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PAST EVENTS Date: April 28, 2008 Title: A Visit From the Copyright Office Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA First Floor 6:00--7:30 p.m. Reception to follow Description: Please join us as Marybeth Peters, the United States Register of Copyrights, presents on the recent events at the Copyright Office $10, members $15, non-members, students free Flyer (PDF): Date: April 23, 2008 Title: Copyright and the Constitution presented by Paul Bender Location: Law School Function Room 5:00-6:30 p.m Reception immediately following Description: The New England Chapter of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. is happy to co-sponsor this Suffolk University Law School LL.M. in Global Law and Technoloy & LexisNexis Intellectual Property Lecture Flyer (PDF): Bender Postcard Final.pdf Date: February 28, 2008 Title: News from the Copyright Clearance Center Location: Suffolk Law School, First Floor Description: The New England Chapter of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. is pleased to have Fred Haber, Vice President and General Counsel of Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. present at this meeting. After more than 20 years solely in the business of collective and centralized copyright licensing, CCC has in the past few years begun to branch out in order to further its mission of encouraging copyright compliance through education and the development of services and tools for the use of users and copyright holders. Fred, who has previously discussed CCC's core programs with our Chapter, will discuss its recent developments -- including services for rights holders, services for users, and new services to address orphan works and user-generated content -- and some of its plans for the future. Flyer (PDF): Date: November 7, 2007 Title: Exclusive Right of Authors Reborn Location: Suffolk University Law School, Law School Function Room, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108 5:00--6:30 p.m. Description: Please join us for a presentation by Ralph Oman, counsel in the intellectual property group of Dechert LLP, entitled "Going Back to First Principles: the Exclusive Right of Authors Reborn." Reception immediately following. Flyer (PDF): Final R_Oman Postcard.pdf Date: September 18, 2007 Title: The Quiet Revolution in Copyright Location: Suffolk University Law School--1st Floor Function Room Description: Paul Goldstein, the Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford Law School will present on the changes taking place in the copyright law. Time: 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Suffolk University Law School. Reception immediately following Flyer (PDF): SULS IP Lecture Invitation.pdf Date: May 3, 2007 Title: "Old Media" to New Media: Business Opportunities and Copyright Issues Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, First Floor Description: We are pleased to have Rebecca Sanhueza and Greg Barlow, of Time, Inc., who will share with us their experiences on transforming television series and magazine content into web based products. Greg will explain the business model for Time websites designed to enhance "old media" properties, and discuss ways to monetize (or attempt to monetize) these sites. Rebecca, who is Assistant General Counsel of Time, Inc., will discuss copyright, as well as contractual and publicity rights issues, that are triggered in moving old media to new. Greg and Rebecca will offer case histories that illustrate some of the legal wrangling that occurs when attempting to populate websites with existing (old) media content. Flyer (PDF): Date: March 13, 2007 Title: Chapter Meeting 6:00 pm Location: Fish & Richardson P.C. 225 Franklin St., 31st Floor Description: Jay Fialkov, Deputy General Counsel at WGBH, will discuss provisions of copyright law relating to educational and public broadcasting uses of copyrighted content. WGBH collaborated with Berkman Center on a study of whether these provisions still serve their intended purpose in a digital world. Jay will discuss the study and whether there needs to be revisions of the law to reflect the changing methods of delivering content. Flyer (PDF): |
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