University of California Standing Committee on Copyright
May 3, 2000
10 am – 3 pm
2121 Murphy Hall
UC Los Angeles
 

MEETING OBJECTIVES

  1. Plan the work of the Committee for 2000-01.
  2. Review and discuss the report of the UC Copyright Task Force.
  3. Review and discuss Copyright Legislation Principles and determine steps for additional development.
  4. Review and set priorities for revision and development of UC copyright-related policies.
  5. Review and discuss the copyright implications of the University’s eScholarship initiative.
  6. Discuss and identify key characteristics of a Universitywide copyright education program.
  7. Review and advise on University strategy for AB 1773.
  8. Review and discuss the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
AGENDA


Item
Begin
Duration
Responsible
1. Preliminaries
10:00 AM
0:30
Hume
    a. Welcome and introductions
    b. Review of meeting objectives
    c. Review of Committee Charge
    d. Planning for the Committee’s work
        i. Meeting schedules and locations
        ii. Presentations by outside experts
        iii. Communications
        iv. UCOP Copyright Working Group
        v. Draft 2000-01 Work Plan
     
2. Basic Copyright Principles
10:30 AM
   
    a. Review of Copyright Principles  
0:15
Hume
3. Universitywide Copyright Policies
10:45 AM
   
    a. Review of the Report of the Copyright Task Force, October 1999
10:45 AM
0:30
Berck
    b. Existing UC Policies: Priorities for Review, Development and Education
11:15 AM
0:30
Winnacker
4. Innovative Uses of Copyrighted Works
11:45 AM
   
    a. Copyright implications of the eScholarship initiative – initial discussion
11:45 AM
0:15
Lucier
LUNCH
12:00 PM
0:45
 
5. Continuous Universitywide Education on Copyright
12:45 PM
   
    a. Copyright education programs – initial discussion
12:45 PM
1:00
Lucier
6. Copyright Legislation
1:45 PM
   
    a. State
1:45 PM
   
        i. Issues related to Classroom Presentations – AB 1773
1:45 PM
0:20
Coleman
    b. Federal
2:05 PM
   
        i. Digital Millennium Copyright Act – anticircumvention provisions.
2:05 PM
0:10
Winnacker
7. National discussions and initiatives
2:15 PM
   
    a. AAU/ARL Principles For Emerging Systems Of Scholarly Publishing
2:15 PM
0:15
Hume
8. Next meeting
2:45 PM
0:15
Hume

 

BACKGROUND MATERIALS


Item
Background
1. Preliminaries  
    a. Welcome and introductions
  • Standing Committee on Copyright Roster (4/10/00)
    b. Review of meeting objectives  
    c. Review of Committee Charge
  • Appointment Letter and Charge
    d. Planning for the Committee’s work  
        i. Meeting schedules and locations  
        ii. Presentations by outside experts  
        iii. Communications  
        iv. UCOP Copyright Working Group
  • UCOP Working Group on Copyright Issues, Draft Charge, 4/17/00
        v. Draft 2000-01 Work Plan
  • Standing Committee on Copyright, 2000-2001 Work Plan (Draft, 4/25/00).
2. Basic Copyright Principles  
    a. Review of Copyright Principles
  • University of California, Copyright Legislation and Scholarly Communication: Basic Principles, December 2, 1996.
3. Universitywide Copyright Policies  
    a. Review of the Report of the Copyright Task Force, October 1999
  • Universitywide Task Force on Copyright, Report and Recommendations, October 1999, with appendices.
    b. Existing UC Policies: Priorities for Review, Development and Education
  • UC Copyright Policies: An Assessment of Coverage (4/26/00).
4. Innovative Uses of Copyrighted Works  
    a. Copyright implications of the eScholarship initiative – initial discussion
  • University ePub and Electronic Scholarship Initiatives: 1999 – 2000 Progress (California Digital Library, March 2000).
5. Continuous Universitywide Education on Copyright  
    a. Copyright education programs – initial discussion
  • University of California, Universitywide Task Force on Copyright, Recommendation 8, Education and Services.
  • Examples from University of California, Office of Technology Transfer, Copyright Matters <http://www.ucop.edu/ott/crprimr.html>
  • Examples from University of Texas System, Office of General Counsel, Copyright Crash Course <http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm>
  • Examples from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Copyright Management Center <http://www.iupui.edu/~copyinfo/>
  • "UC Berkeley to announce nation's first high-tech law clinic to provide public conscience for Silicon Valley, voice for consumers," Press Release, UC Berkeley, 24 April 2000.
6. Copyright Legislation  
    a. State  
        i. Issues related to Classroom Presentations – AB 1773
  • AB 1773 (Romero, as introduced, 1/20/00).
  • AB 1773 Working Group to Provost King, Subject: AB 1773 (Romero): Intellectual Property: Ownership (as introduced 1/20/00), 2/22/00.
  • Arditti to Kuehl, in opposition to AB 1773, 4/19/00.
  • AB 1773 (Romero, as amended, 4/24/00)
  • AB 1773, Assembly Committee on Judiciary staff analysis, 4/24/00.
  • Draft UC amendment to AB 1773 as introduced, 4/21/00.
  • Conference Report and Summary, Who Owns the Rights to Instructional Materials? Rethinking Intellectual Property at the University, September 23-24, 1999, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
    b. Federal  
        i. Digital Millennium Copyright Act – anticircumvention provisions.
  • Notice of Inquiry, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies, Federal Register 64:226, 11/24/99.
7. National discussions and initiatives  
    a. AAU/ARL Principles For Emerging Systems Of Scholarly Publishing  
8. Next meeting