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New CUCFA Leadership

by Myrna Hays Robert Meister from UCSC took office as President of CUCFA, replacing Mary Ann Mason. She has been appointed Dean of the Graduate Division at UCB. In addition, CUCFA appointed Warren Gold, UCSF, to serve as a second…

UC Budget Prospects

by Myrna Hays Definitive legislative action on UC’s 2001-02 budget must await the May Revise when the state will have a better idea of how much the energy crisis and the recent economic slowdown will affect state revenue. The Assembly…

DFA Forum on Faculty Copyrights, January 16, 2001

or, UCD Law School, Intellectual Property Expert, and member of UC systemwide standing committee on UC copyright policy. · Historically little interest in lectures or lecture materials-negligible value. · New technologies make these more useful (online classes) and thus possibly…

Intellectual Property Forum, January 16, 2001

Speakers: Ben McCoy, DFA Chair, Moderator Charles Nash, CUCFA Rep. (CUCFA co-sponsored AB 1773) Leslie Kurtz , UCD Law Prof. & copyright specialist Kim Mueller, Private Intellectual Property Attorney Alan Elms , DFA member and Forum organizer A new state…

DFA Response to Dateline article re. AB 1773

Early in the quarter, the DFA sent a press release regarding AB 1773, a new bill co-sponsored by the Council of UC Faculty Associations which makes it illegal to distribute or publish with a commercial intent any unauthorized, contemporaneous recording…