Constraints on the FLOW of Expression

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Constraints on the FLOW of Expression

Learning Outcomes: Participants will gain an appreciation of the foggy boundaries within which rights and responsibilities under "copyright" law are attached to various types of intellectual capital, in different ways in different jurisdications at different times. Participants will become operationally more adept at steering their projects and organizations clear of storms, submerged rocks and erratic currents.

Scope and Limitations of Copyright / Droit d'auteur

Audio File (pending): Listen to a Discussion with  an Invited Authority on the Composite International Legal Environment Governing Copyrights, Patents and Contracts (Part 2)

  • Catharina Maracke is a German qualified lawyer and Associate Professor at the Graduate School for Media and Governance, Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Keio University, Japan. She specializes in international copyright law and policy, the interaction between law and technology, and standardization in the field of free/libre/open licensing. For the Shuttleworth Foundation she now leads Project Harmony that develops and maintains international porting of standardized templates for the management of copyright title in free/libre/open project contributor agreements. Previously as international Director at Creative Commons, she oversaw international porting of Creative Commons licenses. She also serves as a board member for the OpenCourseWare Consortium. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/cmaracke

Concepts, definitions, boundary of application, incl. copyright assignment issues and solutions (Canada, US, other)

Real World Copyright Court Cases (what went wrong; reasons for decision)

Audio File (pending): Listen to a Discussion with  an Invited Authority on Canada's Current and Future Copyright Framework for Free/Libre/Open Source Software Communities

  • Michael Geist is a law professor, and the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, at the University of Ottawa. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School. Dr. Geist is the editor of "The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law" (2013); From "Radical Extremism" to "Balanced Copyright": Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda (2010) and In the Public Interest:  The Future of Canadian Copyright Law (2005). He also serves as editor of several monthly technology law publications. Dr. Geist serves on many boards, including the CANARIE Board of Directors, the Canadian Legal Information Institute Board of Directors, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Expert Advisory Board, the Electronic Frontier Foundation Advisory Board, and the Information Program Sub-Board of the Open Society Institute. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/62/128/

Copyright Risk-Minimization and Value-Maximization in the Organization's Context

  • Current Practices
  • Concerns and Challenges
  • Interests and Opportunities
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