Please forward to colleagues who may be interested.  Apologies for
cross-posting.


What does a trade agreement have to do with libraries and copyright? Expert
Krista Cox who has traveled the world promoting better policies for the
intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
(TPP) will enlighten us at our next CopyTalk webinar.


The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a large regional trade
agreement currently being negotiated between twelve countries: Australia,
Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,
Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. The agreement has been negotiated
behind closed doors, but due to various leaks of the text it is apparent
that the TPP will include a comprehensive chapter on intellectual property,
including specific provisions governing copyright and enforcement. In
addition to requiring other countries to change their laws, the final
agreement could lock-in controversial provisions of US law and prevent
reform in certain areas.


There is no need to pre-register for this free webinar! Just go to:
http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r46u21nc214 on October 1, 2015 at 2 p.m. EST/11
a.m. PST.


Note that the webinar is limited to 100 seats so watch with colleagues if
possible. An archived copy will be available after the webinar.


Krista Cox is Director of Public Policy Initiatives at the Association of
Research Libraries (ARL). In this role, she advocates for the policy
priorities of the Association and executes strategies to implement these
priorities. She monitors legislative trends and participates in ARL’s
outreach to the Executive Branch and the US Congress. Prior to joining ARL,
Krista worked as the staff attorney for Knowledge Ecology International
(KEI) where she focused on access to knowledge issues as well as TPP.
Krista received her JD from the University of Notre Dame and her BA in
English from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is licensed
to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the State Bar of California.