Is Intellectual Property Dead? The Revolt of Students for New Directions
Media Advisory
February 15 th 2008
Contact:
Oroma Mpi, 212-382-6713
Is Intellectual Property Dead? The Revolt of Students for New Directions
When: Tuesday, February 26, 2008; 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Where: New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street (between 5 th & 6 th Ave.)
Students for Free Culture has chapters in at least 35 universities across the country. Many of these chapters are branching out beyond access to music copyright and piracy. Can the students lead us, in terms of public policy, in a new direction where copyright law will not criminalize certain users?
Moderators:
ALAN J. HARTNICK
Abelman, Frayne & Schwab; Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School; columnist on Intellectual Property for the New York Law Journal
JUDITH B. PROWDA
Senior Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute of Art; Attorney at Law, Law Office of Judith B. Prowda; Adjunct Professor, New York Law School
Speakers:
JOHN PALFREY
Professor, Harvard Law School
HUGH HANSEN
Professor, Fordham Law School
LAWRENCE E. ABELMAN
Intellectual Property Specialist, Abelman, Frayne & Schwab
ELIZABETH STARK
Recent Harvard Law School Graduate; Founder, Harvard Free Culture
FRED BENENSON
NYU Graduate Student, Tisch Interactive Telecommunications Program; Co-Founder, Free Culture @ NYU
ANDREW BRIDGES
Intellectual Property Litigator, Winston & Strawn
Sponsored by:
Committee on Copyright & Literary Property, Joel Hecker, Chair
This event is free and open to the public.
About the Association
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