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Orphan Works:
New Prospects for a Solution
Friday, February 24, 2006
2:00 pm - 4:00pm
Reception to Follow
Registration: <http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm>
or call 202-274-4148. (Note: Registration is appreciated, but not
required. Walk-In guests are welcome.)
Location
Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. ~ Room 602
Washington, DC 20016
On Friday afternoon, February 24, From 2:00 to 4:00 PM, the Program on
Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at the Washington College
of Law will present a timely program on "Orphan Works: New Prospects
for a Solution."
The last few years have seen an increasingly recognition that the
problem of "orphan works" is a real impediment to the realization of the
constitutional goal of copyright law: the "Progress of Science and
useful Arts." When artists, historians, museums, libraries and others
forgo culturally significant uses of copyright works because their
ownership cannot be traced, the public loses. On January 23, after a
thorough and searching review, the United States Copyright Office
delivered an important report on this topic (with legislative
recommendations) to the chairs of the relevant congressional committees.
The panel discussion on February 24 will consider the report, its
recommendations and the potential for early legislation. Joining in the
discussion will be representatives of many groups that have been active
in the "orphan works" debate, including: Prue Adler (Association of
Research Libraries), Jonathan Band (counsel to the Library Copyright
Alliance), Kathleen Franz (American University History Dept.), Robert
Kasunic (Copyright Office), Jay Rosenthal (counsel to the Recording
Artists Coalition), Jason Schultz (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Eric
Schwartz (Smith & Metalitz), Rebecca Tushnet (Georgetown Law Center),
Jennifer Urban (USC Law School, who filed comments for documentary
filmmakers), and a representative of the Recording Industry Association
of America -- among others.
This will be an important opportunity to explore this critical dimension
of copyright's future.
--
Marlene Gordon
Visual Resources and Music Curator
University of Michigan-Dearborn
313-593-5463
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VRA-IPR Committee, Chair
IS, co-editor
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