Saturday, May 4, 1996
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Krutch Theater, The Clark Kerr Campus, University of California, Berkeley
Join publishers, scholars, educators, librarians, legal practioners, historians, and creators of copyrightable works to help develop a vision of the public interest in copyright in a digital age. Conference participants will analyze copyright in historical, present and future contexts to determine how the public interest can become an integral part of the NII White Paper and recent copyright legislation debates. One of the major thrusts will be to emphasize the value of a utilitarian balance of private and public goods as the more productive area for discussion and resolution of copyright issues.
Opening Remarks - Kathleen Vanden Heuvel
Speakers |
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Peter M.C. Choy | Counsel, Sun Microsystems |
Esther Dyson | President, EDventure Holdings |
Carla Hesse | Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley |
Joel Linzner | Attorney, Townsend and Townsend and Crew |
Clifford Lynch | Director, Library Automation, University of California |
John Nash | Director of Publishing, Matthew Bender Company |
Paul Evan Peters | Executive Director, the Coaltion for Networked Information |
Monroe Price | Professor of Law, Benjamin Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University |
Mark Rose | Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara |
Pamela Samuelson | Professor of Law, Cornell University |
Jonathan Tasini | President, National Writers Union |
Hal Varian | Dean, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley |
University Sponsors |
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The School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley | The Librarians Association of the University of California, Berkeley |
The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities | Boalt Hall School of Law |
The University Library | UC Extension |
Alumni Association of the School of Information Management and Systems | University of California Office of the President |
Corporate & Law Firm Sponsors
Apple ComputerSun Microsystems
Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Opening Remarks
Kathleen Vanden Heuvel
- massive increased in the cost of information, with no increases in our book budgets
- massive increases in our and our users' need for computer equipment with no budget to pay for this equipment
- enormous increase in use of the internet, but a spectacular lack of ability on the part of our users to discriminate/determine validity of the information, which means far more time on our part trying to identify the authority/value of information
- increase in the licensing approach to information delivery, but no real market operating, so licensing costs aren't predictable/reasonable, much of the time
PANEL I
AUTHORSHIP AND THE MODES OF PRODUCTION
PANEL II
PUBLICATION AND THE MODES OF CONSUMPTION
PANEL III
THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE MODES OF COMMUNICATION
Kathleen Vanden Heuvel Boalt Hall Law Library 510 643 9147 kvandenh@boalt.berkeley.edu |
Michael Levy Boalt Hall Law Library 510 643 4025 levym@boalt.berkeley.edu |
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