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FAIR USE TOWN MEETING

David Green (david@cni.org)
Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:01:51 -0500 

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:01:51 -0500
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From: david@cni.org (David Green)
Subject: FAIR USE TOWN MEETING

NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT

February 5, 1997


FIRST IN SERIES OF COMMUNITY TOWN MEETINGS ON FAIR USE OF DIGITAL IMAGES

Following is a press release and program for the first in a series of Town
Meetings to educate and engage the community in debate about Fair Use, the
ramifications of new technology and copyright legislation and new voluntary
"Guidelines," especially regarding the educational use of digital images.

Although not named in the press release, NINCH will be a partner in the
production, recording and management of resources resulting from these
meetings.


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IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                       Contact: (212) 691-1051
February 4, 1997
Katie Hollander, ext.206
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Mary-Beth Shine, ext. 210
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PRESS RELEASE

TOWN MEETING: FAIR USE OF DIGITAL IMAGES

THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1997, 9:30-4:30





Fair Use of Digital Images, the first in a series of town meetings
co-sponsored by the College Art Association and the American Council of
Learned Societies, will take place on Sunday, February 16, from 9:30 to
4:30 at Cooper Union's Great Hall, 1 Cooper Square.  This first town
meeting follows the 85th annual College Art Association conference at the
New York Hilton, February 12-15, 1997.

What can artists, curators, librarians, and scholars do with digital
images?  Although  technologies of digital networks open the door to many
new possibilities, copyright law will also play a critical role in shaping
what we can do.  The purpose of this first town meeting is to allow wide
discussion of what is "fair use" of digital images.

Digital networks pose many new challenges for copyright law.  This is
particularly so with regard to images, which may now be easily digitized
and accessed from remote locations.  Who will hold the rights?  What will
be "fair use" (a key concept in copyright law) of such images?  Who will
have to pay for what?  This town meeting will explore these issues, putting
a particular focus on guidelines recently drafted by the Conference on Fair
Use (CONFU), which are proposed for wide endorsement by organizations and
will have implications for all users, creators, and rights holders.  In
short, how can we all live together?

This is first in a series of town meetings made possible by a generous
grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.


THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC


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TOWN MEETING: FAIR USE OF DIGITAL IMAGES

FEBRUARY 16, 1997, 9:30-4:30

GREAT HALL AT COOPER UNION


MORNING SESSION  9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WELCOMING REMARKS:              Susan Ball, Executive Director, College Art
Association

INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUES:      Pat Williams and David Green, Moderators

LEGAL INTRODUCTION TO COPYRIGHT:

        *Speaker TBA

PRESENTATION OF PREDICAMENTS:

        *Leila  Kinney, Art Historian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        *Lyndel King, Director, Weisman Art Museum
        *Nancy Macko, Artist, Scripps College

OUTLINE OF PROPOSED CONFU GUIDELINES FOR FAIR USE OF DIGITAL IMAGES:

        *Cameron Kichin, American Association of Museums

LUNCH - 12:30-1:30 p.m. (on your own)

AFTERNOON SESSION  1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

EXPLORING THE ISSUES:           Susan Ball and Pat Williams, Moderators

GENERAL ISSUES/TOPICS

        *Copyright Education - Kenneth Crews, Indiana University
        *Liability - Adam Eisgrau, American Library Association, Digital
Futures Coalition
        *Artists' Rights - Ted Feder, Artists Rights Society
        *Copy Photography - Macie Hall, Johns Hopkins University
        *Site Licensing - Geoffrey Samuels, MLC Development

PRACTICAL USE OF WEB SITES

        *Annette Weintraub, Artist, City University of New York
        *Elizabeth Schmidt, Colonial Williamsburg
        *Kathy Cohen, Art Historian, San Jose State University











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Susan Ball
Executive Director
College Art Association
275 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10001
Tel:   212/691-1051, ext. 207
Fax:   212/627-2381
Email: sball@collegeart.org
http://alberti.mit.edu/caa/

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