[Fair_use] Conference

May 3, 2004

Type: discussion

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> From: Joseph Turow <[email protected]>
> Date: May 3, 2004 3:50:45 PM EDT
> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Fair_use] Conference reminder
>
> This is just a reminder about the upcoming landmark conference,
>
>
> Knowledge Held Hostage? Scholarly versus Corporate Rights in the
> Digital
> Age,
>
> being held Friday, June 18th.
>
>
> Scholars of all types are facing tighter controls over the copyrighted
> text,
> images, and video they use for research and teaching purposes. This
> action-oriented meeting will bring together academics, librarians,
> legal
> thinkers, and activists from around the country in a cross-disciplinary
> discussion of the unique problems that scholars and their institutions
> face
> in the growing field of digital rights management.
>
> This one-day event takes place at the Annenberg School for
> Communication,
> University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. Sponsored by the Annenberg
> Public Policy Center and Rice University in association with Public
> Knowledge and the Center for Public Domain, this conference will bring
> together academics, policymakers and professionals in communication,
> law,
> computer science, education, and fine arts. Confirmed panelists
> represent
> the best minds in their diverse areas, including Hal Abelson (MIT),
> Laura
> Gasaway (UNC Chapel Hill), Peter Jaszi (American), Sut Jhally (UMass),
> Gigi
> Sohn (Public Knowledge), and Siva Vaidhyanathan (NYU).
>
>
> The hosts will fully subsidize registration fees and meals. Hotel
> subsidies
> may also be available.
>
>
> Go to www.knowledgehostage.org for more information, and to register
> online.
> If you haven't done so already, please register as soon as possible, or
> e-mail us at [email protected] to let us know if you're coming.
>
> We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia in June!
>
>
>
> Joseph Turow, Ph.D.
> Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication
> Director, Information and Society Division, Annenberg Public Policy
> Center
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3620 Walnut Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
> 215-898-5842
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