Roy Kaufman is Legal Director of John Wiley and Sons, Inc., a global multinational publisher. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Copyright Clearance Center, where he sits on the Rights holders and Library Advisory Committees. A member of the Bar of the State of New York, he currently belongs to the Freedom to Read and Lawyers Committees of the Association of American Publishers, and the Copyright Committee of International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers. Mr. Kaufman has represented and counseled publishing companies in every segment of print, continuity, online and electronic publishing. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Art Law Handbook: From Antiquities to the Internet (Aspen Law & Business 2000). He has published and lectured extensively on the subjects of copyright, licensing, anti-piracy, new media, artists' rights, publishing and art law. Prior to joining Wiley, Roy was an associate in the intellectual property and entertainment practice group of the NewYork office of the law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker.

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