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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:57:30 -0500
From: "Jennifer Jenkins" <jenkins AT law.duke.edu>
Subject: Reminder: Resolving the Music Downloading Wars TODAY at 4:00pm
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Dear CSPD Mailing List Member:

If you've been following the lawsuits against Napster, KaZaA and 
individual file sharers, or you're concerned about the future of the 
digital music delivery, you'll want to attend this lecture. Harvard 
Professor William W. Fisher III will present a taxation system he has 
developed that would allow for unlimited downloading and file sharing 
while also compensating rights owners. His proposal has engendered a lot 
of interest, including discussion in the New York Times and Wall Street 
Journal. We hope to see you there!

(Parking will be available in the lot on Towerview Road behind the law 
school.)
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Professor William W. Fisher III of Harvard Law School

"Alternative Compensation Systems for Digital Entertainment"

Date: 11/21/2003
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 3043, Duke Law School (Corner of Science Dr. and 
Towerview)
Draft paper available at  http://www.tfisher.org/PTK.htm
Reception to Follow

The music industry is in crisis. The film industry may soon succumb to 
the same disease. Professor Fisher will discuss his proposal for legal 
reforms and business models that, in combination, might offer us a cure. 
The New York Times described Fisher's proposal as one that "represent[s] 
what is not much in evidence today -- some sort of middle ground that 
would compensate rights holders but also move with the march of 
technology and consumer behavior instead of merely trying to fight it." 
The Wall Street Journal called it "a more radical proposal for 
overhauling the copyright system."

Fisher is Professor of Law at Harvard University and Director of the 
Berkman Center for Internet and Society. His book, Promises to Keep: 
Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment, will be published by 
Stanford University Press in 2004. This lecture is open to all, and is 
sponsored by Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain as part of 
the Information Ecology Lecture Series.



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