[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with NYCInfoLaw

[Joshua L. Simmons]

After last week, it's a fairly light week for information law enthusiasts.

E-MAIL CONTENTS
           * [Reading Group] Manufacturer Control of Technological Devices
           * William Patry on "Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars"
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NYCINFOLAW NEWS

           [READING GROUP] MANUFACTURER CONTROL OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES
           OCTOBER 13, 2009 @ 7:00 PM
           ROOM 940, JEROME GREENE HALL, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, 435 W. 116TH ST
           This reading group will focus on the growing control that
           manufacturers of electronic devices retain long after those devices
           have been sold to consumers. In particular, we will examine how those
           controls impact technological innovation, intellectual property
           rights, and your liberty. To this end we will look at the
Kindle, cell
           phones, and computers.

           Readings and Topic Description:
           http://lists.nycinfolaw.org/pipermail/list-nycinfolaw.org/2009-October/000083.html

INFORMATION LAW EVENTS

           WILLIAM PATRY ON "MORAL PANICS AND THE COPYRIGHT WARS"
           OCTOBER 12, 2009 @ 12:00 PM
           ROOM 204, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, 55 FIFTH AVENUE
           Patry is a copyright uber-expert. He has worked for the
           government on copyright matters and currently handle's Google's
           copyright issues (and they have a lot). Patry is also one of the few
           people who have written a full treatise on Copyright. His
recent book,
           which he will be giving his talk about, compares the
copyright wars to
           other moral panics, like witch-hunts and communism.
           Lunch will be served.
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