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InfoLaw Student Association
Erin Simon, President
The InfoLaw Student Association is a gathering of individuals from the University and the surrounding community of interest who meet regularly to discuss various issues in information and telecommunication law and policy, and also act to promote a greater understanding of those issues within the Law School and the University. Our reading group meets every other week on the Law School campus; recent topics of discussion have included the Broadcast Flag and Net Neutrality legislative proposals.
More information on our activities and New York City events can be found at http://www.nycinfolaw.org/, a joint project between the InfoLaw Student Association, Columbia Law School Society for Law, Science and Technology, Fordham Information Law Society, and similar groups dedicated to the intersection between intellectual property, technology, privacy, communications, and the law.
On October 28, 2008, a diverse coalition of leading Internet companies, major human rights and free press organizations, investors and academics launched the Global Network Initiative to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in information and communications technologies. CDT and Business for Social Responsibility co-facilitated an 18-month effort by these groups to craft the key documents underlying this effort. The documents provide guidance for companies, NGOs, investors, academics and others working together to resist efforts by governments that seek to enlist companies in acts of censorship and surveillance that violate international standards. The documents also provide specific implementation commitments and outline a framework for accountability and learning.
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The Internet Society's New York Chapter, ISOC-NY, presents a lecture by David Bollier
When: Monday May 18, 2009 - 7pm
Where: Courant Institute
251 Mercer Street (Warren Weaver Hall)
Room 109
(entrance on W. 4th St)
The public is welcome (photo id required).
Abstract: David will address the themes of his new book,Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own (New Press). The book is the first comprehensive history of the "free culture" movement and "sharing economy" that is empowering ordinary people, disrupting markets and changing politics and culture. Bollier will talk about the rise of free and open source software, Creative Commons licenses, the new forms of non-market creativity (Wikipedia, blogs, remix music, videos) as well as fascinating innovations in open science, open education and "open business models."
More about the book can be found at the website http://www.viralspiral.cc.
June 12-13, 2009
10:00 - 6:00pm
NYU School of Law
Abstract: Open Video is more than just open codecs. It's the growing movement for transparency, interoperability, and further decentralization in online video. These qualities provide more fertile ground for independent producers, bottom-up innovation, and greater protection for free speech online. The conference will showcase awesome cultural works, inspiring talks, and cool tech demos.
The Internet Society's New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) welcomes David Bollier to speak at NYU on May 18 2009.
Computers and Society Fall Speaker Series at NYU
* All events are open to the public and held in room 109, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street *