Hi Puneet, you geo-go guy. Looks like an interesting workshop. BTW, you wrote "next April", but you meant "this April", I think.
geo-whiz Batman, what's next? Bill On 1/26/11 8:44 AM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: > Hi all, because of larger than expected space available for the > workshop, we can accommodate a few more folks to the "Law and the > GeoWeb" workshop. If you are attending the AAG conference in Seattle > next April, and are interested in IP issues related to geographic data, > I invite you to sign up at [http://punkish.org/geoweb/index.html]. The > workshop is free, and will be held on the campus of Microsoft Research, > but registration for the main conference is required. > > We will accept folks until our space limit is reached or until a week > before the main conference, whichever comes first. So, apply soon if you > want to ensure a spot. > > The original announcement is below. > > Puneet. > > > ---- > Law and the GeoWeb > ================== > > Announcing "Law and the GeoWeb," a workshop on intellectual property and > geographic data in the internet era sponsored by Creative Commons and > the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in conjunction with the 2011 > annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG). The > workshop will be held on Monday, April 11, 2011 on the campus of > Microsoft Research, and will be streamed live on the Internet. > > This workshop will focus on intellectual property issues with geographic > data, exploring situations when users and creators ranging from > individuals to local, state and federal agencies as well as private > companies and non-profits create, share and reuse geographic information > from different sources over the Internet in their projects. > > For more information, please see http://punkish.org/geoweb/index.html or > search on Twitter for #lawandgeoweb > > Rationale > ========= > > U.S Copyright Law protects tangible original works with creative content > but the law also ensures that facts, that is, data that are discovered > rather than invented, remain free for everyone's benefit. This > ideas/expression dichotomy creates a lot of issues in the Internet age > when information is very easily created, shared, used and reused. > > With inexpensive computing and networking power available to everyone, > geographic datasets are increasingly being created, shared and used by > individuals, grassroots organizations, and private corporations. These > data come with different expectations with regards to how they may be > used resulting in a hodgepodge of licensing and contractual obligations > that hinders data interoperability. Mixing data of different provenance > creates new data with typically more restrictive licensing conditions. > Public agencies may be unable to mix licensed data with government data > due to restrictive licensing terms of the resultant dataset, and thus, > may be unable to capitalize on and benefit from user-generated content. > > Workshop Structure > ================== > > The current line-up of speakers from federal, state and local agencies, > Creative Commons, grassroots agencies, intellectual property lawyers, > the geospatial industry, and research and academia includes: > > * Ed Arabas, National States Geographic Information Council > * Greg Babinski, King County, State of Washington > * Michael Brick, Microsoft Legal, Bing Maps > * Steve Coast, Founder, OpenStreetMap > * Kari Craun, Director, National Geospatial Technical Operations, USGS > * Ed Parsons, Chief Technologist, Google Maps, Google > * Diane Peters, General Counsel, Creative Commons > * Tim Trainor, Bureau Chief, Geography Division, US Census Bureau > * Paul Uhlir, Director, Board on Research Data and Information, National > Research Council > > The format of the workshop will encourage discussion and participation. > > Participate > =========== > > To ensure those directly involved in the topic get a chance to attend > the workshop, attendance is based on a short application form accessible > at http://punkish.org/geoweb/participate/in_person/index.html. > > Attendees will also be able to submit longer papers for publication in a > special issue of the peer-reviewed, completely free and open access > online journal "International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructure > Research" published by the Joint Research Centre of the European > Commission. > > Logistics > ========= > > The workshop is organized in conjunction with the AAG annual meeting. > The workshop will be held on the campus of Microsoft Research, and run > from 1 PM to 5 PM on Monday, April 11, 2011. > > There is no fee for this workshop but participants do have to register > for the AAG Annual Meeting (This is an AAG requirement). The workshop is > limited to 50 participants to facilitate discussion. > > Contact > ======= > > Please contact either Puneet Kishor, Creative Commons > [[email protected]] or Barbara Poore, USGS [[email protected]] > if you have any questions. > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >
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