[78-L] ARSC Pre-Conference Workshop 2012

[Bill Klinger]

The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
(ARSC) posts the following message.

--- ARSC PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP 2012 ---

The Education and Training Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound
Collections presents "Copyright and Sound Recordings," a workshop on
copyright and related issues for sound recordings. The workshop will be held
on Wednesday, May 16, as part of the 46th annual ARSC Conference in
Rochester, New York, May 16-19, 2012.

Peter Hirtle, Intellectual Property Officer for the Cornell University
Library, will join other speakers in providing an in-depth look at copyright
and related issues:

-- intellectual and performance rights;
-- what can be done with post-1972 U.S. and post-1923 foreign sound
recordings under Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act;
-- determining the current copyright status of a recording using the Catalog
of Copyright Entries (CCE) and other tools;
-- copyright outside the U.S., including the recent European Union copyright
extension and its implications;
-- alternatives to traditional copyright schemes, such as Creative Commons
licensing; and
-- other legal issues in sound archives.

The workshop is open to ARSC members and non-members alike. It will be
useful for anyone who collects, produces, researches, or otherwise works
with sound recordings of any age or genre, helping to unravel the thicket of
legal and other issues that surround recordings.

Please direct workshop-related questions to the Education and Training
Committee Co-Chairs:
Karen Fishman: kfishman at loc.gov
Aaron Bittel: ambittel at arts.ucla.edu

The 2012 ARSC Conference offers a number of learning opportunities. More
information about the workshop and conference will be available at:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/



The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres
of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in
bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals --
everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.