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CHAPTER CHAIRS Beverly Berneman, Golan & Christie 70 West Madison St. Suite 1500, Chicago IL 60602-4206 P: (312) 696-1221 | F: (312) 263-0939 | E: baberneman@golanchristie.com E. Leonard Rubin, Querrey & Harrow 175 West Jackson Blvd. Suite 1600, Chicago IL 60604 P: (312) 540-7676 | E: lrubin@querrey.com |
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UPCOMING EVENTS Date: February 16, 2012 Title: Jewish Thought and Copyright Policy; Discussion of Kelly v. Chicago Park District Location: DePaul University College of Law, 25 E. Jackson Blvd., Lewis #341, Chicago, IL 60604 Description: This talk relies on Kelley as a springboard to discuss certain critical issues of copyright law and policy that, until this case, have largely been overlooked in the discourse. It focuses specifically on the Jewish tradition’s version of Process Thought to inform our copyright policy concerning how we define eligible works of authorship and determine their appropriate scope of protection. Flyer (PDF): Midwest Chapter Meeting Notice.doc |
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PAST EVENTS Date: May 2, 2010 Title: The Soul Of Creativity Location: DePaul University - Lewis Center - Room 341 - 25 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL Description: Ms. Roberta Rosenthal Kwall will discuss the subject of Moral Rights, its protection of an artist's integrity, the importance of inclusion in U.S. Copyright Law of an artist's rights of integrity as well as of economic interests, the law's current failure to include this concept, and a proposed way to resolve this omission. CLE Credit of 1 hour will be given to attendees Flyer (PDF): THE COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.pdf Date: October 10, 2009 Title: Copyright Criminals Movie Screening Location: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Wasington St / 3:00 PM Description: COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and money. Produced by University of Iowa Professor Kembrew McLeod and Benjamin Franzen, this documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. Sampling, or riffing, is as old as music itself, but as technologies developed in the 1980s and ’90s that made it easier to sample existing sound recordings – and when record label company lawyers got involved – everything changed. Years before people started downloading music off the internet, hip-hop sampling sparked a debate about copyright, creativity and technological change, and the debate still rages today. For details: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/copyright-criminals/getinvolved.html Flyer (PDF): Date: April 16, 2009 Title: What Can't You Do With Your Camera On Vacation Location: Querrey & Harrow, 175 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60604 Description: Is there sufficient originality in a photograph of a pre-existing work to create a derivative work? Our distinguished panelists will explore this issue decided in the recent case before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Schrock v. Learning Curve. Flyer (PDF): The Infringing Tourist - Copyright Society - April 16, 2009.pdf Date: November 6, 2007 Title: Whose Copyright Law Is It Anyway? A Call To Arms Against Our Current Insanity Location: Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver 10 S. Wacker Drive, 40th Floor Chicago, IL - 11:30 Schmoozing, 11:45 Lunch and Program Description: William Patry - Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc. Formerly copyright counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, formerly Policy Planning Advisor to the Register of Copyrights, formerly Law Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; author of numerous treatises and articles (including one on fair use with Judge Richard Posner), including the new 7 volume treatise, "Patry on Copyright". Members, non-members and clients are invited. Please respond to Barbara Condas, 312-651-1521, or Len Rubin, 312-207-6464, to be placed on advance attendance list. Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door Flyer (PDF): Patry Nov 6.pdf Date: October 26, 2006 Title: Copyright at the World Intellectual Property Organizaion: An Update Location: Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60661 Description: Key officials from WIPO will provide an update on pending and emerging issues, including ongoing negotiations regarding a Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, as well as copyright in the digital environment. Flyer (PDF): |
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