[Cc-hk] Fwd: HKU Seminar "Comparative Perspectives on Digital Copyright Reform: Lessons from Abroad and Beyond"

Rebecca MacKinnon rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 23:36:03 EST 2008


FYI.

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> From: Flora Leung <fkleung at hku.hk>
> Date: February 21, 2008 2:10:41 PM GMT+08:00
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Subject: HKU Seminar "Comparative Perspectives on Digital Copyright  
> Reform: Lessons from Abroad and Beyond"
>
> LAW AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
> FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
>
> Seminar
>
> Comparative Perspectives on Digital Copyright Reform:
> Lessons from Abroad and Beyond
>
> Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
> Theatre 6, Meng Wah Complex, University of Hong Kong
>
> Please register on-line via http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ 
> ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=8780
> or email Flora Leung at fkleung at hku.hk to reserve a place
>
> Hong Kong is currently exploring the introduction of more stringent  
> copyright laws to reduce unauthorized copying of copyright works on  
> the Internet.  Drawing on experiences from Australia, Canada,  
> China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this timely event  
> examines how countries respond to continuous challenges in striking  
> the appropriate balance in the copyright system in the digital  
> age.  This panel also discusses the development and launch of the  
> Creative Commons license in Hong Kong. The event is jointly  
> sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake  
> University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa and the Journalism and  
> Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.
>
> Chair and Panelist:
>
> Prof. Peter K. Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law &  
> Director, Intellectual Property Law Center, Drake University Law  
> School
>
> Panelists:
>
> Jeremy de Beer, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law (Common Law),  
> University of Ottawa
> Dr. Xue Hong, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of  
> Hong Kong
> Dr. Kevin K.H. Pun, Associate Professor, Department of Computer  
> Science and Faculty of Law, University of   Hong Kong
> Rebecca MacKinnon, Assistant Professor and Director of New Media  
> Programme, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong  
> Kong
> Admission is free.  All are Welcome!

Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: RConversation.com
Co-founder: GlobalVoicesOnline.org
"The world is talking. Are you listening?"

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