The Future of Fair Use : Schedule for the Day

Tuesday, December 11, 2001
8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Location:

Wong Auditorium Building E-51
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA - Parking Suggestions
Note: The nearest hotel to this event is the Boston Marriott Cambridge

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has raised many questions about the future of fair use in research, education, publishing, music, art, and countless other aspects of our information society. Join us in discussing the DMCA, Fair Use and continued access to copyrighted materials. Learn what can and is being done to shape the future of Fair Use.

Program Description and Registration

Bibliography

Speaker Statements

Schedule for the Day (subject to change):

8:30-9:15		Registration & coffee
9:15 - 9:30		Welcome & announcements
9:30 - 10:20		Walter McDonough, Esq., Boston Bar Association, Intellectual Property Steering Committee; General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
10:20-11:10		Ivy Anderson, Harvard University Library, Library Digital Initiative, Coordinator for Digital Acquisitions
11:10 - 11:25		Break
11:25 - 12:15		Professor Patricia Seed, Rice University; visiting scholar, MIT's Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, Technology, and Medicine in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
12:15 - 1:45		Break for lunch (detailed maps and a dining guide will be provided)
1:45 - 2:35		Robin Gross, Esq., specializing in Fair Use, Electronic Frontier Foundation
2:35 - 2:50		Break
2:50- 3:40		Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center
3:45 - 4:45		Panel Discussion with C. Scott Ananian, MIT and Bill Thomas, ASCAP

darcy@mit.edu
December 2001