[Air-l] INTERNET POLICY EVENT: File Swapping and the Law

[Hans Klein]

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Georgia Tech's Internet and Public Policy Project (IP3) presents:


                               Jailhouse Rock
File Swapping, Intellectual Property, and the Law

                     This Tuesday, September 23
                                  3-5PM
                           Clary Theater

                                Gigi Sohn
                 President, Public Knowledge

Intellectual property rights have been expanding for years, but only
recently have they become front-page news. Students are being served
restraining orders for reverse-engineering campus networks, Internet
users are being sued for swapping files, and professors claim to fear
to publish their research. In justification of such actions, trade groups
argue that free information exchange profoundly threatens the film,
music, and software industries.

Gigi Sohn is a leading advocate for limitations on intellectual property
rights and open access to information. She co-founded Public Knowledge,
which advocates a balance between private protections and public benefits
of information. She will talk about recent events affecting college students
and will relate this to larger issues in intellectual property.

This event is part of the IP3 fall speaker series.  Future events include:
* October 16: Democracy and Technology: Electronic voting in Georgia
* November 6: Re-thinking the Patriot Act: How to Balance Liberty and Security

About IP3: The Internet and Public Policy Project (IP3) provides a 
framework to
coordinate Internet policy-related research in the School of Public Policy at
Georgia Tech. It promotes dialogue between researchers and policy makers 
within
and outside the  Institute, offering forums for debate and discussion.

For more information (including directions to Clary Theater) see:
     www.IP3.gatech.edu

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