Keep Copyright Fair, talks and discussion: Feb. 28

Copyright balances the interest of creators, owners, and users of literary and artistic works. Join McMaster University Library’s Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship for a lively and informative discussion on how this balance was achieved and why it is now under attack.

Speakers include: Carys Craig, associate professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University and Paul Jones, education officer, Canadian Association of University Teachers.

When: February 28, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m.
Where: The Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, first floor, Mills Library, McMaster main campus

For those who are not able to attend in person, this event will be live streamed at https://u.mcmaster.ca/keep-copyright-fair

This special event is hosted by The Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship in partnership with the McMaster University Academic Librarians’ Association (MUALA), the McMaster University Faculty Association (MUFA) and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Poster promoting the Keep Copyright Fair event

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Copyright balances the interest of creators, owners, and users of literary and artistic works. Join McMaster University Library's <a href="https://research.mcmaster.ca/research-centres-institutes-and-facilities/scds">Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship</a> for a lively and informative discussion on how this balance was achieved and why it is now under attack.

Speakers include: <a href="https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-staff/craig-carys-j/">Carys Craig</a>, associate professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University and Paul Jones, education officer, Canadian Association of University Teachers.
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>When: February 28, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m.
Where: The Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, first floor,  Mills Library, McMaster main campus</strong></p>
<strong>For those who are not able to attend in person, this event will be live streamed at <a href="https://u.mcmaster.ca/keep-copyright-fair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://u.mcmaster.ca/keep-copyright-fair </a></strong>

This special event is hosted by The Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship in partnership with the McMaster University Academic Librarians' Association (MUALA), the McMaster University Faculty Association (MUFA) and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT).<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-86185" src="http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/McMasterShermanCentre-CopyrightPresentation-28February2019.jpg" alt="Poster promoting the Keep Copyright Fair event" width="2550" height="3323" />

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