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And Speaking of Copyright

David Post • October 18, 2009 6:52 pm

VC readers in New York City might be interested in this talk I’m going to be giving at lunchtime this coming Thursday, Oct. 22. It’s co-sponsored by the Copyright Society of the US and the Internet Society’s NYC chapter, and is my (latest) attempt to get people to think about how we might fashion a copyright law for the Internet age that actually makes some sense (as opposed to the copyright law we actually have, which doesn’t). [Oh yeah, it’s about my book, too — and why Jefferson sent a moose to Paris, and how we find a “moose” for the Net that will do for us what Jefferson’s moose did for him]. I gave a version of this talk last week at the University of Virginia Law School, and I think I can guarantee you a pretty lively discussion — in fact, I’ll be a tad disappointed if fisticuffs do not break out in the audience as a result of some of the ideas I propound. 

Categories: Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Internet    

    2 Comments

    1. Mikhail Koulikov says:

      There is something that is simultaneously perverse and completely appropriate about a talk on copyright that is priced at $60 (...or $70 for non-members, or $30 for students). Especially when the book the talk is based on runs you twelve bucks on Amazon.

      ...then again, hey, just as with clubs and concerts, when you do one of these things, you’re not paying for the content, your paying for the experience...

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      October 18, 2009, 9:24 pm

    2. C.T. says:

      Any chance this talk will be recorded and made available online? I read the write up about the UVA talk, and I’m interested to hear you expound on some of those ideas...particularly in front of this audience.

      I’ve been told that the folks at the Internet Society, who are co-sponsoring this event, are going to be videotaping (and possibly live streaming) the event — you might want to check their website (http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=959) for info about that, or drop me an email afterwards.
      David Post

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      October 19, 2009, 10:05 am

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