The relationship between copyright and the university is a complex one. Universities produce copyrighted works but with a mission of wide dissemination. They provide cutting-edge technologies to further the learning of their students but those technologies can also empower piracy. Professors and students often seek licensed or otherwise legal ways to use copyrighted works but permissions aren't always easy to achieve, either from a university general counsel or from a copyright owner.

What obligations do universities have to copyright owners, to students, to the public interest? How clear are the legal obligations of universities, and how do those balance with their educational missions and their concern for student privacy? What are the appropriate steps for universities to take, and what if any is the role of government in the process? What can copyright owners do to facilitate legal use of copyrighted works on campus?

December 10, 2007

9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The George Washington University

Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building

805 21st Street, NW

Washington, D.C.

Please send RSVPs to info@copyrightalliance.org. The event is free and open to the public.

AGENDA

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast and registration

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. - Kickoff by Copyright Alliance Executive Director Patrick Ross

9:10 - 9:50 a.m. - Keynote by Rep. Ric Keller, R. Fla. (invited)

10:00 - 11:10 a.m. - Panel I: Defining the Problems

    Warren Arbogast, President, Boulder Management Group; Researcher, Illinois'

Digital Citizen Project

    Michael Einhorn, Economist

    James Gibson, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia

    Peter Jaszi, Professor, Washington College of Law, American University

    Andrew Noyes, Senior Writer, National Journal's Technology Daily (moderator)

    Michael Ryan, Director, Creative and Innovative Economy Center

11:10 - 11:20 a.m. - break

11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Panel II: Search for Solutions

    Patricia Aufderheide, Professor, American University School of Communication

    Cheryl Elzy, Dean of University Libraries, Illinois State University

    Lee Hollaar, Professor of Computer Science, University of Utah

    Nathan Perry, Student, University of Utah

    Marybeth Peters, Director, U.S Copyright Office

    Paul Sweeting, Editor, Content Agenda (moderator)

12:30 p.m. - Event concludes