[PLUG] Cory Doctrow in November

[alan]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Chris Dawson wrote:

> 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.

Cory Doctrow is the guest of honor at Orycon 28 this weekend.  (A Science 
Fiction convention at the Mariott downtown Portland.)

http://www.orycon.org/orycon28/


>
> 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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