COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS Since 1997, NINCH has organized Copyright Town Meetings across the nation, bringing the basic facts about copyright law and recent copyright issues to wide audiences in the educational and cultural communities. These not only educate but also provide a forum for sharing copyright concerns with assembled experts. 1997-1998 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 2003 Town Meetings February 22: New York City College Art Association Conference, New York City Digital Publishing: A Practical Guide to Rights Challenges in the Electronic Environment for Artists, Museums, Authors, Publishers and Readers. Report April 12: Cleveland Cleveland Museum of Art Copyright for Artists and their Public: Artists Rights and Art's Rights Report May 22: Portland, OR American Association of Museums Conference, Portland, OR Creating Museum IP Policy in a Digital World Agenda 2002 Town Meetings (in reverse chronology) 2001-2 Draft Summary Report (PDF) September 30: Atlanta Georgia Institute for Technology, Atlanta, GA Media Issues In The Digital Age: Copyright Strategies For Culture & Education Agenda September 7: Toronto Museum Computer Network Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Creating Museum IP Policy in a Digital World Report March 23: St Louis ARLIS/VRA Conference, St Louis, MO The Information Commons Today Report 2001 Town Meetings: Reports 2001-2 Draft Summary Report (PDF) November 19: Eugene University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Creating Policy in Universities October 27: Cincinnati Museum Computer Network Conference, Cincinnati, OH New Strategies, New Contexts September 24: New York City New York Public Library, New York City Intellectual Property and Multimedia in the Digital Age June 28: Denver University of Denver, Denver, CO Copyright & Primary Source Materials April 25: Houston Rice University, Houston, TX Copyright Perspectives March 3: Chicago College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL Licensing Initiatives for Scholars and Teachers: Contributions from the Copyright Industry and Other Resources 2000 Town Meetings: Reports Summary Report (PDF) May 18: Baltimore American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD Copyright Confusion? Community Guides April 5: San Francisco Visual Resources Association Conference, San Francisco, CA The Public Domain: Implied, Inferred and in Fact March 7: Chapel Hill Triangle Research Libraries Network, Chapel Hill, NC Distance Education February 26: New York City New York Museum of Modern Art/College Art Association, New York City Conference Tug of War between Faculty, University, and Publisher February 4: Syracuse Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Access: The DMCA and Digital Copyright Issues January 11: Chicago Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL The Public Domain 1997-1998 Town Meetings 1997-1998 Final Report 1997-1998 Summary Report: Themes in the Town Meetings February, 26, 1998: Toronto College Art Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital World: Views from the Worlds of Scholarship, Publishing and Museums Sept 26-27, 1997: Portland Reed College, Portland, OR Copyright Law in the Digital World: Fair Use, Education and Libraries After CONFU April 27, 1997: Atlanta American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA Fair Use of Digital Images April 4, 1997: Indianapolis Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indiana Fair Use, Education and Libraries: A Town Meeting to Examine the Conference on Fair Use February 16, 1997: New York College Art Association Conference, New York Fair Use of Digital Images