[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with NYCInfoLaw

[Ashley Fry]

Hi all,

Here are the events for the week:

E-MAIL CONTENTS
     *[Reading Group] Real Laws, Virtual Worlds
     *Eben Moglen: Patent Law at the Crossroads: Bilski and Beyond
     *William Patry: Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars
     *Michael Harrington on "Copyright Musicology"
     *Barton Beebe: Intellectual Property Law and the Sumptuary Code
     *Fred Benenson @ NYLS
     *Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for
     the 21st Century
     *[C.E.O. Series] Columbia Business School: Challenges and
     Opportunities of Wind Energy
     *Understanding Science for Public Choices
     *Columbia Business School: 6th Annual Healthcare Conference
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NYCINFOLAW NEWS

     [READING GROUP] REAL LAWS, VIRTUAL WORLDS
     NOVEMBER 11, 2009 @ 7:15 PM
     BOERUM AND JORALEMON, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, 250 JORALEMON STREET
     The discussion will focus on the impact of real laws on
     virtual worlds, and vice versa. Links to the readings are available on
     NYCInfoLaw calendar.

INFORMATION LAW EVENTS

     EBEN MOGLEN: PATENT LAW AT THE CROSSROADS: BILSKI AND BEYOND
     NOVEMBER 2, 2009 @ 12 PM
     ROOM 423, CARDOZO LAW, 55 5TH AVENUE AT 12TH STREET
     Professor Eben Moglen, Professor of Law at Columbia and
     Founding Director of the Software Freedom Law Center will
     be speaking on the upcoming Bilski case being heard in the Supreme
     Court of the United States. The outcome of Bilski will
     likely determine the reach of the patent system and the patentability
     of computer software and methods of doing business. Professor Moglen
     has been instrumental in the advancing the free software movement and
     destroying the status-quo in intellectual property law. This is a MUST
     SEE event. It will be taped and distributed over the internet
     as part of a publicity campaign in advance of the Bilsk decision.

     WILLIAM PATRY: MORAL PANICS AND THE COPYRIGHT WARS [RSVP req]
     NOVEMBER 2, 2009 @ 12 PM
     W420, NYLS, 185 W BROADWAY
     Metaphors, moral panics, folk devils, predictable
     irrationality, and free market fundamentalism are just some of the
     topics William Patry will be discussing, along with his new book,
     Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, at a luncheon event at NYLS.

     MICHAEL HARRINGTON: COPYRIGHT MUSICOLOGY
     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 12 PM
     ROOM 108, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, 55TH 5TH AVENUE AT 12TH ST.
     Michael Harrington has come to Cardozo for the past two
     years and we keep on inviting him back because he gives some of the
     most entertaining and interesting talks of the year. He is a
     musicologist and is a expert witness in many infringement
     trials. Even though he works with copyright, he is a real "music guy."
     In addition to making a bunch of points on copyright, he spins a lot
     of music and gives a great presentation. Highly Recommended.
     http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/09/inside-publishing-e-michael-harrington/
     Lunch will be served.

     BARTON BEEBE: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND THE SUMPTUARY CODE
     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 12PM
     5TH FLOOR MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM, IPK, 20 COOPER SQUARE
     Professor Beebe teaches Trademark, Copyright, and
     Advanced Trademark at NYU. He was a senior editor of The Yale Law
     Journal and an articles editor of Yale Journal of Law & the
     Humanities, and a Whiting Fellow in the Humanities in the English
     Department of Princeton University. He is a member of Phi
     Beta Kappa. In 2002 he clerked for Judge Denise Cote US District
     Court for the Southern District of NY. He maintains a website at
     www.bartonbeebe.com. Details and RSVP:
     http://www.nyu.edu/ipk/events/event.php?id=67

     FRED BENENSON @ NYLS [RSVP required]
     NOVEMBER 5, 2009 @ 6PM
     ROOM C400, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, 185 W BROADWAY
     Guest: Fred Benenson, Product Manager at Creative Commons
     Bio: http://fredbenenson.com/blog/about/
     RSVP: You must rsvp to Naomi Allen, IILP Manager,
     naomi.allen at nyls.edu

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

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

     REINVENTING THE AUTOMOBILE: PERSONAL URBAN MOBILITY FOR
     THE 21ST CENTURY
     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 6 PM
     DAVIS AUDITORIUM, SCHAPIRO CEPSR BUILDING, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
     530 W 120TH ST.

     COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL: THE C.E.O. SERIES: CHALLENGES
     AND OPPORTUNITIES OF WIND ENERGY
     NOVEMBER 4, 2009 @ 6:30 PM
     39TH FLOOR (ENTER FROM 40TH FLOOR), SMITH BARNEY NYC, 450
     LEXINGTON AVENUE
     Speaker: Jim Spencer, EverPower

     UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE FOR PUBLIC CHOICES
     NOVEMBER 5, 2009 @ 4 PM
     ROOM 555, LERNER HALL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 115TH ST. AND BROADWAY

     COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL: 6TH ANNUAL HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE
     NOVEMBER 6, 2009 @ 8 AM
     MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL, TIMES SQUARE

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