COPYRIGHTING CYBERSPACE

From the 1999 CALI Conference for Law School Computing

Many individuals who work in higher education understand the power of
cyberspace. Many individuals who work in higher education also
understand the power of copyright law. The collision of these two
powerful tools -- one a tool of technology and the other a tool of law,
creates tensions and difficulties for those working in higher
education. In this session Lydia Pallas Loren, Associate Professor of
Law at Lewis and Clark Law School and Deb Quentel, Director of
Curriculum Development/General Counsel, CALI, will discuss the present
laws and theories regarding copyrights in cyberspace. Particular
attention will be paid to the new provisions added to copyright law by
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), signed into law in October,
1998.

The session will focus on the copyright implications of cyberspace
activities typical of law school professors and law schools in general.
We will also discuss the impact of the DMCA on distance education, the
"safe harbor" provisions of the DMCA, and the particular attention paid
in those provisions to the activities of faculty members at institutions
of higher learning.

Deb Quentel
Director of Curriculum Development/General Counsel
CALI
dquentel@cali.org

Lydia Pallas Loren
Associate Professor of Law,
Lewis and Clark Law School

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Education

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