Seminar 2 – Copyright Focus Group

Perry Cartwright is Manager of Contracts and Subsidiary Rights at the University of Chicago Press. With two decades of experience at the Press, he has served in this capacity for over ten years. During his early years at Press, he worked as the permissions editor under Estelle Stearn, a legendary figure in scholarly publishing. Before coming to the Press, Perry had an extensive background in commercial business. His undergraduate degree is in economics, with additional graduate work in political science at the University of Chicago. He is a frequent participant in scholarly publishing panels and draws on a wide range of experiences in a variety of print and other media. His daily work consists of advising authors and editors, reviewing materials (contracts, letters) for consistency and potential problems, managing correspondence over sensitive issues (including serving as a liaison between the Press and University Counsel), and selling rights to various clients, including book clubs, copublishers, reprinters, and the occasional film or theater production.

Eileen Kiley, Manager of Archival Publications, Materials Research Society, is responsible for all aspects of print and online publication of MRS’s monthly archival journal as well as approximately 45 proceedings volumes each year.

Since joining MRS in 2000, Eileen has overseen the implementation of electronic peer review systems for both books and journals and has guided these publications through an array of changes to keep pace with new developments in publishing.

Prior to joining MRS, Eileen spent 5 years in book acquisitions at the University of Pittsburgh Press. She is an active member of the SSP Education Committee.

Charles Watkinson is Director of Purdue University Press, a unit of Purdue University Libraries. He previously worked as Director of Publications at the American School of Classical Studies in Princeton, NJ. He has over 15 years experience in various scholarly publishing roles including management jobs in book distribution, marketing, and bookselling. By background an archaeologist, he also has extensive fieldwork experience in the Mediterranean region and has written and published on subjects related to the ancient world and on digital data. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Society for Scholarly Publishing and a member of the Library Relations Committee of the Association of American University Presses. He is currently working on an IMLS-funded research project on strategies for success in library-based publishing, in collaboration with colleagues from Georgia Tech and University of Utah, as well as Purdue.

Mr. Haber is Vice President and General Counsel of Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that grants permissions and licenses to corporations, universities and other organizations and individuals for the use of the copyrighted works of publishers, authors and other copyright rightsholders, and collects and distributes royalties for those uses. Most recently, CCC has developed RIGHTSPHERE, the first Web-based rights advisory and management service that helps organizations promote collaboration and the free flow of published information while respecting copyright. Mr. Haber is responsible for all legal affairs of CCC, including the legal aspects of its copyright licensing businesses. He has participated in the development of each of the Companys licensing programs and counsels senior management in the development of new programs and products, as well as in the regular business affairs of a 200-employee organization.Prior to joining CCC, Mr. Haber was a Senior Attorney at R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. (the original corporate parent of the Macys chain of department stores) with primary responsibility for its private-label design and manufacturing division and for all licensing and intellectual property matters. Prior to joining Macys, Mr. Haber was of counsel to the New York City-based law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, practicing intellectual property, trade regulation and antitrust law. There, his clients, which he represented in litigation, commercial and counseling matters, were concentrated in the publishing and retailing fields. Mr. Haber holds bachelors (government), masters (American history) and law degrees from schools of Harvard University. He is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut.

Andrew Bridges, a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of the international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP, has litigated many important cases involving copyright, the Internet, new technologies, and new business models. He currently defends Google in Perfect 10 v. Google, which challenges Google’s image and web search under every copyright infringement theory; he also defends MasterCard in a case, also brought by Perfect 10, seeking to hold VISA and MasterCard responsible for infringements by web sites that sell subscriptions that can be charged on consumers’ credit cards. He successfully defended the maker of the first MP3 player, the Rio by Diamond Multimedia, against the recording industry’s efforts to block its introduction. He also successfully defended ClearPlay, the developer of DVD player navigation software that allows consumers to enjoy modified “airline version” or “familiy friendly” playback of genuine Hollywood motion picture DVDs, against efforts by the motion picture industry and the Directors Guild of America to outlaw the technology. He has represented many other prominent technology, Internet media, or e-commerce companies such as Netscape, Napster, McAfee Software, eBay, Apple Computer, and StreamCast Networks, as well as traditional publishers and consumer products companies, in both litigation and counseling matters.Mr. Bridges received an A.B. in Greek and Latin, with distinction, from Stanford University; a B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. in Literae Humariores from the University of Oxford; and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Copyright Society of the USA, the Board of Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and the Board of Directors of Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. He serves as an Early Neutral Evaluator for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and a domain name arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Madelyn Wessel is Special Advisor/Liaison to the General Counsel for the University of Virginia Libraries, focusing on a broad range of library system legal issues including intellectual property, copyright, licensing, and special issues arising in the area of digital scholarship. She has lectured on copyright, digital responsibilities, legal and policy frameworks for sustaining digital scholarship, fair use and censorship in recent years to groups as diverse as the College and University Auditors, Digital Library Federation, Music Library Association, Educause, and the Visual Resources Association. Ms. Wessel has taught at the University of Virginias Graduate School of Education and at the School of Law. She has been admitted to practice in Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Oregon. Ms. Wessel served as Deputy and later Chief Deputy City Attorney for Portland, Oregon from 1989-2001, practicing in a wide range of areas including constitutional, employment, civil rights and government relations. Prior to her position in Portland, Ms. Wessel served as an Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Opinions Division, Massachusetts Department of Justice. Ms. Wessel holds a BA from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from Boston University.