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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarded from the NINCH list. Judy -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: David Green, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] Date: 2/25/97 6:18 PM RE: Fair Use Conference/Indianapolis/April 4 NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT February 25, 1997 FAIR USE TOWN MEETINGS & COMMENTS ON CONFU PROPOSED GUIDELINES New York (Feb '97) Indianapolis (April 4) Atlanta (April 26) (Boston--TBD) Portland, OR (September) (Austin--TBD) Toronta (Feb '98). A series of town meetings are being organized by the College Art Association, the American Council of Learned Societies and NINCH on copyright and Fair Use issues. The town meetings seek to educate the community about recent developments in copyright and fair use and to hear responses from the community to proposed guidelines for the educational fair use of multimedia electronic works, digital images and the transmission of works through distance learning. These proposed guidelines have been developed over a two-and-a-half year period by the Conference on Fair Use (CONFU), which will meet for the final time on May 19, 1997. For further background on CONFU, you can consult the "Interim Report" online, <http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/confu/>, or by mail (CONFU Interim Report, c/o Richard Maulsby, Director, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231; fax: 703/308-5258). The first meeting was held in New York, February 16. The announcement below is for the second in Indianapolis on Friday April 4. The third meeting will be held as a session at the annual conference of the American Association of Museums in Atlanta on April 26. Further meetings are being planned for Boston, Portland, OR (September), Austin, TX and finally in Toronta at the CAA Conference in February 1998. Organizations are being asked to consider and comment on the proposed guidelines in the three areas of multimedia, digital images and distance learning. Comments, endorsements or rejections of the guidelines should be sent to the CONFU facilitator: Peter N. Fowler, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Legislative and International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington, DC 20231; fax: 703/305-8885; email: <[log in to unmask]>. NINCH is developing a FAIR USE EDUCATION Web page <http://www-ninch.cni.org/ISSUES/FAIR_USE_EDUCATION.html>, on which visitors may access hypertext versions of the proposed guidelines, accumulated commentaries by members of the cultural community on the guidelines and background material on fair use. Please email any commentaries on this resource page and other questions to David Green <[log in to unmask]>. ====================================================== INDIANAPOLIS TOWN MEETING: FAIR USE, EDUCATION & LIBRARIES: A Town Meeting to Examine the Conference on Fair Use Hosted by The Indiana University Institute for the Study of Intellectual Property and Education Friday, April 4, 1997 Indianapolis, Indiana On the campus of Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis ("IUPUI") On April 4, 1997, a "town meeting" in Indianapolis will be an opportunity for the academic community to learn about and to debate perspectives on the Confu guidelines. This "town meeting" is the second in a series of programs supported by a grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in order to assist educators, librarians, and other interested parties reach a more informed decision about the Confu guidelines. Speakers and panelist currently scheduled to participate include: * Kenneth Crews, Indiana University * Colin Day, University of Michigan Press * Kenneth Frazier, University of Wisconsin * Laura (Lolly) Gasaway, University of North Carolina * Georgia Harper, University of Texas * Peter Jaszi, American University * Mary Levering, U.S. Copyright Office * Christine Sundt, University of Oregon Other participants will be announced. For the latest information, please visit: <http://www.iupui.edu/it/copyinfo>. Organizers include Douglas Bennett of the American Council of Learned Societies, Susan Ball of the College Art Association, and Kenny Crews of Indiana University. The program will be held in the Auditorium of the IUPUI University Library, an innovative facility with advanced technological capabilities to serve an urban campus of nearly 26,000 students. REGISTRATION The registration for the "Fair Use, Education, and Libraries: A Town Meeting to Examine the Conference on Fair Use" is $50. Your registration includes lunch at the "Bistro" restaurant in the Conference Center Hotel, conference materials, refreshments and admission to the Conference. Seating is strictly limited. Registrations invited from all interested persons. Electronic and faxed registrations will be accepted with payment immediately following. Please make checks payable to Indiana University. LODGING A limited number of hotel rooms are being held at the hotel on the IUPUI campus, a short walk from the location of the Town Meeting program: University Place Conference Center and Hotel 850 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-5198 Single Occupancy $87.00 + tax/night Double Occupancy $102.00 + tax/night Please make you hotel reservations by calling 1-800-627-2700. Please identify that you are with the Conference on Fair Use to ensure the group rate. **Reservations must be made by 5:00 p.m. on March 3, 1997.** After this date, reservations will be accepted on a space and rate availability basis only. Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. Check-out time is 12:00 noon. Ground Transportation arrangements may be made by calling Indy Connection, (317)241-6700. Indy Connection is a reasonable limousine service. The charge from the airport to our campus is approximately $8.00 + gratuity (for a shared ride). REGISTRATION FORM Name: _________________________________________________________________ Nametag Name:__________________________________________________________ Title/Institution:_____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address:________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Telephone:(____)_____________ Fax:(____)____________ Email:_______________________________________________ Do you plan to attend the Bonus Session on April 3? Yes or No Bonus Session: On Thursday, April 3, 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Prof. Kenneth Crews will lead a workshop on copyright issues as they relate to higher education and library services. This session will be useful background for analyzing the issues encompassed in the Confu report and on the agenda during the next day's confererence. Electronic or faxed registrations accepted, with payment immediately following. Please return your completed registration form and your check payable to Indiana University to: Rhonda Vignola Institute for the Study of Intellectual Property and Education IUPUI University Library 755 West Michigan Street, UL 3115L Indianapolis, IN 46202-5195 Please send electronic reservations to: [log in to unmask] Fax reservations to: Rhonda Vignola (317)278-3301 For further information call: (317)274-4400 We will send you additional conference information once we have received your registration. ****************************************************************************** =============================================================== David L. Green Executive Director NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE 21 Dupont Circle, NW Washington DC 20036 www-ninch.cni.org [log in to unmask] 202/296-5346 202/872-0884 fax ============================================================== Subscribe to the NINCH-ANNOUNCE public listserv for news on networking cultural heritage. Send message "Subscribe NINCH-Announce Your Name" to <[log in to unmask]>. ==============================================================