IFLA/EBLIDA/eIFL Conference on Copyright and Libraries
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"Copyright: Enabling Access or Creating Roadblocks for Libraries?"
Biographies
Thursday 13 November
-18h15 Keynote: Fred Von Lohmann
"Copyright's Ever Expanding Empire: DRM, Licenses, and Privatization of Public
Information"
| Fred von Lohmann is a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), specializing in intellectual property matters. In that role, he has represented programmers, technology innovators, and individuals in a variety of copyright and trademark litigation, including MGM v. Grokster, decided by the Supreme Court in 2005. He is also involved in EFF's efforts to educate policy-makers regarding the proper balance between intellectual property protection and the public interest in fair use, free expression, and innovation. Before joining EFF, Fred was a visiting researcher with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and an associate with the international law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, ABC's Good Morning America, and Fox News O'Reilly Factor and has been widely quoted in a variety of national publications. Fred has an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. |
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Friday 14 November
-10h15 “The Digital Library in Europe: Legal Policy Issues” by Harald von Hielmcrone
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Harald von Hielmcrone is MA in philosophy (1972). Since 1978 he has worked in university libraries in various capacities: Head of Public Services, Head of Acquisitions, and presently Head of Research at the State and University Library in Aarhus, Denmark.
Since 2004 he is a member of IFLA's committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM), and has represented IFLA at WIPO meetings. |
-11h30 “EU Copyright Laws: Why They Matter to You” by Teresa Hackett
| Teresa Hackett is the Manager of eIFL-IP "Advocacy for Access to Knowledge: copyright and libraries", a programme of eIFL.net, an international consortium that supports and advocates for the wide availability of electronic resources by library users in developing and transition countries. The eIFL-IP programme seeks to protect and promote the interests of eIFL libraries and their users in copyright issues at national level and in international policy fora. Teresa was Director of the European library association (EBLIDA) from 2000-2003; before that provided technical support to the European Commission library research programme, and was part of the team to establish electronic information centres at the British Council in Germany. Teresa has a special interest in legal issues in information work, especially in the electronic environment. She is currently a member of the Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA-CLM). Teresa is a chartered librarian and in 2004 completed a post-graduate diploma in legal studies at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Teresa is a native English speaker and speaks Irish, German and Dutch. |
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12h00 "Copyright in Moldova: Latest Developments" by Dorian Chirosca
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-12h25 "Changes in Copyright Law Post-Independence: the Ukraine Experience" by
Oleksiy Stolyarenko
| Oleskiy Stolyarenko is an associate with the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited, Kyiv office. His main areas of practice include general IP advisory; anti-piracy / anti-counterfeiting; trademark / trade dress litigation. Before joining Baker & McKenzie, Oleksiy was a senior specialist of the Copyright and Related Rights Division at the State Department of Intellectual Property, Ukraine. While working at the State Department he received broad experience in policy issues of copyright law, copyright law making process and negotiations with copyright stakeholders. Oleksiy is extremely interested in interaction of intellectual property laws and new technologies. He is an author of series seminars on copyright and Internet issues conducted at the State Department of Intellectual Property. Oleksiy is also among the authors of the study assessing "The economic contribution of copyright-based industries in Ukraine". He has a specialist degree with honors from the National Law Academy of Ukraine named by Yaroslav Mydriy. |
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-14h00 “Copyright Exceptions and Libraries: Trends, Influences, and a Few Ideas” by
Kenny Crews
| Dr Crews joined Columbia University in January 2008 as founding director of the Copyright Advisory Office (CAO). The principal service of the CAO is to provide guidance with respect to the relationship between copyright law and the research, teaching, and service mission of the University community. Beginning in 1994, Dr. Crews was director of the first such copyright office if its type, based on the IUPUI campus of Indiana University (IU). His main research interest has been the relationship of copyright law to the needs of higher education. Dr. Crews brings a variety of academic and professional experiences to his duties at the University. He earned his undergraduate degree in history from Northwestern University 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. During 2003, Crews was the Intellectual Property Scholar for the Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment, University of Maryland University College, and he has served as a faculty member for the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center since its inception in 2003. Dr. Crews was the first recipient of a major award from the American Library Association (ALA) in 2005. |
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-14h40 “Challenges and Opportunities for the Librarian´s Copyright agenda, from a
Developing Country Perspective” by Luis Villaroel
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Mr Villaroel acts as a consultant on intellectual property for the Copyright Council of Uruguay and has also provided advice on intellectual property with several countries in Latino America at IP negotiations. He is a member of the Chilean Group responsible for the negotiation of the Intellectual Property Chapter under FTA agreements between Chile and US, New Zealand, Singapore, China and Japan (under negotiation), as adviser particularly on copyright-related sections. He has been a representative of the Chilean Ministry of Education at the WIPO Standing Committee of Copyright Law (Vice Chair) and WIPO General Assembly until August this year. Also a member of the Chilean Inter Agency Coordination Committee for Intellectual Property, dealing with the implementation for international intellectual property obligations. Mr Villaroel has been responsible for policy advice to the Chilean Ministry of Education and Government on issues related to copyright industries and consumers, as well as training to enforcement authorities in Chile. He is currently a judge at the Industrial Property Appeals Court of Chile and Intellectual Property Law adviser to the International Relations Office at the Chilean Ministry of Education. |