[NYCInfoLaw] This Week in nycinfolaw.org

[Joshua L. Simmons]

Welcome back to school.  The semester is barely a week old so there
are only a few events this week, but stay tuned because we've got some
really good stuff coming up.

E-MAIL CONTENTS
        * New nycinfolaw.org Website
        * Reading Group
        * Unfair and Indecent?
        * Copyright Intermediaries
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NYCINFOLAW.ORG NEWS

        NEW NYCINFOLAW.ORG WEBSITE
        If you haven't yet had the chance, take a look  at our brand
        new website.

        READING GROUP
        The first reading group of the semester is currently
        scheduled for the evening of January 27.  Next week we will confirm
        the date, time, and topic.

INFORMATION LAW EVENTS

        UNFAIR AND INDECENT
        JANUARY 22, 2009 @ 6:00 PM
        NYC BAR ASSOCIATION, 42 W. 44TH
        Observers have said that President Obama has the opportunity
        to "remake the FCC." But will the Supreme Court and Congress have
        already done so long before the incoming President names his first new
        commissioner?
        For more information:
        http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1031

        COPYRIGHT INTERMEDIARIES
        JANUARY 23, 2009 @ 9:00 AM
        JEROME GREENE HALL, COLUMBIA 435 W. 116TH STREET
        The 2009 Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts
        symposium is titled "Copyright Intermediaries: Inviting or Averting
        Infringement?"  Ninth Circuit Judge
        Alex Kozinski will be the keynote speaker, and preeminent law faculty
        and practitioners from around the nation will partake in panel
        discussions debating the evolution of secondary liability in
        copyright, Section 512's merits and flaws, and the issues raised by
        filtering.
        For more information:
        http://www.kernochancenter.org/SecondaryLiability.htm

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

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

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