🚀 go-pugleaf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE

        National Conference to Address Educational Multimedia
                        Development and Copyright


In response to the growing concerns about copyright on the part of
faculty and students developing their own multimedia programs for
educational uses, the Consortium of College and University Media
Centers (CCUMC) and the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT)
are planning a national conference on June 15-17, 1994, at
American University in Washington, D.C.  The EDUCATIONAL FAIR ACCESS
AND THE NEW MEDIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE will, for the first time,
bring together major interest groups and a host of copyright
experts to address these concerns.


Approximately 90 national associations, representing educational,
governmental, and commercial interests have been invited to
participate, along with observers from leading professional
publications.  Among those making formal presentations will be
Barbara Ringer, Acting Register of Copyrights, United States
Copyright Office; Robert Heterick, President, EDUCOM; Professor
Fred T. Hofstetter, Director of Instructional Technology Center,
University of Delaware; Robert Wedgeworth, University Librarian,
University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana; Michael Ribaudo,
University Dean of Instructional Technology and Industry and
Government Partnerships, City University of New York; and
Bernard R. Sorkin, Senior Counsel, Time-Warner, Inc. representing
the Motion Picture Association of America.

Participants will hear several formal presentations, in addition
to those named above, and will work in small groups to begin the
process of developing fair use guidelines for the use of copyrighted
works in multimedia programs produced by faculty and students for
educational purposes.  Several demonstrations of the new technology
will be conducted during the course of a reception scheduled
to be held the first evening of the conference.  Complete
Conference Proceedings will be published by AIT.

AIT in a nonprofit US-Canadian corporation established in 1962.
Its mission is to foster learning by developing, acquiring,
and distributing quality electronic technology-based resources
and services; and by providing leadership to the educational
community.

CCUMC is a 300-member professional education association
representing 184 institutions and more than 30 educational
media and computer software producers and distributors.  The
association is committed to developing standards for the
effective implementation and management of instructional media
in higher education.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO AECT-L -- PLEASE CONTACT:

        Lisa Livingston (CCUMC), 212/650-6708
                lilcc@cunyvm.bitnet

        Carole Novak (AIT), 800/457-4509



*  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*  Jeffrey B. Donahue                                Phone: (607)777-4750
*  Director, Educational Communications Center       Fax:   (607)777-4000
*  Binghamton University
*  P.O. Box 6000
*  Binghamton, NY  13902-6000                        MEDIA-L Listowner
*
*       Preferred e-mail address:  jdonahue@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
*               BITNET address:  jdonahue@bingvaxa
*  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~