Kernochan Center Symposia

Digital Archives:
Navigating the Legal Shoals

Columbia Law School
Friday, April 16, 2010

Presented in conjunction with the Rockefeller Archive Center


Program

 
9:00-9:30            Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30-9:40            Welcoming Remarks
 
                                    June M. Besek, Columbia Law School
                                    Jack Meyers, Rockefeller Archive Center

9:40-11:00           “If Only We Could Reach the Shoals: Barriers to Archives Digitization”:
                                   William J. Maher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                               
                               
                                  
                                Copyright Issues and Section 108 Reform: 
Mary Rasenberger, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
 
                                Orphan Works, Extended Collective Licensing and Other Current Issues:
                                    Maria Pallante, U.S. Copyright Office
 
                                   
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11:00-11:20        Break
 
11:20-12:45        Panel Archives in the Digital Age:
                                   Ricky Erway, OCLC Research
          
                              Web and E-mail Archiving:
Francis X. Blouin Jr., University of Michigan
 
                               International Issues: Which Country’s Law Applies When Works Are Made Available Over the Internet? 
Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia Law School
 
                               Undue Diligence:
Peter Hirtle, Cornell University
 
 
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12:45-2:00          Lunch Break

2:00-2:55         Roundtable: Sound and Video Archives
 
Moderator:      Kenneth Crews, Columbia University
Panelists:             Sam Brylawski, University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert Clarida, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
Eric Schwartz, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Karan Sheldon, Northeast Historic Film
Robert Wolven, Columbia University Libraries
                       
2:55-3:50        Roundtable: Copyright Issues and Issues Beyond Copyright (focusing on particular issues concerning unpublished works, as well as contract, rights of privacy and publicity, etc.) 
 
Moderator:      Robert Clarida, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
Panelists:        Elizabeth McNamara, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
                        Hope O’Keeffe, Library of Congress
                        Kenneth W. Rose, Rockefeller Archive Center
                        Michael Ryan, Columbia University Libraries
 
                                  
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3:50-4:10         Coffee Break
 
4:10-5:05         Roundtable: How Do You Make a Decision When the Legal Answer is “Maybe”?
 
Moderator:      June M. Besek, Columbia Law School
Panelists:              Kenneth Crews, Columbia University
                                Michele Hiltzik, Rockefeller Archive Center
Mary Rasenberger, Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
                                David Rose, March of Dimes
                                Robert Sink, Center for Jewish History 
 
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5:05-5:15         Closing