[PLUG] Cory Doctrow in November

Chris Dawson xrdawson at gmail.com
Fri Nov 17 17:14:15 UTC 2006


Cory's talk from last night is now available as a podcast:

MP3:  http://podasp.com:8000/p/pd/pdxlug/1149.mp3.m3u
RSS:  http://plug.podasp.com/archive.html?pname=meeting.xml

Really, really interesting.

Chris


On 10/13/06, Aaron Burt <aaron at bavariati.org> wrote:
> Looks like Cory Doctrow, late of the EFF, is gonna be in town next month
> to give a talk on copyright.
>
> http://www.pdx.edu/registration/news/11767/
>
> Thursday, November 16, 2006, 5 – 6 p.m.
> Smith Memorial Student Union, Vanport Room 338, 1825 S.W. Broadway.
> Admission is free and open to the public.
>
> PSU Professor Bart Massey and the Computer Science Department are
> bringing open source advocate and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow
> to campus for a lecture dedicated to the topic, "What's the Point of
> Copyright?" Doctorow will answer questions of copyright— does it exist
> to promote creativity or to protect the current crop of creators; how
> can one tell if a copyright system is working; when the barriers to
> entry for creative industries go away, what should copyright do to
> adapt; and if universities are in the copyright business or the
> education business.
>
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