[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with nycinfolaw.org

[Joshua L. Simmons]

One might think that as the semester ends things would be cooling down
on the information law circuit, but that just isn't the case.  There
are a bundle of interesting events coming down the pipes (and I'm not
just talking about Ted Stevens's series of tubes).

E-MAIL CONTENTS
           * [Reading Group] Topic TBA
           * [Intellectual Property and its Discontents] On the Edges
             of Autobiography and Revelation
           * User Generated Content: From Threat to Opportunity
           * The Authors Guild, AAP, Google Settlement
           * Fordham's 17th Annual Intellectual Property Law and
             Policy Conference
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NYCINFOLAW.ORG NEWS

           [READING GROUP] TOPIC TBA
           APRIL 14, 2009 @ 6:30 PM
           ROOM 330, FURMAN HALL, NYU LAW, 245 SULLIVAN ST. AT W 3RD ST.
           Topic TBA.

INFORMATION LAW EVENTS

           [INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ITS DISCONTENTS] ON THE EDGES
           OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND REVELATION
           APRIL 16, 2009 @ 12:15 PM
           EAST CAMPUS RESIDENTIAL CENTER OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
           Sarah Jacoby, Society of Fellows

           USER GENERATED CONTENT: FROM THREAT TO OPPORTUNITY
           APRIL 17, 2009 @ 9:00 AM
           COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
           For more information and to register:
           http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/citi/ugc3
           The rapid increase of user-generated content on the
           Internet is a source of concern for traditional media firms. Will the
           YouTubes, Facebooks, Flickrs, Second Lifes and the HuffPos take away
           significant audience segments on a sustaining basis? What are the
           ramifications for intellectual property law, for the trust of news
           sources, for political polarization? Will reputational systems and
           wikis replace traditional institutional authorities? The symposium
           will review findings on current audience behavior, on evolving online
           business models, and the response of the traditional media.

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

           For more information on any of these events, please visit
           nycinfolaw.org and view our calendar.

           THE AUTHORS GUILD, AAP, GOOGLE SETTLEMENT: WHAT AUTHORS &
           PUBLISHERS NEED TO KNOW AS MAY 5TH APPROACHES
           APRIL 14, 2009 @ 12:00 PM

           FORDHAM'S 17TH ANNUAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY
           CONFERENCE
           APRIL 15-16, 2009
           CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
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