
format--might be employed to help us think
about our
theme of copyright utopia.



The winners of the contest are: Elaine
Whelan
and
Ellen Schwartz and Roger
Bruno.



Their winning entry -- Voice of
Creativity -- was a
collaborative effort, with Elaine writing the
lyrics and
Ellen and Roger composing and performing the
music.Listen to "Voice of Creativity"... -
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3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fdistance%2Fodell%2Fcip%2Farchive%2F2007symposium%2Fcon
test_winners.shtml

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Report from Copyright Utopia

2007 Symposium Highlights by Jack Boeve

Nearly 150 individuals gathered May 21-23 for
the CIP's seventh annual intellectual
property symposium, the theme of which was
Copyright Utopia: Alternative Visions,
Methods and Policies.This year's very successful symposium kicked
off with an engaging keynote address "U.S.
Copyright Law: A Broken System
Needing</a>" (PPT
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.w5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Farchive%2F2007symposium%2F070521_Keynote_notes_
von_Lohmann.pdf))
 by Fred von Lohmann,
senior intellectual property attorney at the
Electronic Frontier
Foundation. Of Mr. von Lohmann's remarks,
attendees
responded:



"[This was the] most entertaining copyright
talk I've ever heard."



"I liked very much that he chose to focus on
a positive 'silver lining' approach. It was a
refreshing difference."



"[I appreciated Fred's] forward thinking --
new outlook."



Dr. William Fisher, director of the
Berkman
Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
University Law School, also presented a
keynote address entitled "Utopian Visions of
Copyright: Tweak, Transform, or Opt Out
(PDF
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.x5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Farchive%2F2007symposium%2F070522_Keynote_outlin
e_fisher.pdf),
HTML
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.y5lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Farchive%2F2007symposium%2F070522_Keynote_outlin
e_fisher.html),
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Responses to Dr. Fisher's talk included:



"[The speaker provided an] excellent overview
[and] thoughtful responses to the future of
copyright and what the future should look like."



"[I appreciated the] comprehensive taxonomy
of reform possibilities."



"[He] gave a broad perspective that included
opposing points yet provided insightful and
thought provoking information to move forward."The panel "Closed
is not necessarily the other side of open:
Open Access Initiatives
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.85lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Farchive%2F2007symposium%2F2007symposium.shtml)"
was a very dynamic and lively session, about
which
attendees had the following comments:



"I appreciated the debate between two of the
panelists because the conflicts between two
sides of an argument are usually not stated
so bluntly at a conference, but doing so
really brings some key points to the forefront."



"The panelists were well versed in their
areas and provided an insight into the
complex and diverse viewpoints held by
different sectors."



Of the session "Tweaking
Copyright: Legislative Alternatives
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=m8bzkbcab.0.85lliecab.ddu9ywbab.1764&ts=S0279&p=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.umuc.edu%2Fcip%2Farchive%2F2007symposium%2F2007symposium.shtml)"
,
participants had
this to say:



"[I] learned more about [the] influence of
trade agreements and how they build [the]
case to extend copyright holders' rights."



"The legislative process explained by the
panelists articulated strong strategic ideas
to advance the issues relevant to libraries
and higher educational institutions."



It's always good to be aware of what policy
makers are considering and what lobbyists are
saying about it. It's even more important to
be reminded that we can make a difference and
have an impact by being informed and
informing others."



"[I appreciated] the realistic assessment of
copyright's future legislative process."The CIP is deeply appreciative of all
who
participated in this symposium. Your personal
investment on multiple levels made this event
a huge success.

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