From: "Clifford Lynch" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:55:30 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [99.101.140.154] (HELO [192.168.1.102]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.9) with ESMTPS id 22682911 for cni-announce@cni.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:30:35 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:18:40 -0800 X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Subject: Berkeley Conference on Copyright Formalities & Registries, April 18-19 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" I wanted to share the announcement from a very interesting conference hosted by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology dealing with the formalities surrounding copyright works; I've been to related conferences in this series in previous years and they have been excellent. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI -------------------------- http://www.law.berkeley.edu/formalities.htm The 17th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium: Reform(aliz)ing Copyright for the Internet Age April 18-19, 2013 Claremont Hotel Berkeley, CA Copyright formalities, such as registration of claims and placing notices on copies, may seem outdated, pedestrian, and... well... boring. They are anything but. Formalities, which in the past three decades have largely disappeared from American copyright law, may be about to stage a comeback. Why? Because copyright formalities may be one of the most important strategies for reconciling copyright law and the challenges of the digital age. This conference will consider, among other things, the useful role that formalities can play in addressing today's copyright challenges, what kinds of formalities might best serve the interests of authors and of the public, economic considerations posed by formalities, the need for appropriate technological infrastructures to support new formalities regimes, and some constraints that the Berne Convention may pose for the design and implementation of new formalities regimes. Co-sponsored by The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) The Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ) The Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam (IViR) The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. Visit the conference page for more information and to register. A total of 11.5 hours of MCLE credit will be available for attendees. David R. Hansen Digital Library Fellow Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic UC Berkeley School of Law (510) 643-8138 dhansen@law.berkeley.edu http://www.law.berkeley.edu/librarycopyright.htm