/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ the politics of IP en-us wex@hovir.com 2012-10-10T10:42:42-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2012/10/10/fomc_annual_summit_washington_dc_nov_13.php Our friends at the Future of Music Coalition (FOMC) sent out a reminder that their annual Summit is happening next month (November 13th). This will be their 11th annual conference and this year it's free to attend. In addition it'll be streamed live online for free. Speakers and event info for the one-day affair, as well as online registration, can be found here: http://futureofmusic.org/events/future-music-summit-2012... 75923@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2012-10-10T10:42:42-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2012/10/02/two_upcoming_events_nela_and_arisia.php I will be speaking at two events in the near future. October 15th I'll be part of the New England Library Association's annual conference, a three-day affair that will be in Sturbridge MA this year. I've been invited to talk on the topic of e-books and libraries and I've tentatively titled my spiel "Why E-Books Suck (unless your name is Amazon)". Arisia will once again be MLK weekend in January (18-21) and there will be a couple of panels on intellectual property. Topics and panelists aren't final yet - I'll update once I know for sure. I know that a... 75906@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2012-10-02T11:38:13-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2012/01/02/intellectual_property_panels_at_arisia.php Last month I noted I would be speaking at the Arisia SF convention on a couple of IP panels over MLK weekend in downtown Boston. Convention details are linked from the previous post. The schedule is now up and the winners are: * SF/F, Prior Art, and Patents, Fri 5:30 PM (I'll be playing the role of the creative type in a sea of legal opinions.) * Copyright, Satire, and the Public Domain, Sun 1:00 PM (this one will also feature Richard Stallman. Me, Stallman, and three IP lawyers. Should be a hoot.)... 75356@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2012-01-02T17:20:14-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2011/12/14/me_talking_about_copyright_and_patents.php Once again I'll be doing a couple of intellectual property panels at the annual Arisia science fiction convention in Boston next month. At least one of them will also feature Richard Stallman. The con is January 13 - 16, 2012 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. Plus we have Phil and Kaja Foglio as Guests of Honor this year, so that should be pretty awesome right there. I still don't have a final schedule for when the Copyfight-relevant panels are taking place. I'll post that once it comes out.... 75331@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2011-12-14T22:44:13-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2009/07/02/world_ebook_faire.php Project Gutenberg and the World Public Library are co-promoting a month-long event with that name. Their theme is one of "public access" and they're offering something like two million eBooks for download. I haven't investigated completely but it appears that all the offered downloads are in PDF format without any DRM or other electronic encumbrances. (One can argue that PDF isn't as good as text, for any number of reasons, but that's a separate issue.)... 73963@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2009-07-02T09:20:27-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2009/05/14/interstitial_arts_foundation_event.php After my post about new art forms I got a pointer to this event: Interstitial Salon, June 11th in New York City. I don't know anything other than what I've read on the Web about this Interstitial Arts Foundation - anyone have any contact or experience with them? My first response is that, no, interstitial doesn't really describe what I was after - I'm looking for something that is more broad-brush and definitive of new forms, not something trying to fit itself into the spaces between existing forms. Still, this might be an interesting event. If you go, please send... 73870@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2009-05-14T08:35:31-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/12/30/ip_and_me_at_arisia_2009_jan_16_cambridge_ma.php 73664@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-12-30T11:55:19-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/12/15/creative_commons_turns_6_nyc_party_dec_16.php Sorry for the last-minute-ness of this. I just got a mail saying the event has moved to a larger venue to handle the bigger than expected crowd: Creative Commons' Birthday and Salon NYC Come celebrate CC's 6th Birthday and our December Salon Host: For Your Imagination / CC Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: For Your Imagination Loft Street: 22 W. 27th St., 6th Floor (between Broadway & 6th Ave.) City/Town: New York, NY Contact: Fred Benenson Phone: 9178267819 Email: fred@creativecommons.org (I'm told that if you are very hip, which is to say not me, you... 73649@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-12-15T11:07:31-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/08/19/a_cbldf_benefit_mashup_thu_aug_21_730p.php Cory Doctorow and DJ Spooky on stage together in NYC to benefit the CBLDF. Details here: http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000367.shtml Two very interesting and thoughtful people. Benefiting a great charity. What more could you ask? (except to be in NYC this Thursday night)... 73502@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-08-19T13:33:31-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/08/06/future_of_music_coalition_events_fall_2008.php Our friends at the FMC sent me a couple pointers to upcoming events, primarily their fall seminar series. Here are the pointers of interest: Monday, September 22, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL: http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/Chicago08/ Monday, October 6, Public Theater, New York, NY: http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/NYC08/ Seminars cost $25 and are primarily targeted at musicians and other people involved in the business of making, selling, or distributing music.... 73488@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-08-06T05:04:17-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/25/picon_3.php I've been invited to be a panelist/guest at the 3rd annual Pi Science Fiction Convention being held in West Springfield, MA this August. Given that the guests include Cory (boingboing) Doctorow and Randall (xkcd) Munroe I doubt most anyone will notice I'm there. On the other hand, I can't imagine putting Cory and myself in the same place and NOT having discussions of intellectual property arise. As I've noted before, Cory has been putting some effort into educating SF writers on the status and realities of modern copyright practices. As Guest of Honor at the con he'll have lots... 73397@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-06-25T08:45:58-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/01/14/prempaa_films_being_shown_ma_fri_jan_18_on.php I seem to be all about the events this month. In addition to talk about copyrights and open-source nerd rap, there's a showing this Friday that local folk might want to check out: The Harvard Film Archive is showing two historical "edgy" films this Friday. Both were made before the first production code was enforced on movie content. Back in the pre-MPAA days filmmakers explored the racy and seamy undersides of Depression-era America. The results led to outrage, outcries, and the start of enforcement of the Production Code in 1934. That lasted until 1967, when the censorship system we know... 73022@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-01-14T09:19:19-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/01/09/opensource_beats_coming_to_boston.php Speaking of Boston-area science fiction and comics conventions, I've noticed that Open-Source Beats nerd rapper MC Frontalot is scheduled to appear at Anime Boston in 2008, nominally Saturday the 22nd of March.... 73013@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-01-09T10:56:05-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/01/08/talk_at_arisia_boston_ma_sun_jan_20.php Pimping my own event for a moment... I'll be on a panel at the 2008 Arisia Science Fiction Convention on Sunday night the 20th at 8PM, talking about science, IP law, and creativity. I'm certainly no Cory Doctorow but I'll do my best. I'm not yet sure who the other panelists will be, probably local science fiction/comics writers and other creative types.... 73007@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2008-01-08T09:41:15-05:00 http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2007/07/25/fmc_policy_summit_washington_dc_september_1718_2007.php Courtney Bennett from the Future of Music Coalition sent me a pointer to their 7th annual Future of Music Policy Summit. Registration is now open at: http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit07/... 72518@/home/corante/public_html/copyfight/ Events 2007-07-25T07:57:47-05:00