Intellectual property conference: new models for sharing and trading IP
17th November 2004
The balance between public and private rights in copyright is changing rapidly. While some digital content owners seek ever-stronger means of restricting access to their ‘assets’, new creative forms of licensing are being developed and implemented in Australia to support innovative models for sharing and trading works.
Leading examples include AEShareNet’s content licences such as ‘Free for Education’,
and free or open software licenses like the GPL.
A two-day conference at the University of New South Wales this week (18-19 November) will feature the latest perspectives from the frontiers of education, law, publishing and IT.
Unlocking IP is co-hosted by the Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at UNSW and AEShareNet, a licence developer and broker of learning resources for education.
Keynote speakers will address the question: Do we need to unlock intellectual property?
Leading examples include AEShareNet’s content licences such as ‘Free for Education’,
and free or open software licenses like the GPL.
A two-day conference at the University of New South Wales this week (18-19 November) will feature the latest perspectives from the frontiers of education, law, publishing and IT.
Unlocking IP is co-hosted by the Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at UNSW and AEShareNet, a licence developer and broker of learning resources for education.
Keynote speakers will address the question: Do we need to unlock intellectual property?
- Dr Evan Arthur, Department of Education, Science and Training: Publish or Protect? Public Interest Considerations in Management of IP in Education, Training and Research
Yochai Benkler, Professor of Law, Yale University: Commons-based production
James Boyle, Professor of Law, Duke University: The Opposites of Property
Michael Pendleton, Professor of Law, Murdoch University: The Copyright Balance
“Education has a need for ever more quickly produced learning resources to support flexibility and rapid change. Adapting resources, rather than building from scratch, has become an imperative,” said Carol Fripp, General Manager of AEShareNet.
“We’re also proposing a research project on options for extending ’open content’ and ‘open source’ licensing in Australia, both through exploration of legal and business issues, and also by enhancement of the infrastructure for creating, finding, trading and sharing works,” said Graham Greenleaf, UNSW Law Professor & co-founder of the AustLII public domain law site.
The full conference program is available from the Centre’s website.
What: Unlocking IP: new models for sharing and trading intellectual property
When: Thursday 18 - Friday 19 November 2004
Where: The Scientia, UNSW Kensington campus
Contacts: David Vaile, Executive Director of the Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, tel 9385 3589 mob 0414 731 249; Carol Fripp, General Manager of AEShareNet, mob 0438 779 283.
The Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre is a research centre of the UNSW Faculty of Law, and its principal sponsor is international law firm Baker & McKenzie.
AEShareNet is a ministerial company facilitating the trading and sharing of learning resources through a set of standard licensing templates.
“We’re also proposing a research project on options for extending ’open content’ and ‘open source’ licensing in Australia, both through exploration of legal and business issues, and also by enhancement of the infrastructure for creating, finding, trading and sharing works,” said Graham Greenleaf, UNSW Law Professor & co-founder of the AustLII public domain law site.
The full conference program is available from the Centre’s website.
What: Unlocking IP: new models for sharing and trading intellectual property
When: Thursday 18 - Friday 19 November 2004
Where: The Scientia, UNSW Kensington campus
Contacts: David Vaile, Executive Director of the Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, tel 9385 3589 mob 0414 731 249; Carol Fripp, General Manager of AEShareNet, mob 0438 779 283.
The Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre is a research centre of the UNSW Faculty of Law, and its principal sponsor is international law firm Baker & McKenzie.
AEShareNet is a ministerial company facilitating the trading and sharing of learning resources through a set of standard licensing templates.
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