The CIP Of the University of Maryland University College has a well constructed newsletter that deserves the attention of all who are interested in copyright issues in higher education. The Center is a hotbed of activities involving coyright, and their newsletter will keep us all informed of major issues and major players.
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/newsletter/index.shtml
The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce a national teleconference and Webcast on copyright in the digital age. The program titled "Copyright in the Digital Age: An Update," will take place on Friday, June 1, from 12 to 2 p.m. EST.
"Copyright in the Digital Age: An Update," will feature national library leaders discussing the complex copyright and intellectual property issues affecting libraries and schools. Presenters include Kenneth Crews, professor, Indiana University School of Law; Tomas Lipinski, associate professor, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Miriam Nisbet, legislative counsel, ALA Washington Office.
For the announcement in blog entry:
http://blogs.ala.org/districtdispatch.php?cat=299
For the webcast information page and registration form:
http://www.dupagepress.com/COD/index.php?id=1281http://http://www.dupagepress.com/COD/index.php?id=1281
I was cruising around my copyright bookmarks, looking for stuff I haven't seen before and came across these pages. It's all news about copyright and patents. I know I'm going to be checking it often.
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