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I thought y'all'd be interested in a webcast intellectual property debate
this Sunday.....

Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> [I am speaking at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville tonight at
> 7:30 pm ET. The location is Minor Hall, admission is free, and I'll be
> talking until 9 pm about, well, the kind of topics you see here. --Declan]
> 
> >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:55:59 -0400
> >To: declan AT well.com
> >From: Donna Wentworth <colt AT law.harvard.edu>
> >Subject: Valenti vs. Lessig, October 1
> >
> >Dear Declan,
> >
> >We at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society are presenting a debate
> >between MPAA head Jack Valenti and Larry Lessig on Sunday, October 1, 2000
> >on the future of intellectual property on the Internet, and I hoped you
> >might help us spread the word by sending the below announcement to your
> >politech list. The event is free and open to the public, and will also be
> >webcast live to an international audience.
> >
> >*Please circulate widely*
> >
> >"The Future of Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Debate"
> ><http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/futureofip/>
> >
> >Sponsored by:
> >The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
> ><http://cyber.law.harvard.edu>
> >
> >Date and time:
> >October 1, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT
> >
> >Where:
> >Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall, Harvard Law School,
> >Cambridge, Massachusetts
> >
> >*Official press release*
> >
> >Jack Valenti and Lawrence Lessig Meet at Harvard to Debate the Future of
> >Intellectual Property on the Internet
> >
> >Cambridge, MA - In the ideological war being fought over rights to digital
> >content in the age of the global Internet, Motion Picture Association of
> >America head Jack Valenti and renowned cyberlaw expert Lawrence Lessig
> >represent its most powerful conflicting forces. On October 1, 2000 at 7:00
> >PM EDT, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society will
> >present a debate between Valenti and Lessig on the future of intellectual
> >property online--the subject of increasing controversy in the wake of
> >emerging technologies that allow for the easy sharing of digital content
> >among consumers, and recent decisions in judicial cases testing the
> >propriety of such technologies. Free and open to the public, "The Future of
> >Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Debate" takes place in the
> >historic Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall on the Harvard Law School campus,
> >and will be webcast live to an international audience.
> >
> >Jack Valenti has served as head of the MPAA since 1966.  He made headlines
> >this year speaking out on behalf of the established film and music
> >industries against those who, in his view, use the Internet to steal
> >others' intellectual property. Valenti has called the defense of such
> >property key to America's continuing economic prosperity, and the MPAA has
> >joined other publishers in an aggressive legal battle to protect (and some
> >would say, extend) intellectual property rights in this era of digital
> >media and Internet technology. The list of industry targets--Napster,
> >iCraveTV, 2600 News Magazine in the New York DeCSS case, RecordTV.com and
> >Scour--is growing, as is the roster of recent legislation intended to
> >enhance the control of copyright owners over their works in new media.
> >
> >Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford University law professor and author of the
> >highly-acclaimed "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace," offers a different
> >perspective on possibilities for the digital environment, leading a
> >movement to restore the public interest in our popular, legal, and
> >technical conceptions of intellectual property. Lessig urges us to treat
> >the Constitution's copyright clause as striking a balance between private
> >intellectual property and a public intellectual commons, warning that
> >should the balance tilt too far in favor of copyright holders, the public
> >will risk losing its constitutionally-mandated right to a vibrant public
> >domain.
> >
> >Valenti and Lessig have most recently clashed in the pages of the Industry
> >Standard, expressing divergent views of how the Internet should evolve, and
> >what the balance of control should be between publishers and readers on-
> >and off-line.
> >
> >"Cheap bandwidth and large hard drives have made it easy to copy and
> >disseminate digital content, including content 'ripped' from CDs and DVDs
> >without permission of the respective publishers," says Harvard Law School
> >professor Jonathan Zittrain, faculty co-director of the Berkman Center and
> >moderator of the debate. "How do we define and protect the legitimate
> >rights of intellectual property owners without extinguishing fair use? This
> >is a
> >debate to explore that question, focusing on shades of gray in what is
> >often seen as a black and white issue."
> >
> >"The Future of Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Debate" is part of
> >an ongoing series of online discussions and webcast conferences presented
> >by the
> >Berkman Center that are designed to address serious constitutional 
> >questions
> >now pending in the courts while exploring innovative uses of the Internet 
> >for
> >educational and public interest purposes. For more information, including
> >details on how to register to participate, in person or on the Web, please
> >visit the following website:
> ><http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/futureofip>.
> >
> >The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is a research program founded to
> >explore the legal, social, and political issues resulting from the
> >development of the Internet and its impact on society. Predicated on the
> >belief that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out
> >into it, the Berkman Center pursues a program of active research that
> >integrates the building and use of Internet tools with study of the issues
> >the Internet engenders. As part of this active research mission, the
> >Berkman Center develops, uses, and freely shares an open software platform
> >for online education and deliberative processes, as well as sponsoring
> >events--ranging from informal lunches to webcast conferences--to bring
> >together its diverse network of participants for substantive debate.
> >
> >***
> >
> >............
> >Donna Wentworth
> >Editor
> >The Filter <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filter>
> >Berkman Center for Internet & Society
> >Harvard Law School
> >Phone: (617) 496-0747
> >Fax: (617) 495-7641
> >filter-editor AT cyber.law.harvard.edu
> >colt AT law.harvard.edu
> >
> >
> >
> 
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