Introduction to Copyright for Educators
April 30, 1999

Knight Library
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

A full-day workshop introducing faculty and librarians to intellectual property law as it affects them.

Featuring: Kenneth D. Crews

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

It's time to move away from the fearful image of copyright as an annoying or threatening beast--and to begin working with copyright in a way that helps you keep your focus on your academic pursuits.

It is copyright law that helped many hi-tech entrepreneurs become multi-millionaires. It is copyright law that helps thousands of teachers and scholars each day meet their educational goals.

You don't need to become an expert. You needed to know a little bit about the law of the road to get a driver's license. As educators we need to learn enough about copyright law to avoid violating the law in ways that could cost us or our institutions hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawsuits. We also need to learn enough to protect our own rights to our work.

 

What does copyright have to do with me ?

Good question. Educators always have lived in a world affected by copyright law. When we write a new journal article or sculpt a new art object, we are creating a copyright protected work. When we quote material in an essay, photocopy pages for research, or display a photograph in class we are bumping into the rights of some other copyright owner. The rapid advancement of our academic work into digital media and web sites has heightened awareness of possibilities for protecting our new works and for coming to better terms with the notion of "fair use." Copyright law actually makes many of these activities perfectly lawful, but you need to learn your rights!

But a whole program on just copyright? Isn't copyright a dull subject for a daylong workshop?

We could make any subject dull, if we tried. But we can also make the subject lively and relevant. This program is designed to serve the audience’s interests and needs. We do not give canned lectures. Professor Kenneth Crews is a popular speaker on copyright issues, and he leads programs at colleges and universities around the country. His style is open and flexible; you get to ask the questions you want to pursue. His manner is focused, but spirited; you will learn a great deal in a short time. With a little prodding, you will discover the copyright implications of cartoons, rap music, gorilla art, Elvis’s visit to the White House in 1970, and your own activities as an educator.

Crews on Copyright

Kenneth D. Crews is well known as one of the leading experts in copyright law for higher education in the U.S. He holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in both Law and Library and Information Science at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and is Director of the IU Copyright Management Center and Associate Dean of the Faculties for Copyright Management, IUPUI.

Professor Crews brings a variety of academic and professional experiences to his study of copyright.. He earned his undergraduate degree in history from Northwestern and received his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He practiced general business and corporate law in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1990, primarily for the entertainment industry. During those years, Crews returned to graduate school and he earned M.L.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UCLA's School of Library and Information Science. He has been a faculty member in three disciplines: law, business, and library and information science. His publications encompass the fields of copyright, constitutional law, political history, and library science.

His principal research interest has been the relationship of copyright law to the needs of higher education. His book, Copyright, Fair Use, and the Challenge for Universities, was published by The University of Chicago Press in October 1993, and it reevaluates understandings of copyright in the context of teaching and research at the university. Professor Crews is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world and at colleges and universities across the country, whenever copyright and fair use are critical issues.
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Program Information

University of Oregon, Knight Library
Eugene, Oregon

April 30, 1999

9 am-11:30 am
How does Copyright affect Me?
Join us for an entertaining and informative introduction to copyright law as it directly affects the life of a faculty member. Find out what "fair use" really means, what rights you sign away every time you sign a copyright transfer form for a journal article, what you may be doing that runs the risk of a major lawsuit against you or the university, and what your graduate students need to know! Find out how to use copyright law in your teaching and research.
1:30 pm-2:45 pm
Web Page Development and the Internet
The Web is an enormously valuable technology that holds promise for important innovations in our teaching, learning, and research. But how do traditional rules of copyright apply? Who owns the new website that I create for my teaching or service to the university? What materials of others may I post on my site in the name of fair use? Can I "grab" that neat graphic to use on my Web page? Is everything -- or anything -- on the Web in the public domain?
3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Faculty Ownership of Intellectual Property
Do I own the rights to that textbook I wrote while on sabbatical? How about the web site and videotapes for the course I produced last term? And what's this copyright transfer form I received for the journal article I finally had accepted last month?

Registration

Please note: as of 14 April 1999, we have reached our seating limit and can no longer accept additional registrations.

 

Please PRINT the following registration form. Send check and registration form to:

Copyright for Educators
Orbis Library Consortium
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299

Payment must be included with application. We will process applications in the order in which they are received. Additional information, including location of presentations on the University of Oregon campus, will be sent to you with confirmation of your registration. Seating is limited. If we are not able to accommodate your application we will return your payment. Schedule is subject to change.

Registration forms postmarked by April 9: $35
Registration forms postmarked after April 9: $60

Registration fee covers admission to the workshop, coffee and tea, and handouts.

Limited parking is available on campus; see http://geography.uoregon.edu/infographics/maps/parkingmap.pdf.

Lunch options include numerous restaurants within a few blocks of the library and an extensive open-air street fair with booths featuring a wide variety of food options.

Introduction to Copyright for Educators
Workshop Registration

Sorry, registration is CLOSED.

 

Additional Information

This workshop is jointly sponsored by the University of Oregon Faculty Consultants Network, UO Office of Technology Transfer, and the Orbis Library Consortium.

 

The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity and complaince with the Americans for Disabilities Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats upon request. Accommodations for people with disabilities will be provided if requested in advance.

last update 14 April 1999 by JQ Johnson
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/fcn/crews/