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

Rebecca MacKinnon rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 00:06:44 EST 2008


Credit for organizing actually goes to Peter Yu of Drake Law School.

As many people on this list will know, Peter wrote a fabulous  
position paper last year in response to the white paper on HK's  
Digital Copyright Reform.

http://jmsc.hku.hk/cms/content/view/239/

Best,
Rebecca

On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Oiwan Lam wrote:

> great! thanks for organizing this. oiwan
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Rebecca MacKinnon  
> <rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com> wrote:
> FYI.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> 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
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> University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
> E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
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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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