Dear Colleague:
We have scheduled the first meeting of the NAS-STEP committee to develop a research agenda on the impact of copyright law and policy for Thursday & Friday October 14-15, 2010, at the Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., NW. We invite interested parties to present their views on the committee's task in an open session Friday from 8:30-Noon in room KC 100. We encourage presentations that identify priority issues in copyright policy that the committee should consider addressing. Some but by no means all of the possibilities are enumerated in the project prospectus attached, including * limitations and exceptions to copyright including fair use * secondary liability for infringement * technology mandates * statutory damages and * access to publicly supported scientific research
To discuss this invitation and/or schedule a time on the agenda, please contact me at an early opportunity. Project sponsors will be given their preference of time to the extent possible.
Sincerely,
Stephen A. Merrill, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
The National Academies
500 Fifth Street, N.W. KC574
Washington, DC 20001
Tel. 202-334-1581
Fax 202-334-1505
Mob 202-731-1782
Email smerrill@nas.edu
