UNIVERSITY NEWS - DECEMBER 2003

MEDIA CONTACT: Stacia Smith
561-297-2971or ssmith@fau.edu

CALENDAR INFORMATION

EVENT: Florida Atlantic University's
First Bi-Annual Intellectual Properties (IP) Conference
"Battling for Ownership in the Arts:
Who Controls Music, Film, Publishing and Visual Communications"

WHEN: April 16-18, 2004

WHERE: Marriott Hotel
5150 Town Centre Circle, Boca Raton, FL 33431

INFORMATION: For a detailed schedule, call 561-297-3185 or 561-297-2152.

DESCRIPTION: With the shutting down of Napster and the issuing of subpoenas for illegal downloads, the battle of corporate rights to protect assets versus the public's right to fair use has never been more visible. This conference will:

stimulate an active and ongoing dialogue on intellectual property issues,

establish a network of professionals willing to participate in a policy think tank, and

initiate a University Center for Intellectual Property in the Arts at Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

Conference organized by Michael Zager, Grammy-nominated composer, arranger and producer and FAU Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Performing Arts, and Jeffrey Galin, Director, FAU University Center for Excellence in Writing and Director of Writing Programs.

Speakers include:

Rosemary Coombe - a Tier One Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Cultural Studies at York University in Toronto

Daphne Ireland - Intellectual Property Manager at Princeton University Press and Chair of the Copyright Committee for the American Association of University Publishers

Kenneth Crews - Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Associate Dean of the Faculties for Copyright Management

Jenny Toomey - Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition

Robert Spoo - Copyrights Editor for the Journal of Modern Literature

Melanie Masterson - Vice President of Antipiracy at EMI Latin America

Doug Frank - President of Music Operations at Warner Brothers