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Roundtable on freedom of information:
Internet - Copyright: Problematics of the EU Directive and MAI
Friday 9 October 1998, 1-6p, at the Finnish Institute, 35-36 Eagle Street, LondonThe Roundtable meeting will discuss whether the decision-makers of the present information society, while glorifying information technology and the information market, show a real understanding of the public library service and the creators of intellectual capital. There are fears that the draft EU Directive on the harmonisation of Copyright destroys public libraries while the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI) reduces art and literature to pure merchandise.
Among the participants will be: Andrew Puddephatt (Director, Charter 88) Stephen Coleman (Hansard Society), Marek Kohn (journalist and writer), Brian Groombridge (Scarman Trust), David McDuff (writer and literary translator), Henrik Stenius (Finnish Institute in London), Sinikka Sipilä (Finnish Library Association), Mikael Böök (Katto-Meny), Leena Krohn (writer), Finland, Ms Mirja Ryynänen MEP.
The following organisations are collaborating in the organisation of the Roundtable meeting:
The Scarman Trust. A national charity, dedicated to helping people gain greater power over their lives, especially by formulating new ideals between community-based organisations and decision-makers in government. See http://www.charter88.org.uk/press/scarman1.html Charter 88. An independent campaign for a modern and fair democracy. See http://www.charter88.org.uk/politics/why88.html The Finnish Library Association. A professional organisation with 2.200 individual members, mostly working in public libraries; See http://www.fla.fi/ Katto-Meny [partner of CIC-ICC] An Internet service provider, which is organised as a cooperative society [and is a partner of CIC-ICC]; see http://www.kaapeli.fi/katto/ The Finnish Institute in London, see http://www.finnish-institute.org.uk/
Contact: Mikael BÖÖK (Katto-Meny), fax +358-9-270 90 369, e-mail:
book@kaapeli.fi