(C) Workshop- Ripped from today's headlines

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@umuc.edu>]

The Center for Intellectual Property at UMUC would greatly 
appreciate your sharing the message below with colleagues & 
networks. Thank you.

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[Please excuse the inevitable duplication of this notice.]

The next online workshop is seemingly taken from today's headlines...

DMCA, P2P Filesharing and Campus Responses
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/
Online: November 5-16, 2007

HEADLINES:

- "Congress Again Tries to Force Colleges to Curb Student Music
and Video Piracy", October 10, 2007
<http://chronicle.com/free/2007/10/311n.htm>

- An Open Letter to the University Community on Illegal File
Sharing: "...Effective Monday, October 8, the university will block use
of two peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing programs on its network",  Univ.
of Maryland, October 3, 2007
<http://www.oit.umd.edu/News/Archive/2007/openletter1007.html>

- "Copyright Office chief: I'm a DMCA supporter", September 17,
2007 <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9779996-7.html>

What's the status on your campus? Where does your campus stand on 
the new legislative proposals and other DMCA related issues? What 
role can you have in deciding and managing the challenges faced 
on campus? Join attorney, copyright specialist, and author Arnie 
Lutzker and other academic librarians, network administrators and 
managers as we explore the "DMCA, P2P Filesharing and Campus 
Responses". This workshop will consider new legal and policy 
developments related to peer-to-peer file sharing, user-generated 
content, and Congressional evaluations of the response of the 
higher education community to copyright infringing activities.

***Early registration ends October 19

Moderator: Arnold Lutzker, J.D., Senior Partner, Lutzker & 
Lutzker LLP Please see linked website for more details on his 
experience & expertise
<http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/moderators.shtml#lutzker>

SIGN UP for the Workshop TODAY!
Early Bird Rates $150 each
<http://tinyurl.com/29jg53> [Secured Server]

And be sure to join Arnie & copyright attorney Georgia Harper on the
(c)ollectanea Blog- October 15th!  at
<http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/>

Online Workshop FAQ- http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/faq.shtml
Complete 2007-2008 Workshop Series
<http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/>

Olga Francois, Assistant Director
Center for Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780
Adelphi, MD 20783
ofrancois@umuc.edu