[InetBib] "Copyright in the Digital Age" at DDB on October 4, 2005

["Jaster, Miriam " <JasterM2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues:

Over the past years, Information Resource Center (IRC) staff of the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt have successfully established the concept of "Librarians' Roundtables", bringing together American library experts with German information professionals throughout the Rhein-Main region.  

Our speakers included representatives of the New York Public Library, Harvard University Library, Yale University Library and the Library of Congress, covering topics like "the Role of the Library in a Community", "Fund Raising", "QuestionPoint", "Digital Archiving/ Digital Library Projects" as well as "Youth Outreach at American Libraries". 

These roundtables offer an excellent opportunity not only to discuss professional challenges and concerns with American experts but also to network with German colleagues in this region.

We are very grateful for the support from institutions like Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt University Library, Stadtbücherei Frankfurt and Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz that often host and co-sponsor our events.

Please join us for another roundtable discussion (in English), featuring  

Ms. Marybeth Peters
U.S. Copyright Office, Register of Copyrights and Associate Librarian for Copyright Services 
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/mbpbio.html

who will address

"Copyright Law and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age"

Tuesday, October 4, 2005
14:00 - 17:00  

Die Deutsche Bibliothek
- Konferenzraum - 
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main

Please register by Email at IRCFrankfurt@xxxxxxxxxx  

Information on our guest speaker:

*Biosketch*
Marybeth Peters became the Unites States Register of Copyrights on August 7, 1994. From 1983-1994 she held the position of Policy Planning Adviser to the Register. She also served as Acting General Counsel of the Copyright Office and as chief of both the Examining and Information and Reference division. Ms. Peters is the author of The General Guide to the Copyright Act of 1976.

Ms. Peters received her undergraduate degree from Rhode Island College and her law degree, with honors, from The George Washington University Law School. She is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia.

Ms. Peters is a member of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A., where she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, the Intellectural Property Section of the American Bar Association, the U.S. Chapter of the Association litteraire and artistique interntionale (ALAI), the American Intellectural Property Law Association (AILPA) and the Computer Law Association.

Ms. Peters, from 1986-1995, was a also a lecturer in the Communications Law Institute of The Catholic University of America's law school and previously served as adjunct professor of copyright law at the University of Miami School of Law and at The Georgetown University Law Center.

During 1989-1990 Ms. Peters served as a consultant on coypright law to the World Intellectural Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Links: 
- Ms. Marybeth Peters http://www.copyright.gov/docs/mbpbio.html 
- U.S. Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov/about.html

Testimony of The Honorable Marybeth Peters 
May 25, 2005 
Before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee/ Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
"Piracy of Intellectual Property" 
http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1514&wit_id=4303

Testimony of The Honorable Marybeth Peters 
July 22, 2004 
Hearing on the Intentional Inducement of Copyright Infringements Act of 2004 
http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1276&wit_id=307 


We hope to have raised your interest and look forward to a lively and inspiring afternoon!

IRC Frankfurt Team
Miriam Jaster, Dr. Renate Vollmer, Nicole Fries	
http://frankfurt.usconsulate.gov/frankfurt/irc.html