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  • From: Paul Jones <pjones AT metalab.unc.edu>
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  • Subject: [internetworkers] Reminder: Resolving the Music Downloading Wars TODAY at 4:00pm (fwd)
  • Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:15:31 -1100



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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
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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.)
______________________________________________________________

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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