International Conference on Intellectual Property and Copyright

June 11-12 1998

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Organizers

School of Journalism, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, University of Georgia

Goal

To provide the setting for an exchange of ideas between experts from the U.S. and experts from central and eastern Europe. Such an exchange should help the nations of central and eastern Europe identify the means by which they may stimulate and maintain the creation of intellectual property while promoting and maintaining those aspects of national identity surviving in their intellectual legacy. The exchange also should help U.S. and western European experts understand the issues facing central and eastern Europe.

Schedule

Thursday, July 11, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Session I. Opening Presentations

Introductions and welcoming comments:

Wolfgang W. Breckner, Vice-Rector, Babes-Bolyai University.

Tudor Vlad, Director, Department of Journalism, Babes-Bolyai University.

Lee B. Becker, Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, University of Georgia.

Speakers:

Kent Middleton, Professor, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, speaking on U.S. copyright law and the mass media, with particular emphasis on the challenges presented by new media technologies.

Ray Patterson, Professor, School of Law, University of Georgia, speaking on the evolution of U.S. and British copyright law and the principle of fair use.

Victor Ursa, Professor, Faculty of Law, Babes-Bolyai University, speaking on the history of copyright regulation in Romania.

Terri Southwick, Washington, D.C., Attorney and Adjunct professor, Duke and Georgetown universities, speaking on international copyright agreements.

Thursday, June 11, 4-7 p.m.

Session II. (Thursday Afternoon) The economic implications of copyright.

James Fletcher, Professor, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia.

Sidney Pike, former President of CNN International Special Projects.

Victor Ursa, Professor, Faculty of Law, Babes-Bolyai University.

Emil Boc, Professor, Faculty of Political Science at Babes-Bolyai University, moderating.

Friday, July 12, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Session III. Copyright for the media and the publishing companies.

Maxim Danciu, Professor, Department of Journalism at Babes-Bolyai University.

Radu Clondescu, Director of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania and the Association for Copyrights.

James Fletcher, Professor, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia.

Victor Ursa, Professor, Faculty of Law, Babes-Bolyai University.

Session IV. Legal aspects of the copyright problem.

Laurentiu Oprea of the Romanian Office for Copyrights.

Marius Dobrescu of the Romanian Office for Copyrights.

Kent Middleton, Professor, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia.

Ray Patterson, Professor, School of Law, University of Georgia.

Friday, June 12, 4-7 p.m.

Session V. (Friday Afternoon) Copyright Law and the Computer Business

Dezso Benedek, Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Georgia.

Doru Pop, Professor, Department of Journalism, Babes-Bolyai University.

Session VI. Intellectual property in advertising and publicity

Doru Pop, Professor, Department of Journalism, Babes-Bolyai University.

Mihail Spariosu, Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Georgia.

Sidney Pike, former President of CNN International Special Projects.

Terri Southwick, Washington, D.C., Attorney and Adjunct Professor, Duke and Georgetown universities.

Session VI. Closing Comments

Tudor Vlad, Director, Department of Journalism, Babes-Bolyai University.

Lee B. Becker, Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, University of Georgia.

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