Ethics, Creativity and Copyright Conference
University of Calgary / Banff Centre
August 3-5, 2006
Call for Papers: Proposals consisting of abstracts and biographical information will be accepted until June 10th, 2006. The preferred method for receiving this information is via email.
Andrea Leffler
Conference Manager
Conference & Special Events
University of Calgary
1833 Crowchild Trail NW
Calgary, AB. T2M 4S7
E-mail: aleffler@ucalgary.ca
Conference Summary:
What is the ethical status of copyright? Is it a human right or do levy systems better accomplish copyrights goals? Do the ethics of copyright change when material is digitized or delivered electronically? Do users have rights and, if so, can they be clearly defined? In an era of increasingly blurred boundaries is it possible to make the distinction between users and creators? Can the interests of users, creators and intermediaries be reconciled? Can the competing values of freedom of expression, privacy, safeguarding intellectual property and disseminating information somehow be reconciled?
In a culture which increasingly relies upon and values information and innovation, the outcome of these debates will have far reaching impact. Visual artists, writers, lawyers, musicians, politicians, academics and participants from across a broad social spectrum are invited to attend and participate in a far reaching series of discussions that hopes to shed light, make new connections, and raise the level of debate surrounding copyright issues.
Join us Thursday August 3 at the University of Calgary Red and White Club, and Friday August 4 and Saturday August 5 at the Banff Centre. Bus Transportation to the Banff Centre will be provided on an availability basis.
Topics will include:
* Creativity, copyright and borrowing in jazz improvisation
* Access and copyright in education and libraries
* Who speaks for the artist?
* Is copyright reform heading in the right direction?
* Freedom, cultural appropriation and copyright
* Writers’ perspectives on copyright
* Privacy, free expression and copyright
* Alternative compensation systems
* The new listener and performers’ rights
* Publishing in an uncertain age
* Should copyright protect malware?
* The role of copyright in film and music
Link: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~eccconf/
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